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EBITDA / Interest

EBITDAInterest expense

EBITDA-based coverage ratio. More forgiving than EBIT/Interest because it adds back D&A.

Direction: Higher better Category: solvency

Inputs (XBRL fallback chains):

  • depreciation_amortization: DepreciationAndAmortization -> DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization -> Depreciation
  • interest_expense: InterestExpense -> InterestExpenseDebt -> InterestExpenseOperating -> InterestExpenseBorrowings
  • operating_income: OperatingIncomeLoss

Returns None when: Returns None when EBITDA components or Interest expense is missing.

Source code

Implementation: ebitda_to_interest in src/eqtytrk/metrics/ratios.py (or valuation.py for multiples).

EqtyTrk methodology reference. Data from SEC EDGAR.