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Teradyne (Teradyne) Interest Coverage : 160.53 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Teradyne 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. Teradyne's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $130 Mil. Teradyne's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1 Mil. Teradyne's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 160.53. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Teradyne Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

TER' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 22.45   Med: 52.88   Max: 228.32
Current: 137.21


TER's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
76.57% of 623 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 20.41 vs TER: 137.21

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


Teradyne Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Teradyne'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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Teradyne Interest Coverage Chart

Teradyne 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 24.29 37.85 67.90 228.32 137.24

Teradyne Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 161.79 96.15 139.97 156.62 160.53

Competitive Comparison of Teradyne's Interest Coverage

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Teradyne'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.


Teradyne's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Teradyne's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Teradyne 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.

Teradyne'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, Teradyne's Interest Expense was $-4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $522 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $65 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*522.345/-3.806
=137.24

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Teradyne's Interest Expense was $-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $130 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $65 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*130.349/-0.812
=160.53

* 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.


Teradyne  (NAS:TER) 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 .


Teradyne Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Teradyne (Teradyne) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
600 Riverpark Drive, North Reading, MA, USA, 01864
Teradyne provides testing equipment, including automated test equipment for semiconductors, system testing for hard disk drives, circuit boards, and electronics systems and wireless testing for devices. The firm entered the industrial automation market in 2015, into which it sells collaborative and autonomous robots for factory applications. Teradyne serves numerous end markets and geographies directly and indirectly with its products, but its most significant exposure is to semiconductor testing. Teradyne serves vertically integrated, fabless, and foundry chipmakers with its equipment.
Executives
Brad Robbins officer: President, LitePoint Corp. C O LITEPOINT, 965 WEST MAUDE AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Richard John Burns officer: President, Semiconductor Test MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 9 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, WESTBOROUGH MA 01581
Ujjwal Kumar officer: President, Teradyne Robotics C/O TERADYNE, INC., 600 RIVERPARK DRIVE, NORTH READING MA 01864
Sanjay Mehta officer: VP and Chief Financial Officer C/O TERADYNE INC., 600 RIVERPARK DRIVE, NORTH READING MA 01864
Mercedes Johnson director MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC, 8000 S FEDERAL WAY, MS 1-557, BOISE ID 83716
Charles Jeffrey Gray officer: VP, General Counsel, Secretary 600 RIVERPARK DRIVE, NORTH READING MA 01864
Mark E Jagiela director, officer: President and CEO 321 HARRISON AVE, C/O TERADYNE INC, BOSTON MA 02118
Ernest E Maddock director LAM RESEARCH, 4650 CUSHING PARKWAY, FREMONT CA 94538
Peter Herweck director 600 RIVERPARK DRIVE, NORTH READING MA 01864
Paul J Tufano director C/O SOLECTRON CORPORATION, 847 GIBRALTAR DR., MILPITAS CA 95035
Gregory Stephen Smith officer: President, Semiconductor Test 1 HUCKLEBERRY RD, HOPKINTON MA 01748-1054
Ford Tamer director 3945 FREEDOM CIRCLE SUITE 1100, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Timothy E Guertin director C/O VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC, 3100 HANSEN WAY M/S E-327, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Marilyn Matz director C/O LOGMEIN, INC., 320 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON MA 02210
Edwin J Gillis director C/O VERITAS SOFTWARE CORP, 350 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043

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