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Prime Medicine (Prime Medicine) Interest Coverage : N/A (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Prime Medicine 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. Prime Medicine's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-54.54 Mil. Prime Medicine's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. 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. Prime Medicine Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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


PRME's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 142.97
* 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.


Prime Medicine Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Prime Medicine'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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Prime Medicine Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Prime Medicine's Interest Coverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Prime Medicine'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.


Prime Medicine's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Prime Medicine's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Prime Medicine's Interest Coverage falls into.



Prime Medicine 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.

Prime Medicine'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, Prime Medicine's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-191.29 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4.36 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Prime Medicine's interest coverage with the available data.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Prime Medicine's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-54.54 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4.36 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Prime Medicine's interest coverage with the available data.

* 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.


Prime Medicine  (NAS:PRME) 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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Prime Medicine (Prime Medicine) Business Description

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Address
21 Erie Street, Cambridge, MA, USA, 02139
Prime Medicine Inc is a biotechnology company committed to delivering genetic therapies to address diseases by deploying gene editing technology, Prime Editing. The Prime Editing technology is a next-generation technology that can search and replace to restore normal genetic function in the genome and can treat a wide spectrum of diseases with high unmet medical needs and efficient and broad gene editing technology.
Executives
Gv 2019 Gp, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Jeffrey D Marrazzo director 3737 MARKET STREET, SUITE 1300, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
2019, L.p. Gv 10 percent owner 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Gv 2019 Gp, L.p. 10 percent owner 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PKWY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Gv 2021 Gp, L.p. 10 percent owner 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Gv 2021 Gp, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
2021, L.p. Gv 10 percent owner 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Alphabet Inc. 10 percent owner 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Robert Nelsen director, 10 percent owner 8755 W. HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 1025, CHICAGO IL 60631
Thomas Cahill director PRIME MEDICINE, INC., 21 ERIE ST., CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Arch Venture Partners X, Llc 10 percent owner 8755 W. HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 1025, CHICAGO IL 60631
Carman Alenson officer: See Remarks 88 SIDNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Keith Crandell 10 percent owner 8755 W. HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 1025, CHICAGO IL 60631
Kaye I Foster-cheek director JOHNSON & JOHNSON, ONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLAZA, NEW BRUNSWICK NJ 08933
Meredith Goldwasser officer: SVP, Strategy & Corporate Ops. PRIME MEDICINE, INC., 21 ERIE ST., CAMBRIDGE MA 02139