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Advanced Medical Solutions Group (LSE:AMS) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Advanced Medical Solutions 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. Advanced Medical Solutions Group's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £8.5 Mil. Advanced Medical Solutions Group's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.5 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 Advanced Medical Solutions Group's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:AMS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 29.28   Med: 68.63   Max: 15170
Current: 49.17


LSE:AMS's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
66.43% of 417 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 18.14 vs LSE:AMS: 49.17

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


Advanced Medical Solutions Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Advanced Medical Solutions 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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Advanced Medical Solutions Group Interest Coverage Chart

Advanced Medical Solutions Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Advanced Medical Solutions Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Advanced Medical Solutions Group's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Advanced Medical Solutions 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.


Advanced Medical Solutions Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Advanced Medical Solutions Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Advanced Medical Solutions Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Advanced Medical Solutions 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.

Advanced Medical Solutions Group'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, Advanced Medical Solutions Group's Interest Expense was £-0.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was £18.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £8.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*18.882/-0.384
=49.17

Advanced Medical Solutions Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Advanced Medical Solutions Group's Interest Expense was £0.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was £8.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £8.0 Mil.

* 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.


Advanced Medical Solutions Group  (LSE:AMS) 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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Advanced Medical Solutions Group (LSE:AMS) Business Description

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Address
Premier Park, 33 Road One, Winsford Industrial Estate, Winsford, Cheshire, GBR, CW7 3RT
U.K.-based Advanced Medical Solutions was founded in 1991 to design, develop, and manufacture advanced wound-care products for other healthcare manufacturers. AMS' key branded products include the ActivHeal franchise of hydrogel, hydrocolloid, foam, and alginate wound dressings. The firm also manufactures and markets a suite of branded products in surgical use, including the LiquiBand franchise for tissue adhesion and the Resorba line of sutures and collagen-based products for tissue repair. The firm derives approximately 60% of total revenue from branded products, with nonbranded contributing 40%.