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Vycor Medical (Vycor Medical) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Vycor Medical 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. Vycor Medical's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.01 Mil. Vycor Medical's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 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 Vycor Medical's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


VYCO's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 17.89
* 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.


Vycor Medical Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vycor Medical'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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Vycor Medical Interest Coverage Chart

Vycor Medical Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Vycor Medical Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Vycor Medical's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Vycor Medical'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.


Vycor Medical's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

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

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



Vycor Medical 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.

Vycor Medical'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, Vycor Medical's Interest Expense was $-0.10 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.04 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.24 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*0.04/-0.103
=0.39

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Vycor Medical's Interest Expense was $-0.03 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.01 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.23 Mil.

Vycor Medical 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.


Vycor Medical  (OTCPK:VYCO) 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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Vycor Medical (Vycor Medical) Business Description

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Address
951 Broken Sound Boulevard, Suite 320, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 33487
Vycor Medical Inc is engaged in designing, developing and marketing medical devices for use in neurosurgery in the United States. It has developed ViewSite Brain Access System, which helps to reduce brain tissue trauma that arises from excessive pressure at the edges of the blade. It also provides non-invasive rehabilitation therapies for patients having disorders resulting from neurological brain damage caused by a stroke. The company operates through two segments: Vycor Medical, which focuses on devices for neurosurgery; and NovaVision, which focuses on neurostimulation therapies and diagnostic devices for the treatment and screening of visual field loss. The majority of the revenue comes from the Vycor Medical segment in the United States.
Executives
David Cantor director, officer: President 1 PORTMAN HOUSE HUE STREET, ST HELIER, JERSEY CHANNEL ISLANDS X0 00000
Adrian Liddell director, officer: Chairman ROSEMOUNT, LYNCOMBE VALE ROAD, BATH HI BA2 4LP
Peter C Zachariou director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O QUE MANAGEMENT INC, 180 VENICK 13RH FL, NEW YORK NY 10014
Lowell Rush director C/O DIRECT INSITE CORP., 500 EAST BROWARD BOULEVARD, SUITE 1550, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33394
Oscar Bronsther director 4 AUTUMNWOOD COURT, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Steven Girgenti director C/O HEALTHWORLD CORP, 100 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10013
Fountainhead Capital Management Ltd 10 percent owner PORTMAN HOUSE HUE STREET, ST HELIER, JERSEY CHANNEL ISLANDS X0 JE45RP

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