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Kontron AG (XTER:KTN) Interest Coverage : 4.21 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Kontron AG 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. Kontron AG's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €21 Mil. Kontron AG's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-5 Mil. Kontron AG's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.21. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

XTER:KTN' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.68   Med: 4.74   Max: 8.77
Current: 4.63


XTER:KTN's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
79.14% of 1606 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.9 vs XTER:KTN: 4.63

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


Kontron AG Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kontron AG'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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Kontron AG Interest Coverage Chart

Kontron AG Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.17 6.79 3.33 0.68 4.62

Kontron AG 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 3.97 5.64 4.38 4.50 4.21

Competitive Comparison of Kontron AG's Interest Coverage

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Kontron AG'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.


Kontron AG's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Kontron AG's Interest Coverage falls into.



Kontron AG 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.

Kontron AG'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, Kontron AG's Interest Expense was €-16 Mil. Its Operating Income was €74 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €93 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*74.499/-16.139
=4.62

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Kontron AG's Interest Expense was €-5 Mil. Its Operating Income was €21 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*21.406/-5.086
=4.21

* 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.


Kontron AG  (XTER:KTN) 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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Kontron AG (XTER:KTN) Business Description

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Address
Industriezeile 35, Linz, AUT, A-4021
Kontron AG is an IT systems and hardware components manufacturer. It operates in three segments: IT Services, which includes consulting and sales of third-party hardware and software products as well as implementation and operation in the DACH region and Eastern Europe. The portfolio offered includes the areas of planning (consulting), implementation (integration), and outsourcing of IT services; IoT Solutions Europe segment focuses on the development of secure solutions through a combined portfolio of hardware, middleware, and services in the areas of the Internet of Things (loT) and Industry 4.0; and loT Solutions America segment covers business activities in the vertical markets of transport and aviation as well as communications in the North America region.

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