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NCC Group (LSE:NCC) Interest Coverage : 1.40 (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is NCC 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. NCC Group's Operating Income for the six months ended in Nov. 2023 was £4.2 Mil. NCC Group's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Nov. 2023 was £-3.0 Mil. NCC Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 1.40. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

LSE:NCC' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.55   Med: 11.65   Max: 33.54
Current: 1.55


LSE:NCC's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
91.94% of 1601 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.92 vs LSE:NCC: 1.55

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


NCC Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for NCC 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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NCC Group Interest Coverage Chart

NCC Group Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.29 6.83 12.00 9.59 3.16

NCC Group Semi-Annual Data
May14 Nov14 May15 Nov15 May16 Nov16 May17 Nov17 May18 Nov18 May19 Nov19 May20 Nov20 May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23
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 6.47 12.25 4.85 1.70 1.40

Competitive Comparison of NCC Group's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Application subindustry, NCC 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.


NCC Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



NCC 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.

NCC Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023, NCC Group's Interest Expense was £-5.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was £17.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £105.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: May. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: May. 2023 )
=-1*17.7/-5.6
=3.16

NCC Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Nov. 2023, NCC Group's Interest Expense was £-3.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was £4.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £89.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Nov. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Nov. 2023 )
=-1*4.2/-3
=1.40

* 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.


NCC Group  (LSE:NCC) 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 .


NCC Group Interest Coverage Related Terms

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NCC Group (LSE:NCC) Business Description

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Address
2 Hardman Boulevard, XYZ Building, Spinningfields, Manchester, GBR, M3 3AQ
NCC Group PLC is a U.K.-based provider of information assurance software solutions to the transportation, finance, retail, Internet of Things, and oil and gas end markets. The firm's operations are organized in below divisions: Assurance, which offers security and risks consulting services; group escrow, which offers software escrow services with a third-party agent; and domain services, which maintains and publishes trust security standards. Roughly half of the firm's revenue is generated in the United Kingdom, with the rest coming from Europe and the rest of the world.

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