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Interest Coverage
Interest Coverage
Parent term
Credit Analysis
Interest Coverage is a ratio that measures a company's credit worthiness by dividing EBIT by interest expense
More about Interest Coverage
Discusses The Following
Terms
Earnings Before Interest and Taxes
Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA)
Notes
Used to measure how creditworthy a company's
Implies how capable a firm is of paying the interest on its outstanding
debt
A higher number means that a company is more
credit
worthy