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Viavi Solutions (FRA:UNS1) Interest Coverage : 3.10 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Viavi Solutions 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. Viavi Solutions's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €20.4 Mil. Viavi Solutions's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €-6.6 Mil. Viavi Solutions's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.10. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

FRA:UNS1' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.22   Med: 3.13   Max: 11.34
Current: 1.34


FRA:UNS1's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
86.63% of 1600 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.455 vs FRA:UNS1: 1.34

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


Viavi Solutions Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Viavi Solutions'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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Viavi Solutions Interest Coverage Chart

Viavi Solutions Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.41 10.48 11.34 9.02 3.84

Viavi Solutions 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 1.33 1.85 2.14 3.10 -

Competitive Comparison of Viavi Solutions's Interest Coverage

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Viavi Solutions'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.


Viavi Solutions's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Viavi Solutions 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.

Viavi Solutions's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, Viavi Solutions's Interest Expense was €-22.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was €87.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €622.7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*87.224/-22.706
=3.84

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Viavi Solutions's Interest Expense was €-6.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was €20.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €619.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*20.449/-6.602
=3.10

* 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.


Viavi Solutions  (FRA:UNS1) 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 .


Viavi Solutions Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Viavi Solutions (FRA:UNS1) Business Description

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Address
1445 South Spectrum Boulevard, Suite 102, Chandler, AZ, USA, 85286
Viavi Solutions Inc. is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions to communications service providers, enterprises, network equipment manufacturers, civil government, military and avionics customers. The company also offers high-performance thin-film optical coatings, providing light management solutions to anti-counterfeiting, 3D sensing, electronics, automotive, defense and instrumentation markets. Its operating segments include Network Enablement, Service Enablement, and Optical Security and Performance Products. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.

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