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


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What is Sobrfe 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. Sobrfe's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-1.71 Mil. Sobrfe's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.23 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 Sobrfe's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


SOBR's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 12.61
* 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.


Sobrfe Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sobrfe'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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Sobrfe Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Sobrfe's Interest Coverage

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Sobrfe'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.


Sobrfe's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Sobrfe's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sobrfe 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.

Sobrfe'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, Sobrfe's Interest Expense was $-0.80 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-9.60 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2.51 Mil.

Sobrfe did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Sobrfe's Interest Expense was $-0.23 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-1.71 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.18 Mil.

Sobrfe 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.


Sobrfe  (NAS:SOBR) 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 .


Sobrfe Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Sobrfe (Sobrfe) Business Description

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Address
6400 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Suite 525, Greenwood Village, CO, USA, 80111
Sobr Safe Inc is engaged in developing alcohol-detecting devices to address the automotive alcohol sensing spectrum. The company has developed an alcohol detection device called SOBR. This device is patented and is used for detecting alcohol in a human system by testing the ethanol content in the perspiration. The company generates revenue through various combinations of software products and services which include the sale of cloud-based software solutions, detection and data collection hardware devices, and cloud-based data reporting and analysis services.
Executives
J. Steven Beabout director C/O STARZ, 8900 LIBERTY CIRCLE, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Gerard Wenzel officer: CFO 6400 SOUTH FIDDLERS GREEN CIRCLE, SUITE 525, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
Sandy L Shoemaker director 6400 SOUTH FIDDLERS GREEN CIRCLE, SUITE 525, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
Michael T Watson officer: CRO & EVP Sales and Marketing 6400 SOUTH FIDDLERS GREEN CIRCLE, SUITE 1400, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
Charles Warren Bennington director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 3030 OLD RANCH PARKWAY, SEAL BEACH CA 90740
Gary John Graham director, 10 percent owner 6400 S. FIDDLERS GREEN CIRCLE, SUITE 525, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
Ford Byron Fay director 9879 CLAIRTON CT., HIGHLAND RANCH CO 80126
David Joseph Gandini director, officer: Chief Revenue Officer 39 FALLON HILLS DRIVE, HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 80126
Kevin D Moore director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 730 15TH STREET, BOULDER CO 80302
Michael A. Lanphere 10 percent owner, officer: V.P. of Legal Affairs 8 PLUMERIA, IRVINE CA 92620
Gadasalli Subramanya Satyanarayana director, 10 percent owner 683 E. BROKAW RD., SAN JOSE CA 95112
Devadatt M Mishal director 8500 FLORENCE AVE. E., DOWNEY CA 90241
Nicholas Limer director, 10 percent owner, officer: Secretary 3030 OLD RANCH PARKWAY, SEAL BEACH CA 90740
Ronald Louis Williams director, officer: Chief Technology Officer 3030 OLD RANCH PARKWAY, SEAL BEACH CA 90740
Munn Harlan B Iii director 5758 SINGLETREE LANE, PARKER CO 80134