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Utah Medical Products (Utah Medical Products) Interest Coverage

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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. Utah Medical Products's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.94 Mil. Utah Medical Products'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. Utah Medical Products Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

The historical rank and industry rank for Utah Medical Products's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


UTMD's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 19.59
* 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.


Utah Medical Products Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Utah Medical Products'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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Utah Medical Products Annual Data
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Utah Medical Products Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Utah Medical Products'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.


Utah Medical Products Interest Coverage Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Utah Medical Products's Interest Coverage falls into.



Utah Medical Products 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.

Utah Medical Products'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, Utah Medical Products's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $16.78 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.30 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Utah Medical Products's interest coverage with the available data.

Utah Medical Products's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Utah Medical Products's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $3.94 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.30 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Utah Medical Products'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.


Utah Medical Products  (NAS:UTMD) 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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Utah Medical Products (Utah Medical Products) Business Description

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Address
7043 South 300 West, Midvale, UT, USA, 84047
Utah Medical Products Inc is involved in the business of developing, manufacturing, and distributing medical devices that are mainly proprietary, disposable and for hospital use. The firm produces its products for Blood pressure monitoring, Blood collection, Electrosurgery, Gynecology, Neonatal critical care, perinatology, and Urology. The company's product portfolio includes Electrosurgical pens, Tenacula, Endoscopic bulb irrigators, Blood bag spikes. Its products are used mainly in critical care areas, labor and delivery departments of hospitals as well as outpatient clinics and physicians offices.
Executives
Paul O Richins director, officer: VP, Treasurer, Asst. Secretary 7043 SOUTH 300 WEST, MIDVALE UT 84047
Barbara A Payne director
Ernst G Hoyer director
Kevin L Cornwell director, officer: Chairman, CEO, Secretary
Brian Koopman officer: Principal Financial Officer 108 E 1700 S, BOUNTIFUL UT 84010
James H Beeson director 7043 SOUTH 300 WEST, MIDVALE UT 84047
Greg A Leclaire officer: Chief Financial Officer 5225 WILEY POST WAY, SUITE 500, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84116
Stephen W Bennett director

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