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VTech Holdings (VTech Holdings) Interest Coverage : 28.38 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is VTech Holdings 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. VTech Holdings's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $111 Mil. VTech Holdings's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-4 Mil. VTech Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 28.38. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

VTKLF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.9   Med: 208.12   Max: No Debt
Current: 18.78


VTKLF's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
57.29% of 1604 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.555 vs VTKLF: 18.78

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


VTech Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for VTech Holdings'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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VTech Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

VTech Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 208.11 28.89 35.89 21.28 14.90

VTech Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 18.83 23.73 17.16 12.86 28.38

Competitive Comparison of VTech Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, VTech Holdings'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.


VTech Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



VTech Holdings 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.

VTech Holdings's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, VTech Holdings's Interest Expense was $-12 Mil. Its Operating Income was $179 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $163 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*178.8/-12
=14.90

VTech Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, VTech Holdings's Interest Expense was $-4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $111 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $149 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*110.7/-3.9
=28.38

* 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.


VTech Holdings  (OTCPK:VTKLF) 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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VTech Holdings (VTech Holdings) Business Description

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Address
Block 1, 57 Ting Kok Road, Tai Po, 23rd Floor, Tai Ping Industrial Centre, New Territories, Hong Kong, HKG
VTech Holdings Ltd is engaged in designing, manufacturing, and distribution of consumer electronic products. It also provides contract manufacturing services. VTech's diverse collection of products include Telephone Products, Business Phones, Electronic Learning Toys, Baby Monitors and Hospitality Products. It offers turnkey services to customers in a number of product categories. The company operates through four geographical segments, North America including the United States and Canada, Europe, Asia Pacific and Others, which covers sales of electronic products to the rest of the world. VTech generates a majority of its revenue from North America and Europe.

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