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Micropac Industries (Micropac Industries) Interest Coverage : 1.46 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Micropac Industries 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. Micropac Industries's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.21 Mil. Micropac Industries's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-0.14 Mil. Micropac Industries's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 1.46. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

MPAD' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.44   Med: 1312   Max: No Debt
Current: 4.58


MPAD's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
72.7% of 1590 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.55 vs MPAD: 4.58

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


Micropac Industries Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Micropac Industries'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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Micropac Industries Interest Coverage Chart

Micropac Industries Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only No Debt N/A N/A 2,387.00 1.44

Micropac Industries Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 N/A N/A N/A 16.10 1.46

Competitive Comparison of Micropac Industries's Interest Coverage

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Micropac Industries'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.


Micropac Industries's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Micropac Industries's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Micropac Industries 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.

Micropac Industries's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023, Micropac Industries's Interest Expense was $-0.39 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.56 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $15.32 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Nov. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Nov. 2023 )
=-1*0.556/-0.386
=1.44

Micropac Industries's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2024, Micropac Industries's Interest Expense was $-0.14 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.21 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $15.21 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*0.208/-0.142
=1.46

* 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.


Micropac Industries  (OTCPK:MPAD) 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 .


Micropac Industries Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Micropac Industries (Micropac Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
905 East Walnut Street, Garland, TX, USA, 75040
Micropac Industries Inc manufactures and distributes a range of hybrid microelectronic circuits, solid-state relays (SSRs), power controllers, and optoelectronic components and assemblies. Its products are used as components in a range of military, space, and industrial systems, including aircraft instrumentation and navigation systems, power supplies, electronic controls, computers, medical devices, and high-temperature products. The company's core technology is the packaging and interconnecting of multi-chip microelectronics modules. Other technologies include light-emitting, and light-sensitive materials and products, including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and silicon phototransistors used in the company's optoelectronic components and assemblies.
Executives
Mark W King director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 2905 WYNDHAM LANE, RICHARDSON TX 75082
Richard K Hoesterey director 7852 LA COSA DRIVE, DALLAS TX 75248
Eugene A. Robinson director 1200 LAKE POINT CIRCLE, MCKINNEY TX 75070
Heinz-werner Hempel director, 10 percent owner AM WALL 127 D-281951, BREMEN 2M 00000
Micropac Industries, Inc. 10 percent owner AM WALL 127 D-281951 1, BREMEN 2M 00000
Patrick Cefalu officer: CFO 8706 ARBORSIDE, ROWLETT TX 75089
Wood Connie J. director 877 FM 2948, COMO TX 75431
H. Kent Hearn director 1409 BRIAR HOLLOW, GARLAND TX 75043

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