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Puration (Puration) Interest Coverage

: No Debt (1) (As of Sep. 2007)
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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. Puration's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2007 was $-0.28 Mil. Puration's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2007 was $0.00 Mil. Puration 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 Puration's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


PURA's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 13.49
* 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.


Puration Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Puration'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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Puration Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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Puration Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Puration'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.


Puration Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Puration's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Puration 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.

Puration's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2006 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2006, Puration's Interest Expense was $-0.06 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-1.68 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Puration did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Puration's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2007 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2007, Puration's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.28 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Puration 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.


Puration  (OTCPK:PURA) 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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Puration (Puration) Business Description

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Address
1584 County Road 613, Farmersville, TX, USA, 75442
Puration Inc is engaged in the business of researching, designing, developing, producing, marketing and distributing products and systems to improve the quality of the water used daily by people around the world. The company designs and produces personal use water filter bottles and other containers and also has developed its proprietary technology for water filtration and purification. It derives its revenue from the selling of water filtration products.
Executives
Robert Howard Nelson officer: Chief Financial Officer 1613 EAST 15TH STREET, TULSA OK 74120