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Switch (Switch) Interest Coverage : 0.47 (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is Switch Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Switch's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2022 was $7.5 Mil. Switch's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2022 was $-16.0 Mil. Switch's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was 0.47. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Switch Inc interest coverage is 1.36, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Switch's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SWCH' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.75   Med: 2.63   Max: 10.36
Current: 1.36


SWCH's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 29.37 vs SWCH: 1.36

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Switch Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Switch's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Switch Interest Coverage Chart

Switch Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.75 2.07 2.63 3.20 1.91

Switch Quarterly Data
Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.23 1.57 2.06 1.49 0.47

Competitive Comparison of Switch's Interest Coverage

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Switch's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Switch's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Switch's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Switch's Interest Coverage falls into.



Switch Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Switch's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021, Switch's Interest Expense was $-47.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $91.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,701.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2021 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2021 )
=-1*91.028/-47.642
=1.91

Switch's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2022, Switch's Interest Expense was $-16.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $7.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,978.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2022 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2022 )
=-1*7.512/-16.033
=0.47

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Switch  (NYSE:SWCH) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Switch (Switch) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
7135 South Decatur Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 89118
Switch Inc is a US-based technology infrastructure company. It is engaged in designing, constructing, and operating hyper-scale data centers. The company has developed patented technologies that have redefined data center space and cooling, allowing customers to deploy high-density and scalable IT architectures to support demanding and critical workloads. Switch owns and operates primary campus locations called Primes. These Primes are The Core Campus in Vegas, Nevada; The Citadel Campus near Reno, Nevada; The Pyramid Campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and The Keep Campus in Atlanta, Georgia. It generates the majority of its revenue through colocation, which includes the licensing and leasing of cabinet space & power.
Executives
Thomas A Thomas director 5241 SPRING MOUNTAIN ROAD, LAS VEGAS NV 89150
Teresa A. Borden officer: Chief Construction Officer C/O SWITCH, INC., 7135 SOUTH DECATUR BOULEVARD, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
Rob Roy director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7135 S. DECATUR BLVD, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
Erin Thomas Morton 10 percent owner, officer: President and General Counsel 7135 S. DECATUR BLVD, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
Stella Roy 10 percent owner 410 S. RAMPART BLVD., SUITE 350, LAS VEGAS NV 89145
Jonathan H King officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O SWITCH, INC., 7135 SOUTH DECATUR BOULEVARD, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
Jason Genrich director C/O SWITCH, INC., 7135 SOUTH DECATUR BOULEVARD, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
Melissa Young officer: Chief Information Officer C/O SWITCH, INC., 7135 SOUTH DECATUR BOULEVARD, LAS VEGAS NV 89118
First St Switch Llc 10 percent owner 1370 JET STREAM DRIVE, SUITE 100, HENDERSON NV 89052
Jeffrey Alan Troesh 10 percent owner 1370 JET STREAM DRIVE, SUITE 100, HENDERSON NV 89052
Eastern Capital Group Llc 10 percent owner 1370 JET STREAM DRIVE, SUITE 100, HENDERSON NV 89052
Family Foundation Troesh 10 percent owner 1370 JET STREAM DRIVE, SUITE 100, HENDERSON NV 89052
Angela N Archon director 294 ROUTE 100, BUILDING 1, SOMERS NY 10589
Liane J Pelletier director 10700 NE 4TH STREET # 4004, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Dt Grat Lm, Llc 10 percent owner 1370 JET STREAM DRIVE, SUITE 100, HENDERSON NV 89052