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Nerdwallet (Nerdwallet) Interest Coverage : 18.50 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Nerdwallet 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. Nerdwallet's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $3.7 Mil. Nerdwallet's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.2 Mil. Nerdwallet's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 18.50. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NRDS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.73   Med: 4.5   Max: 25.82
Current: 10.13


NRDS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
68.79% of 314 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 36.58 vs NRDS: 10.13

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


Nerdwallet Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nerdwallet'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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Nerdwallet Interest Coverage Chart

Nerdwallet Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
25.82 1.73 - - 4.50

Nerdwallet Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 - - 20.00 23.00 18.50

Competitive Comparison of Nerdwallet's Interest Coverage

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Nerdwallet'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.


Nerdwallet's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Nerdwallet's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nerdwallet 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.

Nerdwallet'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, Nerdwallet's Interest Expense was $-0.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $3.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $6.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3.6/-0.8
=4.50

Nerdwallet's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Nerdwallet's Interest Expense was $-0.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was $3.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*3.7/-0.2
=18.50

* 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.


Nerdwallet  (NAS:NRDS) 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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Nerdwallet (Nerdwallet) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
55 Hawthorne Street, 11th Floor, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94105
Nerdwallet Inc is a free tool to find you the best credit cards, cd rates, savings, checking accounts, scholarships, healthcare, personal loans and airlines.
Executives
Maurice Kevin Taylor director 55 HAWTHORNE STREET, 11TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Tim Chao-ming Chen director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 55 HAWTHORNE, FLOOR 11, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
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