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Helo (HLOC) Interest Coverage : N/A (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Helo 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. Helo's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-0.06 Mil. Helo's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 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.

(1) 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.

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


HLOC's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 12.57
* 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.


Helo Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Helo'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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Helo Interest Coverage Chart

Helo Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
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Helo Quarterly Data
Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Jun22 Sep22 Jun23 Sep23
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Competitive Comparison of Helo's Interest Coverage

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Helo'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.


Helo's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Helo 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.

Helo's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018, Helo's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-1.59 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Helo had no debt (1).

Helo's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2023, Helo's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.06 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.92 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Helo'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.


Helo  (OTCPK:HLOC) 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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Helo (HLOC) Business Description

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Address
180 Steuart Street, Suite 192750, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94119
Helo Corp is a life-sensing technology company. The company designs, manufactures and sells connected, next-generation, wearable devices, and mobile products. It designs and sells its own range of integrated mobile technology products such as SPACE Wireless smartphones and Helo smart bands. These products are manufactured by third-party factories in China. It also provides mobile telecom services to consumers through exclusive sales agreements with regional third-party distributors across the world.