Pliant Therapeutics (Pliant Therapeutics) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Pliant Therapeutics 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. Pliant Therapeutics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-52.39 Mil. Pliant Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.45 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 Pliant Therapeutics's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

PLRX's Interest Coverage is not ranked ^*
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 148.11
* 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.

Pliant Therapeutics Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pliant Therapeutics'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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Competitive Comparison of Pliant Therapeutics's Interest Coverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Pliant Therapeutics's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

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Pliant Therapeutics's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Pliant Therapeutics's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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Pliant Therapeutics 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.

Pliant Therapeutics'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, Pliant Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $-1.27 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-184.15 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $10.05 Mil.

Pliant Therapeutics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Pliant Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $-0.45 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-52.39 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $53.88 Mil.

Pliant Therapeutics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

Pliant Therapeutics (NAS:PLRX) 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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Pliant Therapeutics (Pliant Therapeutics) Business Description

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260 Littlefield Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, USA, 94080

Website

https://www.pliantrx.com

Pliant Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel therapies for the treatment of fibrosis and related diseases. Its primary product candidate is bexotegrast (PLN-74809), an oral, small molecule, that the company is developing for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, and primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Executives

Hans Hull	officer: Chief Business Officer	C/O AVALANCHE BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC., 1035 O'BRIEN DRIVE, SUITE A, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Eric Lefebvre	officer: Chief Medical Officer	C/O TOBIRA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 701 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, #200, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Keith Lamont Cummings	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O PLIANT THERAPEUTICS, INC., 260 LITTLEFIELD AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Bernard Coulie	director, officer: President and CEO	C/O PLIANT THERAPEUTICS, INC., 260 LITTLEFIELD AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Mike Ouimette	officer: General Counsel	C/O PLIANT THERAPEUTICS, INC., 260 LITTLEFIELD AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Thomas A Mccourt	director	C/O IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 100 SUMMER STREET, SUITE 2300, BOSTON MA 02110
Darren S Cline	director	35 CAMBRIDGE PARK DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02140
Lily Cheung	officer: Chief Human Resource Officer	260 LITTLEFIELD AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Katharine Knobil	director	C/O KALEIDO BIOSCIENCES, INC., 65 HAYDEN AVE., LEXINGTON MA 02421
Pyott David E I	director	C/O ALLERGAN, 2525 DUPONT DRIVE, IRVINE CA 92612
Third Rock Ventures Gp Iv, L.p.	10 percent owner	29 NEWBURY STREET, 3RD FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Kevin P Starr	10 percent owner	29 NEWBURY STREET, 3RD FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Smital Shah	director	C/O PLIANT THERAPEUTICS, INC., 260 LITTLEFIELD AVENUE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Suzanne Louise Bruhn	director	C/O AEGLEA BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC., 901 S. MOPAC EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 250, AUSTIN TX 78746
Redmile Group, Llc	10 percent owner	ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, BUILDING D, SUITE D3-300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129