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Starco Brands (Starco Brands) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Starco Brands 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. Starco Brands's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-13.53 Mil. Starco Brands's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.23 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


STCB's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 9.845
* 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.


Starco Brands Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Starco Brands'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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Starco Brands Interest Coverage Chart

Starco Brands Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Starco Brands Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Starco Brands's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Starco Brands'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.


Starco Brands's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Starco Brands's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Starco Brands 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.

Starco Brands's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Starco Brands's Interest Expense was $-0.85 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-15.63 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Starco Brands did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Starco Brands's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Starco Brands's Interest Expense was $-0.23 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-13.53 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Starco Brands did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Starco Brands  (OTCPK:STCB) 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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Starco Brands (Starco Brands) Business Description

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Address
250 26th Street, Suite 200, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 90402
Starco Brands Inc is engaged in the direct response marketing of consumer products. The company involves marketing, distributing, & developing consumer products to be sold through retail. It mainly selects products invented by others for use in a direct response marketing program and also develops its own products for sale as well. The company retails various products in the following categories: household, DIY/hardware, automotive, food products, personal care, suncare, spirits & beverage. It has two segments, Starco Brands. & Skylar. The Starco Brands segments generate the majority of revenue through the development and sales of consumer goods products.
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