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Adept Technology Group (LSE:ADT) Interest Coverage : 0.69 (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is Adept Technology Group 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. Adept Technology Group's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2022 was £1.01 Mil. Adept Technology Group's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2022 was £-1.47 Mil. Adept Technology Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was 0.69. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


LSE:ADT's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 4.65
* 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.


Adept Technology Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Adept Technology Group'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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Adept Technology Group Interest Coverage Chart

Adept Technology Group Annual Data
Trend Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.27 2.71 2.07 0.78 -

Adept Technology Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar13 Sep13 Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.02 0.35 0.37 - 0.69

Competitive Comparison of Adept Technology Group's Interest Coverage

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Adept Technology Group'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.


Adept Technology Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Adept Technology Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Adept Technology Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Adept Technology Group 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.

Adept Technology Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2022, Adept Technology Group's Interest Expense was £-2.34 Mil. Its Operating Income was £-0.28 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £40.04 Mil.

Adept Technology Group did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Adept Technology Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2022, Adept Technology Group's Interest Expense was £-1.47 Mil. Its Operating Income was £1.01 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £41.80 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2022 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2022 )
=-1*1.007/-1.468
=0.69

* 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.


Adept Technology Group  (LSE:ADT) 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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Adept Technology Group (LSE:ADT) Business Description

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77 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, GBR, TN4 8BS
Adept Technology Group PLC is an independent provider offering a unified communications portfolio of fixed-line calls, line rental, mobile, data connectivity, hardware, managed services, WiFi, IP telephony and IT services to thousands of business and residential customers across the UK. It offers flexible technical and commercial options for onsite and cloud-based telephony and managed services. The company operates in the Fixed-line services segment that provides calls and line rental services and Managed services that offer data connectivity, hardware services, IP telephony, support and maintenance services.