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Viemed Healthcare (Viemed Healthcare) Interest Coverage : 16.11 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Viemed Healthcare 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. Viemed Healthcare's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.4 Mil. Viemed Healthcare's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.2 Mil. Viemed Healthcare's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 16.11. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

VMD' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.73   Med: 40.73   Max: 56.25
Current: 24.07


VMD's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
54.98% of 422 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 18.56 vs VMD: 24.07

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


Viemed Healthcare Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Viemed Healthcare'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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Viemed Healthcare Interest Coverage Chart

Viemed Healthcare Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 29.35 48.04 37.82 43.64 35.32

Viemed Healthcare 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 N/A N/A 18.92 21.72 16.11

Competitive Comparison of Viemed Healthcare's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Viemed Healthcare'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.


Viemed Healthcare's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Viemed Healthcare's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Viemed Healthcare's Interest Coverage falls into.



Viemed Healthcare 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.

Viemed Healthcare'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, Viemed Healthcare's Interest Expense was $-0.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $15.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*14.975/-0.424
=35.32

Viemed Healthcare's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Viemed Healthcare's Interest Expense was $-0.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*2.417/-0.15
=16.11

* 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.


Viemed Healthcare  (NAS:VMD) 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 .


Viemed Healthcare Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Viemed Healthcare (Viemed Healthcare) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
625 E. Kaliste Saloom Road, Lafayette, LA, USA, 70508
Viemed Healthcare Inc is a provider of equipment and home therapy to patients with respiratory disease, oxygen problems, sleep apnea and PAP treatment. The company also provides services such as respiratory disease management, neuromuscular care, in-home sleep testing and sleep apnea treatment, oxygen therapy, respiratory equipment rentals, and healthcare staffing services.
Executives
Jeremy Trahan officer: Chief Legal Officer 625 E. KALISTE SALOOM RD., LAFAYETTE LA 70508
Timothy Smokoff director 625 E KALISTE SALOOM RD, LAFAYETTE LA 70508
Nitin Kaushal director 625 E KALISTE SALOOM RD, LAFAYETTE LA 70508
Randy E. Dobbs director C/O VIEMED HEALTHCARE, INC, 625 E. KALISTE SALOOM RD, LAFAYETTE LA 70508
Bruce D Greenstein director 901 HUGH WALLIS ROAD SOUTH, LAFAYETTE LA 70508
William Todd Zehnder director, officer: Chief Operating Officer 400 E. KALISTE SALOOM ROAD, SUITE 6000, LAFAYETTE LA 70508
Casey Hoyt director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 625 E. KALISTE SALOOM RD., LAFAYETTE LA 70508
Michael Moore officer: President 625 E. KALISTE SALOOM RD., LAFAYETTE LA 70508
Trae Fitzgerald officer: Chief Financial Officer 625 E KALISTE SALOOM RD, LAFAYETTE LA 70508
William Frazier director, officer: Chief Medical Officer 625 E KALISTE SALOOM RD, LAFAYETTE LA 70508
Jerome Cambre officer: Vice President of Sales 625 E KALISTE SALOOM RD, LAFAYETTE LA 70508
Sabrina Heltz director 625 E. KALISTE SALOOM ROAD, LAFAYETTE LA 70508
Ewell Patrick Eagan officer: General Counsel 625 E. KALISTE SALOOM ROAD, LAFAYETTE LA 70508