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Heart Test Laboratories (Heart Test Laboratories) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Heart Test Laboratories 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. Heart Test Laboratories's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-1.53 Mil. Heart Test Laboratories's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-0.12 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 Heart Test Laboratories's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


HSCS'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.


Heart Test Laboratories Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Heart Test Laboratories'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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Heart Test Laboratories Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Heart Test Laboratories's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Heart Test Laboratories'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.


Heart Test Laboratories's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Heart Test Laboratories's Interest Coverage falls into.



Heart Test Laboratories 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.

Heart Test Laboratories's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023, Heart Test Laboratories's Interest Expense was $-0.24 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-6.11 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.04 Mil.

Heart Test Laboratories did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Heart Test Laboratories's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, Heart Test Laboratories's Interest Expense was $-0.12 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-1.53 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.46 Mil.

Heart Test Laboratories 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.


Heart Test Laboratories  (NAS:HSCS) 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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Heart Test Laboratories (Heart Test Laboratories) Business Description

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550 Reserve Street, Suite 360, Southlake, TX, USA, 76092
Heart Test Laboratories Inc is a medical technology company focused on applying innovative AI-based technology to an ECG to expand and improve an ECG's clinical usefulness. The objective of the company is to make an ECG a far more valuable cardiac screening tool, particularly in frontline or point-of-care clinical settings.
Executives
David R. Wells director 2801 OCEAN PARK BLVD., SUITE 339, SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Bruce Bent director 750 BONHAM PARKWAY, LANTANA TX 76226
Mark T Hilz director, officer: See Remarks 3301 DAKOTA DRIVE, NORTHLAKE TX 76226
Patrick Kanouff director 550 RESERVE STREET, SUITE 360, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Brian Szymczak director 550 RESERVE STREET, SUITE 360, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Danielle Watson officer: See Remarks 550 RESERVE STREET, SUITE 360, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Andrew Simpson director, officer: See Remarks 550 RESERVE STREET, SUITE 360, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092

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