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Zealand Pharma A/S (Zealand Pharma A/S) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Zealand Pharma A/S 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. Zealand Pharma A/S's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-37.30 Mil. Zealand Pharma A/S's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.70 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Zealand Pharma A/S's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


ZLDPF's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 138.73
* 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.


Zealand Pharma A/S Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zealand Pharma A/S'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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Zealand Pharma A/S Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Zealand Pharma A/S's Interest Coverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Zealand Pharma A/S'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.


Zealand Pharma A/S's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Zealand Pharma A/S's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zealand Pharma A/S's Interest Coverage falls into.



Zealand Pharma A/S 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.

Zealand Pharma A/S'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, Zealand Pharma A/S's Interest Expense was $-3.64 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-84.45 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $15.01 Mil.

Zealand Pharma A/S did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Zealand Pharma A/S's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Zealand Pharma A/S's Interest Expense was $-0.70 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-37.30 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $54.55 Mil.

Zealand Pharma A/S did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Zealand Pharma A/S  (OTCPK:ZLDPF) 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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Zealand Pharma A/S (Zealand Pharma A/S) Business Description

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Sydmarken 11, Soborg, DNK, DK-2860
Zealand Pharma A/S is a biotechnology company. It is focused on the discovery, design, and development of peptide-based medicines. The company's product pipeline includes three product candidates in clinical development: glepaglutide, which is being developed to treat short bowel syndrome or SBS; dasiglucagon formulated for use in a dual-hormone artificial pancreas system for diabetes management; and dasiglucagon for use in the treatment of congenital hyperinsulinism. The company has out-licensed a peptide program to Boehringer Ingelheim that has been moved ahead into early clinical development: a once-weekly novel dual-acting GLP-1/glucagon agonist for the treatment of obesity and/or Type 2 diabetes.