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Design Therapeutics (Design Therapeutics) Interest Coverage : N/A (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Design 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. Design Therapeutics's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-15.12 Mil. Design Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Design Therapeutics Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

The historical rank and industry rank for Design Therapeutics's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


DSGN's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 127.155
* 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.


Design Therapeutics Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Design 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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Design Therapeutics Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Design Therapeutics's Interest Coverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Design Therapeutics'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.


Design Therapeutics's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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



Design 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.

Design 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, Design Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-78.19 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2.33 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Design Therapeutics's interest coverage with the available data.

Design Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Design Therapeutics's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-15.12 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2.33 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Design Therapeutics's interest coverage with the available data.

* 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.


Design Therapeutics  (NAS:DSGN) 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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Design Therapeutics (Design Therapeutics) Business Description

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Address
6005 Hidden Valley Road, Suite 110, Carlsbad, CA, USA, 92011
Design Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the research and development of GeneTACTM molecules, which are a novel class of small-molecule gene-targeted chimera therapeutic candidates designed to be disease-modifying by addressing the underlying cause of diseases caused by inherited nucleotide repeat expansion mutations.
Executives
Rodney W Lappe director C/O MIRATI THERAPEUTICS INC., 4660 LA JOLLA VILLAGE DRIVE, SUITE 500, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Deepa Prasad director C/O VTV THERAPEUTICS INC., 3980 PREMIER DRIVE, SUITE 310, HIGH POINT NC 27265
Arsani William director C/O DESIGN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6005 HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 110, CARLSBAD CA 92011
Joao Md Siffert director, officer: President and CEO 20 ENTERPRISE, SUITE 200, ALISO VIEJO CA 92656
Simeon George director, 10 percent owner 161 WASHINGTON STREET, SUITE 500, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428
Sr One Capital Fund I Aggregator Lp 10 percent owner C/O DESIGN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6005 HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 110, CARLSBAD CA 92011
Stella Xu director, 10 percent owner C/O ARMO BIOSCIENCES, INC., 575 CHESAPEAKE DRIVE, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Julie Burgess officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O DESIGN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6005 HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 110, CARLSBAD CA 92011
Dawn Giangiulio officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O DESIGN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6005 HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 110, CARLSBAD CA 92011
Heather Behanna director C/O ENTASIS THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS INC., 35 GATEHOUSE DRIVE, WALTHAM MA 02451
Cormorant Asset Management, Lp 10 percent owner 200 CLARENDON STREET, 52ND FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Pratik Shah director, officer: Executive Chairperson 3366 N. TORREY PINES COURT, SUITE 220, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Sean Jeffries officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O DESIGN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6005 HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 110, CARLSBAD CA 92011
Justin Thacker officer: Vice President, Finance C/O DESIGN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6005 HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 110, CARLSBAD CA 92011
Aseem Z. Ansari 10 percent owner C/O DESIGN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6005 HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 110, CARLSBAD CA 92011

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