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Bytes Technology Group (LSE:BYIT) Interest Coverage : 125.45 (As of Aug. 2023)


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What is Bytes Technology Group 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. Bytes Technology Group's Operating Income for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was £30.6 Mil. Bytes Technology Group's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Aug. 2023 was £-0.2 Mil. Bytes Technology Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 125.45. 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. Bytes Technology Group PLC has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

LSE:BYIT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 71.82   Med: 157.81   Max: 18695
Current: 114.86


LSE:BYIT's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
67.81% of 1606 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.06 vs LSE:BYIT: 114.86

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


Bytes Technology Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bytes Technology Group'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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Bytes Technology Group Interest Coverage Chart

Bytes Technology Group Annual Data
Trend Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 18,695.00 363.95 139.09 71.82 105.54

Bytes Technology Group Semi-Annual Data
Feb18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 76.46 66.91 107.04 103.92 125.45

Competitive Comparison of Bytes Technology Group's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Bytes Technology Group'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.


Bytes Technology Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Bytes Technology Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bytes Technology Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Bytes Technology Group 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.

Bytes Technology Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023, Bytes Technology Group's Interest Expense was £-0.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was £51.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Feb. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Feb. 2023 )
=-1*51.82/-0.491
=105.54

Bytes Technology Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Aug. 2023, Bytes Technology Group's Interest Expense was £-0.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was £30.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £1.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Aug. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Aug. 2023 )
=-1*30.609/-0.244
=125.45

* 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.


Bytes Technology Group  (LSE:BYIT) 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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Bytes Technology Group (LSE:BYIT) Business Description

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Randalls Way, Bytes House, Leatherhead, Surrey, GBR, KT22 7TW
Bytes Technology Group PLC provides IT solutions and services, offering software, hardware and cloud services. It enables effective and cost-efficient technology sourcing, adoption and management across software, security and cloud services. The company's brands include Bytes Software Services (BSS) and Phoenix Software. It generates a majority of its revenue from Software.

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