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Safe at Sea AB (XSAT:SAFE) Interest Coverage : 54.60 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Safe at Sea AB 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. Safe at Sea AB's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr0.27 Mil. Safe at Sea AB's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr-0.01 Mil. Safe at Sea AB's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 54.60. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Safe at Sea AB's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

XSAT:SAFE' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.68   Med: 2.68   Max: 14.67
Current: 14.67


XSAT:SAFE's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
51.57% of 797 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.62 vs XSAT:SAFE: 14.67

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


Safe at Sea AB Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Safe at Sea AB'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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Safe at Sea AB Interest Coverage Chart

Safe at Sea AB Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Safe at Sea AB's Interest Coverage

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Safe at Sea AB'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.


Safe at Sea AB's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Safe at Sea AB's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Safe at Sea AB's Interest Coverage falls into.



Safe at Sea AB 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.

Safe at Sea AB's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, Safe at Sea AB's Interest Expense was kr-0.06 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr-3.18 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr0.00 Mil.

Safe at Sea AB did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Safe at Sea AB's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Safe at Sea AB's Interest Expense was kr-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr0.27 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*0.273/-0.005
=54.60

* 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.


Safe at Sea AB  (XSAT:SAFE) 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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Safe at Sea AB (XSAT:SAFE) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Importgatan 15F, Hisings Backa, SWE, 442 46
Safe at Sea AB engages in the production, promotion, and sale of sea rescue equipment and systems worldwide. It principally produces Rescuerunner and Guardrunner.

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