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Planet Payment (Planet Payment) Interest Coverage : 290.46 (As of Sep. 2017)


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What is Planet Payment 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. Planet Payment's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2017 was $3.78 Mil. Planet Payment's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2017 was $-0.01 Mil. Planet Payment's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was 290.46. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


PLPM's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 29.35
* 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.


Planet Payment Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Planet Payment'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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Planet Payment Interest Coverage Chart

Planet Payment Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 0.60 59.75 109.64 35.84

Planet Payment Quarterly Data
Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17
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 27.21 45.13 17.83 27.28 290.46

Competitive Comparison of Planet Payment's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Planet Payment'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.


Planet Payment's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Planet Payment 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.

Planet Payment's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016, Planet Payment's Interest Expense was $-0.27 Mil. Its Operating Income was $9.82 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $9.92 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2016 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2016 )
=-1*9.821/-0.274
=35.84

Planet Payment's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2017, Planet Payment's Interest Expense was $-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income was $3.78 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2017 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2017 )
=-1*3.776/-0.013
=290.46

* 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.


Planet Payment  (NAS:PLPM) 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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Planet Payment (Planet Payment) Business Description

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Planet Payment Inc is a provider of international payment and transaction processing and multi-currency processing services. It organizes its business operations through two segments: Multi Currency Processing Services and Payment Processing Services. Its service portfolio consists of payment processing, multi-currency processing, gateway, data analytics, and commercial transaction services. The company provides its services across the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. It generates the majority of its revenue from Multi Currency Processing Services segment.
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Carl J Williams director, officer: See Remarks 10 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NORTH TOWER, ATLANTA GA 30189
Shane H. Kim director 500 E. PRATT STREET, SUITE 1200, BALTIMORE MD 21202
David L Warnock other: See Remarks 500 EAST PRATT STREET, SUITE 1200, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Jason Tagler other: See Remarks 500 EAST PRATT STREET, SUITE 1200, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Joseph T Sherman other: See Remarks 500 EAST PRATT STREET, SUITE 1200, BALTIMORE MD 21202
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Donald W Hughes other: See Remarks 500 EAST PRATT STREET, SUITE 1200, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Christopher W Kersey other: See Remarks 500 EAST PRATT STREET, SUITE 1200, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Philip D Beck director C/O PLANET PAYMENT, INC., 670 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD, LONG BEACH NY 11561

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