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SMX (Security Matters) (SMX (Security Matters)) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is SMX (Security Matters) 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. SMX (Security Matters)'s Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-5.19 Mil. SMX (Security Matters)'s Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-5.40 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 SMX (Security Matters)'s Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


SMX's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 13.57
* 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.


SMX (Security Matters) Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for SMX (Security Matters)'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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SMX (Security Matters) Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of SMX (Security Matters)'s Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, SMX (Security Matters)'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.


SMX (Security Matters)'s Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SMX (Security Matters)'s Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SMX (Security Matters)'s Interest Coverage falls into.



SMX (Security Matters) 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.

SMX (Security Matters)'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, SMX (Security Matters)'s Interest Expense was $-7.89 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-36.74 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.89 Mil.

SMX (Security Matters) did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

SMX (Security Matters)'s Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, SMX (Security Matters)'s Interest Expense was $-5.40 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-5.19 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.89 Mil.

SMX (Security Matters) did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


SMX (Security Matters)  (NAS:SMX) 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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SMX (Security Matters) (SMX (Security Matters)) Business Description

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Address
Sussex Road, Mespil Business Centre, Mespil House, Dublin, IRL, D04 T4A6
SMX (Security Matters) PLC provides one solution to solve both authentication and track and trace challenges in order to uphold supply chain integrity and provide quality assurance and brand accountability to producers of goods. Its technology works as a track and trace system using a marker, a reader, and an algorithm to identify embedded sub-molecular particles in order to track and trace different components along a production process (or any other marked good along a supply chain) to the end producer.