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Leonardo DRS (Leonardo DRS) Interest Coverage : 8.60 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Leonardo DRS 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. Leonardo DRS's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $43 Mil. Leonardo DRS's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-5 Mil. Leonardo DRS's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 8.60. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

DRS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.78   Med: 4.63   Max: 16.5
Current: 7.55


DRS's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
53.33% of 210 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 7.02 vs DRS: 7.55

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


Leonardo DRS Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Leonardo DRS'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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Leonardo DRS Interest Coverage Chart

Leonardo DRS Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2.51 2.83 6.74 16.50 6.42

Leonardo DRS Quarterly Data
Dec18 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 3.13 4.67 5.90 11.67 8.60

Competitive Comparison of Leonardo DRS's Interest Coverage

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Leonardo DRS'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.


Leonardo DRS's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Leonardo DRS's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Leonardo DRS 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.

Leonardo DRS'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, Leonardo DRS's Interest Expense was $-36 Mil. Its Operating Income was $231 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $417 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*231/-36
=6.42

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Leonardo DRS's Interest Expense was $-5 Mil. Its Operating Income was $43 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $430 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*43/-5
=8.60

* 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.


Leonardo DRS  (NAS:DRS) 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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Leonardo DRS (Leonardo DRS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 1000, Arlington, VA, USA, 22202
Leonardo DRS Inc is a provider of defense products and technologies that are used across land, air, sea, space and cyber domains. The diverse array of defense systems and solutions is offered to all branches of the U.S. military, aerospace and defense prime contractors, government intelligence agencies and international military customers for deployment on a wide range of military platforms.
Executives
Leonardo S.p.a 10 percent owner PIAZZA MONTE GRAPPA 4, ROME L6 00195
Brothers Louis R Jr director REDWIRE CORPORATION, 8226 PHILIPS HIGHWAY, SUITE 101, JACKSONVILLE FL 32256
Gail Baker director C/O LEONARDO DRS, INC., 2345 CRYSTAL DRIVE SUITE 1000, ARLINGTON VA 22202
Leonardo Us Holding, Inc. 10 percent owner 1235 SOUTH CLARK STREET, SUITE 700, ARLINGTON VA 22202
George Casey director C/O LEONARDO DRS, INC., 2345 CRYSTAL DRIVE, SUITE 1000, ARLINGTON VA 22202
William Iii Lynn director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O LEONARDO DRS, INC., 2345 CRYSTAL DRIVE, SUITE 1000, ARLINGTON VA 22202
Pamela Morrow officer: SVP and Controller C/O LEONARDO DRS, INC., 2345 CRYSTAL DRIVE, SUITE 2000, ARLINGTON VA 22202
Michael Dippold officer: EVP and CFO C/O LEONARDO DRS, INC., 2345 CRYSTAL DRIVE, SUITE 1000, ARLINGTON VA 22202
Sally Wallace officer: EVP, Business Operations C/O LEONARDO DRS, INC., 2345 CRYSTAL DRIVE, SUITE 1000, ARLINGTON VA 22202
Mark Dorfman officer: EVP, GC and Secretary C/O LEONARDO DRS, INC., 2345 CRYSTAL DRIVE, SUITE 1000, ARLINGTON VA 22202
Frances F Townsend director C/O BAKER BOTTS LLP, THE WARNER, 1299 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW, WASHINGTON DC 20004-2400
David W Carey director 10815 RANCHO BERNARDO RD.,, SUITE 310, SAN DIEGO CA 92127
Peter Marino director 12701 FAIR LAKES CIRCLE, FAIRFAX VA 22033
Mary E Gallagher director
Kenneth J Krieg director 7111 XAVIER COURT, MCLEAN VA 22101