Interest cover

How many times over the profit covers the interest bill.

Formula	Operating income ÷ interest expense
Companies reporting it	429 of 573
Median	4.43x
Middle half	2.16x – 9.09x
Range	-42.48x – 912.95x

When it lies. For a bank, interest is the cost of goods rather than a burden, so the ratio describes nothing. Blank here for that reason.

By sector

Sector	n	Median	25th	75th
Technology	40	9.59x	5.16x	18.61x
Health care	40	6.18x	4.06x	15.14x
Industrials	70	6.13x	4.58x	12.23x
Consumer staples	38	5.97x	2.34x	9.38x
Consumer discretionary	42	5.65x	2.81x	12.07x
Materials	39	4.48x	-0.86x	8.49x
Energy	35	3.14x	1.31x	7.41x
Real estate	37	2.69x	1.40x	3.34x
Utilities	57	2.53x	2.25x	3.22x
not classified	1	1.49x	1.49x	1.49x
Communications	30	1.08x	-0.93x	4.34x

#	Ticker	Company	Sector	Interest cover
1	IDT	IDT	Communications	912.95x
2	PFHO	Pacific Health Care Organization	Health care	657.71x
3	CALM	Cal-Maine Foods	Consumer staples	629.83x
4	NVDA	Nvidia	Technology	503.42x
5	UI	Ubiquiti	Technology	233.45x
6	CHE	Chemed	Health care	193.28x
7	GOOGL	Alphabet	Technology	175.32x
8	FIX	Comfort Systems Usa	Industrials	145.92x
9	EME	EMCOR Group	Industrials	142.55x
10	TJX	TJX Companies	Consumer discretionary	92.39x
11	CTSH	Cognizant Technology Solutions	Technology	91.59x
12	META	Meta Platforms	Technology	76.40x
13	RMD	Resmed	Health care	69.73x
14	XOM	Exxon Mobil	Energy	68.44x
15	COST	Costco Wholesale	Consumer discretionary	67.42x
16	LEN	Lennar	Industrials	56.12x
17	ENSG	Ensign Group	Health care	53.24x
18	LRCX	Lam Research	Industrials	52.60x
19	MSFT	Microsoft	Technology	50.88x
20	NEM	Newmont	Materials	48.68x

#	Ticker	Company	Sector	Interest cover
429	SCLX	Scilex Holding	Health care	-42.48x
428	KLIC	Kulicke & Soffa Industries	Technology	-24.06x
427	SEED	Origin Agritech	Consumer staples	-22.40x
426	AMR	Alpha Metallurgical Resources	Energy	-20.33x
425	LMNR	Limoneira	Consumer staples	-17.13x
424	SIDU	Sidus Space	Communications	-16.76x
423	CXDO	Crexendo	Communications	-14.69x
422	WLK	Westlake	Materials	-9.23x
421	CODQL	Coronado Global Resources	Energy	-7.56x
420	F	Ford Motor	Industrials	-7.31x