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CDW (CDW) Interest Coverage

: 8.16 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. CDW's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $435 Mil. CDW's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-53 Mil. CDW's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.16. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

CDW' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.41   Med: 6.88   Max: 9.4
Current: 7.42


CDW's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
71.6% of 1602 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.54 vs CDW: 7.42

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


CDW Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for CDW'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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CDW 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 7.11 7.61 9.40 7.36 7.42

CDW Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 7.52 6.16 7.08 8.33 8.16

Competitive Comparison

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, CDW'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.


CDW Interest Coverage Distribution

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

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



CDW 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.

CDW'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, CDW's Interest Expense was $-227 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,681 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,196 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1680.9/-226.6
=7.42

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, CDW's Interest Expense was $-53 Mil. Its Operating Income was $435 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,196 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*435/-53.3
=8.16

* 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.


CDW  (NAS:CDW) 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 .


CDW Interest Coverage Related Terms

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CDW (CDW) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
75 Tri-State International, Lincolnshire, Chicago, IL, USA, 60069
CDW Corp is a value-added reseller operating in the U.S. (95% of sales) and Canada (5%). The company has more than 100,000 products on its line of cards that range from notebooks to data center software. Roughly half of CDW's revenue comes from midsize and large businesses, with the remaining from small businesses, government agencies, education institutions, and health-care organizations.
Executives
Christina M Corley officer: See Remarks 780 AEC DRIVE, WOOD DALE IL 60191
Christine A Leahy officer: See Remarks
Kelly J Grier director 155 HARLEM AVE., GLENVIEW IL 60025
Donna F Zarcone director C/O HARLEY DAVIDSON, 3700 W. JUNEAU AVE, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
Marc Ellis Jones director C/O GARDNER DENVER HOLDINGS, INC., 222 EAST ERIE STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Carolyn Wiesenhahn officer: See Remarks 200 N. MILWAUKEE AVENUE, VERNON HILLS IL 60061
Peter R Locy officer: See Remarks 200 N. MILWAUKEE AVENUE, VERNON HILLS IL 60061
Miralles Albert Joseph Jr officer: See Remarks 151 N. FRANKLIN, CHICAGO IL 60606
Paul J Finnegan director, 10 percent owner PO BOX 2000, 3905 DAKOTA STREET SW, ALEXANDRIA MN 56308
Kebo Collin B. officer: See Remarks 200 N. MILWAUKEE AVENUE, VERNON HILLS IL 60061
Frederick J. Kulevich officer: See Remarks 200 N. MILWAUKEE AVENUE, VERNON HILLS IL 60061
Sanjay Mehrotra director C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 3355 MICHELSON DRIVE, SUITE 100, IRVINE CA 92612
Anthony R Foxx director 2710 WYCLIFF ROAD, RALEIGH NC 27607
Ilaria Mocciaro officer: See Remarks 2301 PATRIOT BLVD, GLENVIEW IL 60026
Matthew A. Troka officer: See Remarks 200 N. MILWAUKEE AVENUE, VERNON HILLS IL 60061