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hopTo (HPTO) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is hopTo 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. hopTo's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.12 Mil. hopTo's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. hopTo has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. hopTo Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

(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 hopTo's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


HPTO's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 28.88
* 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.


hopTo Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for hopTo'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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hopTo Interest Coverage Chart

hopTo Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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hopTo Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of hopTo's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Application subindustry, hopTo'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.


hopTo's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



hopTo 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.

hopTo's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, hopTo's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.22 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.04 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate hopTo's interest coverage with the available data.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2023, hopTo's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.12 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

hopTo had no debt (1).

* 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.


hopTo  (OTCPK:HPTO) 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 .


hopTo Interest Coverage Related Terms

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hopTo (HPTO) Business Description

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Address
189 North Main Street, Suite 102, Concord, NH, USA, 03301
hopTo Inc is a developer of application software that includes application virtualization and cloud computing software for multiple computer operating systems. The company's products are sold under the brand name GO-Global, which is sold to small to medium-sized companies, departments within large corporations, governmental and educational institutions, independent software vendors (ISVs), and value-added resellers (VARs). Its GO-Global includes different product families that GO-Global for Windows, UNIX, and Client. Its geographical segments are the United States, Brazil, Japan, and Other countries.
Executives
Jonathon R Skeels director 620 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Richard Chernicoff director C/O TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 3025 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Thomas C Stewart director 6 LOUDON STREET, SUITE 200, CONCORD NH 03301
Jean-louis Casabonne officer: CFO 1919 S. BASCOM AVENUE, SUITE 600, CAMPBELL CA 95008
Awm Investment Company, Inc. 10 percent owner 527 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 2600, NEW YORK NY 10022
Michael A Brochu director 16548 SE 59TH PL, BELLEVUE WA 98006
John Cronin director GRAPHON CORPORATION, 5400 SOQUEL AVENUE, SUITE A2, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062
Sam M Auriemma director
Eldad Eilam officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O GRAPHON CORPORATION, 5400 SOQUEL AVENUE, SUITE A2, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062
Jeremy Verba director C/O HOPTO INC., 1919 S BASCOM AVE., SUITE 600, CAMPBELL CA 95008
Ashfaq A Munshi director 2 MACARTHUR PLACE, SANTA ANA CA 92707
Robert Dixon officer: Interim CFO and Secretary C/O GRAPHON CORPORATION, 1901 S. BASCOM AVE., STE. 660, CAMPBELL CA 95008
Christoph Berlin officer: Chief Operating Officer 1901 S. BASCOM AVENUE, SUITE 660, CAMPBELL CA 95008
Steven A Ledger director 24 TAMALPAIS AVE, MILL VALLEY CA 94941
Howard S Jonas 10 percent owner

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