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Guardforce AI Co (Guardforce AI Co) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Guardforce AI Co 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. Guardforce AI Co's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-10.49 Mil. Guardforce AI Co's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.07 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 Guardforce AI Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


GFAI's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 13.52
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Guardforce AI Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guardforce AI Co'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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Guardforce AI Co Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Guardforce AI Co's Interest Coverage

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Guardforce AI Co'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.


Guardforce AI Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Guardforce AI Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Guardforce AI Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



Guardforce AI Co 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.

Guardforce AI Co'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, Guardforce AI Co's Interest Expense was $-0.65 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-18.96 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.72 Mil.

Guardforce AI Co did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Guardforce AI Co's Interest Expense was $-0.07 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-10.49 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.72 Mil.

Guardforce AI Co 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.


Guardforce AI Co  (NAS:GFAI) 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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Guardforce AI Co (Guardforce AI Co) Business Description

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Address
10 Anson Road, No. 28-01, International Plaza, Singapore, SGP, 079903
Guardforce AI Co Ltd is a provider of cash solutions and cash handling services located in Thailand. The company engages in the cash logistics business, and its services include cash-in-transit, or CIT, dedicated vehicles to banks, ATM management, cash center operations, cash processing, coin processing, cheque center, and cash deposit machine solutions (cash deposit management and express cash service). Its customers include local commercial banks, chain retailers, coin-manufacturing mints, and government authorities.