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Direct Digital Holdings (Direct Digital Holdings) Interest Coverage : 0.03 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Direct Digital Holdings 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. Direct Digital Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.0 Mil. Direct Digital Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1.3 Mil. Direct Digital Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.03. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

DRCT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.38   Med: 1.52   Max: 2.47
Current: 1.52


DRCT's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
87.2% of 617 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 11.54 vs DRCT: 1.52

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


Direct Digital Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Direct Digital Holdings'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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Direct Digital Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Direct Digital Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
- - 1.38 2.47 1.52

Direct Digital Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 2.59 - 2.19 4.24 0.03

Competitive Comparison of Direct Digital Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Direct Digital Holdings'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.


Direct Digital Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Direct Digital Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Direct Digital Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.



Direct Digital Holdings 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.

Direct Digital Holdings'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, Direct Digital Holdings's Interest Expense was $-4.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $6.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $29.4 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*6.645/-4.378
=1.52

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Direct Digital Holdings's Interest Expense was $-1.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $29.4 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*0.038/-1.273
=0.03

* 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.


Direct Digital Holdings  (NAS:DRCT) 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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Direct Digital Holdings (Direct Digital Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1177 West Loop South, Suite 1310, Houston, TX, USA, 77027
Direct Digital Holdings Inc is an end-to-end, full-service programmatic advertising platform primarily focused on providing advertising technology, data-driven campaign optimization and other solutions to underserved and less efficient markets on both the buy- and sell-side of the digital advertising ecosystem.
Executives
W Keith Smith director, 10 percent owner, officer: President
Diana P Diaz officer: Interim CFO 9220 KIRBY DRIVE SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77054
Mistelle Locke director C/O DIRECT DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC., 1177 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1310, HOUSTON TX 77027
Maria Vilchez Lowrey officer: Chief Growth Officer C/O DIRECT DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC., 1177 WEST LOOP SOUTH STE 1310, HOUSTON TX 77027
Timothy Grittani 10 percent owner PO BOX 20551, COLUMBUS OH 43220
Richard Cohen director C/O DUNE ENERGY, INC., TWO SHELL PLAZA, 777 WALKER STREET, SUITE 2300, HOUSTON TX 77002
Antoinette Renee Leatherberry director C/O ZOETIS INC., 10 SYLVAN WAY, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Susan Echard officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O TRINITY CAPITAL INC., 3075 WEST RAY ROAD, SUITE 525, CHANDLER AZ 85226
Mark D Walker director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO C/O DIRECT DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC., 1233 WEST LOOP SUITE 1170, HOUSTON TX 77027
Anu Pillai officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O DIRECT DIGITAL HOLDINGS, INC., 1233 WEST LOOP SUITE 1170, HOUSTON TX 77027
Direct Digital Management, Llc 10 percent owner 1233 WEST LOOP S., SUITE 1170, HOUSTON TX 77027