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IDEX (IEX) Interest Coverage

: 14.07 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. IDEX's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $163 Mil. IDEX's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-12 Mil. IDEX's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 14.07. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

IEX' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.61   Med: 12.53   Max: 19.02
Current: 14.38


IEX's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
51.67% of 2301 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 13.49 vs IEX: 14.38

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


IDEX Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for IDEX'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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IDEX Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.54 11.89 15.76 19.02 14.38

IDEX Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.60 14.72 15.32 13.41 14.07

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, IDEX'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.


IDEX Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, IDEX's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



IDEX 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.

IDEX'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, IDEX's Interest Expense was $-52 Mil. Its Operating Income was $743 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,423 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*743.4/-51.7
=14.38

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, IDEX's Interest Expense was $-12 Mil. Its Operating Income was $163 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,423 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*163.2/-11.6
=14.07

* 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.


IDEX  (NYSE:IEX) 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 .


IDEX Interest Coverage Related Terms

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IDEX (IEX) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3100 Sanders Road, Suite 301, Northbrook, IL, USA, 60062
Idex manufactures pumps, flow meters, valves, and fluidic systems for customers in a variety of end markets, including industrial, fire and safety, life science, and water. The firm's business is organized into three segments: fluid and metering technologies, health and science technologies, and fire and safety and diversified products. Based in Lake Forest, Illinois, Idex has manufacturing operations in over 20 countries and has over 7,000 employees. The company generated $3.2 billion in revenue and $763 million in adjusted operating income in 2022.
Executives
Alejandro Quiroz director 3100 SANDERS ROAD, SUITE 301, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Roopa Unnikrishnan officer: SVP, Strategy&Corp Development 3100 SANDERS ROAD, SUITE 301, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Marc Uleman officer: Senior VP, Group Executive HST 3100 SANDERS ROAD, SUITE 301, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
William K Grogan officer: SVP - Chief Financial Officer 3100 SANDERS ROAD, SUITE 301, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Melissa Aquino officer: Former SVP, Group Exec FMT&FSD 3100 SANDERS ROAD, SUITE 301, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Livingston Satterthwaite director 1925 WEST FIELD COURT, SUITE 200, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Eric D Ashleman officer: SVP - Chief Operating Officer 3100 SANDERS ROAD, SUITE 301, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Stanfield Paris Watts director 3100 SANDERS ROAD, SUITE 301, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Carl R Christenson director C/O ALTRA INDUSTRIAL MOTION INC., 300 GRANITE STREET, BRAINTREE MA 02184
Katrina L Helmkamp director 1925 WEST FIELD COURT, SUITE 200, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
William M Cook director 1925 WEST FIELD COURT, SUITE 200, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Mark A Buthman director P O BOX 619100, DALLAS TX 752619100
Lakecia N Gunter director 3100 SANDER ROAD, SUITE 301, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Mark A Beck director 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, SUITE 800W, WASHINGTON DC 20037
David C Parry director 155 HARLEM AVE., GLENVIEW IL 60025

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