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Oyster Enterprises Acquisition (Oyster Enterprises Acquisition) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is Oyster Enterprises Acquisition 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. Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2022 was $-0.21 Mil. Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2022 was $0.00 Mil. Oyster Enterprises Acquisition has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

(1) 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.

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


OSTR's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: No Debt
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Oyster Enterprises Acquisition Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Oyster Enterprises Acquisition'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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Oyster Enterprises Acquisition Interest Coverage Chart

Oyster Enterprises Acquisition Annual Data
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Oyster Enterprises Acquisition Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's Interest Coverage

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Oyster Enterprises Acquisition'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.


Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's Interest Coverage falls into.



Oyster Enterprises Acquisition 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.

Oyster Enterprises Acquisition'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, Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.78 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Oyster Enterprises Acquisition had no debt (1).

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

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2022, Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.21 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Oyster Enterprises Acquisition had no debt (1).

* 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.


Oyster Enterprises Acquisition  (NAS:OSTR) 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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Oyster Enterprises Acquisition (Oyster Enterprises Acquisition) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
777 South Flagler Drive, Suite 800W, West Palm Beach, FL, USA, 33401
Oyster Enterprises Acquisition Corp is a blank check company.
Executives
Dana Goldsmith Needleman director 777 SOUTH FLAGLER DRIVE,, SUITE 800W, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401
Wade Martin R Iii director 100 ROWLAND WAY, SUITE 300, NOVATO CA 94945
Randall D Smith director, 10 percent owner 885 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Heath Freeman director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 885 THIRD AVENUE, 34TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Michael J Monticciolo director, officer: CLO, COO and Secretary C/O GSC INVESTMENT CORP., 12 EAST 49TH STREET, SUITE 3200, NEW YORK NY 10017
Joshua Kleban officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O OYSTER ENTERPRISES ACQUISITION CORP, 300 MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06901
Akram Maziar director C/O OYSTER ENTERPRISES ACQUISITION CORP, 300 MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06901
Oyster Enterprises Llc 10 percent owner 300 MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06901

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