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Zebra Technologies (Zebra Technologies) Interest Coverage

: 1.44 (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. Zebra Technologies's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $92 Mil. Zebra Technologies's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-64 Mil. Zebra Technologies's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.44. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

ZBRA' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.15   Med: 4.4   Max: 202.2
Current: 4.4


ZBRA's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
74.51% of 1597 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.72 vs ZBRA: 4.40

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


Zebra Technologies Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zebra Technologies'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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Zebra Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.13 9.01 202.20 N/A 4.40

Zebra Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.88 6.35 13.13 3.00 1.44

Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Zebra Technologies'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.


Zebra Technologies Interest Coverage Distribution

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

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



Zebra Technologies 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.

Zebra Technologies'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, Zebra Technologies's Interest Expense was $-133 Mil. Its Operating Income was $585 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,199 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*585/-133
=4.40

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Zebra Technologies's Interest Expense was $-64 Mil. Its Operating Income was $92 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,199 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*92/-64
=1.44

* 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.


Zebra Technologies  (NAS:ZBRA) 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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Zebra Technologies (Zebra Technologies) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3 Overlook Point, Lincolnshire, IL, USA, 60069
Zebra Technologies is a leading provider of automatic identification and data capture technology to enterprises. Its solutions include barcode printers and scanners, mobile computers, and workflow optimization software. The firm primarily serves the retail, transportation logistics, manufacturing, and healthcare markets, designing custom solutions to improve efficiency at its customers.
Executives
Bill Burns officer: SVP, Chief Product & Solutions C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 1 ZEBRA PLAZA, HOLTSVILLE NY 11742-1300
Nathan Andrew Winters officer: Acting Chief Financial Officer C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Richard Edward Hudson officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Frank Blaise Modruson director C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Richard L Keyser director 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Anders Gustafsson director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Satish Dhanasekaran director 1400 FOUNTAINGROVE PARKWAY, SANTA ROSA CA 95403
Armstrong Robert John Jr officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Joseph Ramsey White officer: Chief Product & Solutions C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Michael Cho officer: SVP, Corporate Development C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Tamara Dionne Froese officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Stephen Edgar Williams officer: SVP, Global Supply Chain C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Nelda J Connors director BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, 300 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC WAY, MARLBOROUGH MA 01752-1234
Janice M Roberts director 540 COWPER STREET, SUITE 200, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Michael A Smith director C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069