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Ribbon Communications (Ribbon Communications) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Ribbon Communications 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. Ribbon Communications's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-10.4 Mil. Ribbon Communications's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-6.0 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 Ribbon Communications's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

RBBN' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.46   Med: 1.1   Max: 1.67
Current: 0.46


RBBN's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 4.61 vs RBBN: 0.46

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


Ribbon Communications Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ribbon Communications'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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Ribbon Communications Interest Coverage Chart

Ribbon Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.08 1.67 1.10 - -

Ribbon Communications Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 - - 0.60 2.90 -

Competitive Comparison of Ribbon Communications's Interest Coverage

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Ribbon Communications'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.


Ribbon Communications's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Ribbon Communications's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ribbon Communications 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.

Ribbon Communications'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, Ribbon Communications's Interest Expense was $-27.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-3.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $236.2 Mil.

Ribbon Communications did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Ribbon Communications's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Ribbon Communications's Interest Expense was $-6.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-10.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $36.8 Mil.

Ribbon Communications 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.


Ribbon Communications  (NAS:RBBN) 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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Ribbon Communications (Ribbon Communications) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6500 Chase Oaks Boulevard, Suite 100, Plano, TX, USA, 75023
Ribbon Communications Inc provides network solutions primarily to telecommunications, wireless and cable service providers worldwide. It enables service providers and enterprises to modernize their communications networks and provide secure real-time communications solutions to their customers and employees. Its solutions enable its customers with a secure way to connect and leverage multivendor, multiprotocol communications systems and applications across their networks and the cloud, around the world and in a rapidly changing ecosystem of IP-enabled devices such as smartphones and tablets.
Executives
Miguel A Lopez officer: EVP, CFO HARRIS CORPORATION, 1025 W NASA BOULEVARD, MELBOURNE FL 32919
Bruce William Mcclelland director, officer: President & CEO 3871 LAKEFIELD DRIVE, SUWANEE GA 30024
Dan Redington officer: EVP of Global Sales 6500 CHASE OAKS BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, PLANO TX 75023
Scott Mair director 6500 CHASE OAKS BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, PLANO TX 75023
Swarth Investments Inc. 10 percent owner NEWPORT HOUSE, 15 THE GRANGE, ST PETER PORT Y7 GY1 4LA
Jpmorgan Chase & Co 10 percent owner 383 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Sam Bucci officer: EVP & GM IP Optical Networks 3605 E PLANO PARKWAY, PLANO TX 75074
Bruns H Grayson director 950 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451
Stephen J. Mccaffery officer: EVP EMEAS and APAC Sales VICTORIA ROAD, WEST YORKSHIRE, SALTAIRE X0 BD183LF
Eric S Marmurek officer: SVP, Finance & CAO C/O 4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Patrick W Macken officer: EVP, Chief Legal Officer 4515 THREE CHIMNEYS LANE, CUMMING GA 30041
Beatriz V Infante director 4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, SONUS NETWORKS, INC., WESTFORD MA 01886
Ewing R Stewart Jr director 100 CENTURETEL DRIVE, MONROE LA 71203
Steven M Bruny officer: EVP Sales, Americas C/O 4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Shaul Shani director 4001 WEST PKWY, C/O SAPIENS USA INC, CURRY NC 27519