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LexinFintech Holdings (LexinFintech Holdings) Interest Coverage : 57.03 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is LexinFintech 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. LexinFintech Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $82 Mil. LexinFintech Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1 Mil. LexinFintech Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 57.03. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

LX' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.23   Med: 27.85   Max: 79.01
Current: 37.22


LX's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
56.36% of 165 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 69.18 vs LX: 37.22

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


LexinFintech Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for LexinFintech 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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LexinFintech Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

LexinFintech Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 67.00 18.48 48.64 6.01 37.22

LexinFintech Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 47.36 58.02 14.88 51.10 57.03

Competitive Comparison of LexinFintech Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Credit Services subindustry, LexinFintech 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.


LexinFintech Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, LexinFintech Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



LexinFintech 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.

LexinFintech 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, LexinFintech Holdings's Interest Expense was $-7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $263 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $137 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*263.172/-7.07
=37.22

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, LexinFintech Holdings's Interest Expense was $-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $82 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $137 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*81.841/-1.435
=57.03

* 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.


LexinFintech Holdings  (NAS:LX) 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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LexinFintech Holdings (LexinFintech Holdings) Business Description

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Address
No. 3099 Keyuan South Road, 27th Floor, China Energy Storage Tower, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, CHN, 518057
LexinFintech Holdings Ltd is an online consumer finance platform and a technology-driven service provider in China. The group is engaged in online direct sales services and online consumer financial services for its customers in China. It offers online direct sales with installment payment terms and offers installment purchase loans and personal installment loans mainly through its retail and online consumer finance platform www.fenqile.com, and its mobile application to young adults between the age of 18 and 36 in the People's Republic of China. The company also finances the loans with proceeds from partnering with peer-to-peer lending platforms, commercial banks, and other financial institutions. Geographically, it derives revenue from China.