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CoreCard (CoreCard) Interest Coverage

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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. CoreCard's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.40 Mil. CoreCard'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. CoreCard Corp has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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


CCRD's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 29.44
* 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.


CoreCard Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for CoreCard'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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CoreCard Annual Data
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CoreCard Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, CoreCard'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.


CoreCard Interest Coverage Distribution

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

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



CoreCard 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.

CoreCard'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, CoreCard's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $5.31 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.12 Mil.

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

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, CoreCard's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $0.40 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.12 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate CoreCard'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.


CoreCard  (NYSE:CCRD) 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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CoreCard (CoreCard) Business Description

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Address
One Meca Way, Norcross, GA, USA, 30093
CoreCard Corp is engaged in the business of providing technology solutions and processing services to the financial technology and services market. It designs, develops and markets a comprehensive suite of software solutions to program managers, accounts receivable businesses, financial institutions, retailers and processors to manage their credit and debit cards, prepaid cards, private label cards, fleet cards, buy now pay later programs, loyalty programs and accounts receivable and loan transactions. The CoreCard software platform and modules include CoreENGINE, CoreISSUE, CoreFRAUD, CoreCOLLECT, CoreAPP, CoreMONEY and CoreACQUIRE. Its customers are located in the U.S, European Union and the Middle East of which key revenue is derived from the U.S.
Executives
J Leland Strange director, 10 percent owner, Pres & CEO 4355 SHACKLEFORD RD, NORCROSS GA 30093
Kathryn Petralia director TRICOLOR HOLDINGS, INC., 6021 CONNECTION DRIVE, 4TH FLOOR, IRVING TX 75039
Elizabeth W Camp director 1111 BAY AVENUE, SUITE 501, COLUMBUS GA 31901
Philip H Moise director 3130 GATEWAY DRIVE, NORCROSS GA 30071
Chandler A Russell Iii director C/O KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP, 110 PEACHTREE STREET SUITE 2800, ATLANTA GA 30309
Matthew A White officer: CFO and Corporate Secretary 4355 SHACKLEFORD RD, NORCROSS GA 30093
Karen J Reynolds officer: Chief Financial Officer 1816 MAGNOLIA BLUFF WAY, DULUTH GA 30097
Cherie M Fuzzell director 2795 EAST COTTONWOOD PARKWAY, SUITE 660, SLC UT 84121
Bonnie L Herron officer: Chief Financial Officer
J William Goodhew officer: Vice President
John B Peatman director
Francis A Marks officer: Vice President
James V Napier director 3355 LENOX ROAD, SUITE 750, ATLANTA 2Q 30326
Parker H Petit director 1850 PARKWAY PL, MARIETTA GA 30067
Donald A Mcmahon director