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Frequency Electronics (Frequency Electronics) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Frequency Electronics 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. Frequency Electronics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-0.47 Mil. Frequency Electronics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-0.03 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 Frequency Electronics's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

FEIM' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 18.01   Med: 26.44   Max: 31.24
Current: 18.01


FEIM's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
56.66% of 1606 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.52 vs FEIM: 18.01

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


Frequency Electronics Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Frequency Electronics'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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Frequency Electronics Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Frequency Electronics's Interest Coverage

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Frequency Electronics'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.


Frequency Electronics's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Frequency Electronics's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Frequency Electronics's Interest Coverage falls into.



Frequency Electronics 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.

Frequency Electronics's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023, Frequency Electronics's Interest Expense was $-0.16 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-4.67 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5.88 Mil.

Frequency Electronics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Frequency Electronics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, Frequency Electronics's Interest Expense was $-0.03 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.47 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4.72 Mil.

Frequency Electronics 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.


Frequency Electronics  (NAS:FEIM) 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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Frequency Electronics (Frequency Electronics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
55 Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, Mitchel Field, NY, USA, 11553
Frequency Electronics Inc is engaged in the design, development, and manufacture of high-precision timing, and frequency control products for space, air, sea, and terrestrial applications. The company has FEI-NY and FEI-Zyfer reportable segments. It derives the majority of its revenues from the FEI-NY segment. FEI-NY segment operations consist principally of precision time and frequency control products used in three principal markets namely communication satellites (both commercial and U.S. Government-funded); terrestrial cellular telephone or other ground-based telecommunication stations; and other components and systems for the U.S. military.
Executives
Russell M Sarachek director 4718 FOXHALL CRESCENTS NW, WASHINGTON DC 20007
Edenbrook Long Only Value Fund, Lp director, 10 percent owner EDENBROOK CAPITAL, LLC, 116 RADIO CIRCLE, SUITE 202, MT. KISCO NY 10549
Steven E Strang officer: President, FEI-Zyfer, Inc. C/O FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS, INC., 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD, MITCHEL FIELD NY 11553
Thomas Mcclelland officer: Vice President, Comml Products C/O FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC, 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD, MITCHEL FIELD NY 11553
Stanton D Sloane director COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., 68 SOUTH SERVICE RD., SUITE 230, MELVILLE NY 11747
John Patrick Caulfield officer: VP of Manufacturing C/O FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS, 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD., MITCHEL FIELD NY 11533
Edenbrook Capital, Llc director, 10 percent owner 116 RADIO CIRCLE, SUITE 202, MT. KISCO NY 10549
Martin B Bloch director, officer: President FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC, 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD, MITCHEL FIELD NY 11553
Robert Schwartz director 11552 PROSPEROUS DRIVE, ODESSA FL 33556
Jonathan Brolin director, 10 percent owner 2 DEPOT PLAZA, 4TH FLOOR, BEDFORD HILLS NY 10507
Privet Fund Lp 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 3280 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, SUITE 2670, Atlanta GA 30305
Oleandro Mancini officer: Vice President, Bus. Develop C/O FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC, 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD, MITCHEL FIELD NY 11553
Lance W Lord director 1110 TRUMPETERS COURT, MONUMENT CO 80132
Steven Lawrence Bernstein officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC., 55 CHARLES LINDBERGH BLVD., MITCHEL FIELD NY 11553
Ryan Levenson 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 2396 DELLWOOD DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30305

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