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Plan Optik AG (XTER:P4O) Interest Coverage : 83.11 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Plan Optik AG 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. Plan Optik AG's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was €1.50 Mil. Plan Optik AG's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was €-0.02 Mil. Plan Optik AG's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 83.11. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

XTER:P4O' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.71   Med: 11.84   Max: 59.03
Current: 59


XTER:P4O's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
76.09% of 1585 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.65 vs XTER:P4O: 59.00

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


Plan Optik AG Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Plan Optik AG'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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Plan Optik AG Interest Coverage Chart

Plan Optik AG Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.05 - 17.60 34.05 59.03

Plan Optik AG Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 27.00 30.64 36.96 39.27 83.11

Competitive Comparison of Plan Optik AG's Interest Coverage

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Plan Optik AG'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.


Plan Optik AG's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Plan Optik AG's Interest Coverage falls into.



Plan Optik AG 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.

Plan Optik AG'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, Plan Optik AG's Interest Expense was €-0.04 Mil. Its Operating Income was €2.36 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €2.55 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2.361/-0.04
=59.03

Plan Optik AG's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Plan Optik AG's Interest Expense was €-0.02 Mil. Its Operating Income was €1.50 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €2.55 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1.496/-0.018
=83.11

* 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.


Plan Optik AG  (XTER:P4O) 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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Plan Optik AG (XTER:P4O) Business Description

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Address
Uber der Bitz 3, Elsoff, DEU
Plan Optik AG is a German based manufacturer of structured wafers. Its products are packaging wafers, substrate wafers, quartz wafers, carrier wafers, optics, and fluidic components. Its products used in consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace, chemistry and pharmaceuticals industry.
Executives
Holger Bürk Supervisory Board

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