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Pure Storage (Pure Storage) Interest Coverage : 36.35 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Pure Storage 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. Pure Storage's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $74 Mil. Pure Storage's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-2 Mil. Pure Storage's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 36.35. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

PSTG' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.65   Med: No Debt   Max: No Debt
Current: 11.65


PSTG's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
51.78% of 1603 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.38 vs PSTG: 11.65

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


Pure Storage Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pure Storage'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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Pure Storage Interest Coverage Chart

Pure Storage Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - 17.59 11.65

Pure Storage Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 56.21 - 5.37 35.44 36.35

Competitive Comparison of Pure Storage's Interest Coverage

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Pure Storage'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.


Pure Storage's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Pure Storage 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.

Pure Storage's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024, Pure Storage's Interest Expense was $-7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $87 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $223 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*87.163/-7.483
=11.65

Pure Storage's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, Pure Storage's Interest Expense was $-2 Mil. Its Operating Income was $74 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $223 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*74.228/-2.042
=36.35

* 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.


Pure Storage  (NYSE:PSTG) 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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Pure Storage (Pure Storage) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
650 Castro Street, Suite 400, Mountain View, CA, USA, 94041
Pure Storage Inc is a US-based company that provides an enterprise data storage platform that transforms business through a dramatic increase in performance and reduction in complexity and costs. It generates revenue from two sources: product revenue which includes the sale of integrated storage hardware and embedded operating system software and; subscription services revenue which includes Evergreen Storage subscriptions, a unified subscription which includes Pure as-a-Service, and Cloud Block Store, and Portworx. Subscription services revenue also includes professional services offerings such as installation and implementation consulting services.
Executives
P. Kevan Krysler officer: Chief Financial Officer 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Roxanne Taylor director PURE STORAGE, INC., 650 CASTRO ST #400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Gregory Tomb director 650 CASTRO ST, SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Mona Chu officer: Chief Accounting Officer 650 CASTRO ST #400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Mallun Yen director 1 MARKET PLAZA, STEUART TOWER, SUITE 800, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Brown Andrew William Fraser director C/O GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 970 PARK PL, SUITE 200, SAN MATEO CA 94403
John Francis Murphy director 2250 E. IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Dan Fitzsimons officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O PURE STORAGE, INC., 650 CASTRO ST #400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Ajay Singh officer: Chief Product Officer PURE STORAGE, INC., 650 CASTRO ST #400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Anita M Sands director 350 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Scott Dietzen director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O PURE STORAGE, INC., 650 CASTRO STREET, SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Paul S Mountford officer: Chief Operating Officer 950 WEST MAUDE AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Timothy Riitters officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PURE STORAGE, INC., 650 CASTRO STREET, SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Taylor Susan J.s. director C/O LINKEDIN CORPORATION, 2029 STIERLIN COURT, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
John Colgrove director, officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O PURE STORAGE, INC., 650 CASTRO STREET, SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041