Analysis of Solvency Ratios
Quarterly Data
Solvency ratios also known as long-term debt ratios measure a company ability to meet long-term obligations.
Solvency Ratios (Summary)
Fortinet Inc., solvency ratios (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31).
- Debt to Equity
- The debt to equity ratio shows data starting from March 31, 2021, with values initially around 1.0, indicating a balanced proportion of debt relative to equity. This ratio slightly declined to 0.9 by September 30, 2021, before rising to 1.26 at the end of 2021. Subsequently, there was a substantial increase, reaching 4.54 by March 31, 2022, and dramatically surging to 86.92 by March 31, 2023. This sharp rise suggests a significant increase in financial leverage or borrowing relative to shareholders' equity in the latest period.
- Debt to Capital
- Data for debt to capital begins in March 2021 at 0.50, indicating half of the capital structure is composed of debt. This ratio slightly decreased to 0.47 by September 30, 2021, followed by an increase to 0.56 at year-end. In the first quarter of 2022, a marked increase to 0.82 is observed, which escalates further to 1.66 by mid-year and peaks at 2.79 by September 2022. After this peak, the ratio declines to 1.40 at year-end 2022, then further to 0.99 by March 31, 2023. These fluctuations show volatility in the company's reliance on debt relative to its total capital.
- Debt to Assets
- The debt to assets ratio remains relatively stable between March 2021 and March 2023. Initial values range from 0.19 to 0.18 through September 2021, holding steady around 0.17 during December 2021 and the first quarter of 2022. A slight increase to 0.19 occurs mid-2022, followed by a moderate decline to 0.16 by the end of that year and down to 0.15 by March 2023. Overall, this stability suggests consistent leverage relative to total assets despite changes in other ratio measures.
- Financial Leverage
- Financial leverage demonstrates a broad upward trend beginning with values near 3.0 in early 2018. A notable increase occurs starting March 2020 when the ratio rises sharply from around 3.0 to reach 7.57 by December 2021. The most striking changes are seen in 2022 and early 2023, where leverage surges dramatically to 25.96 in March 2022 and then an exceptional spike to 599.32 by March 31, 2023. This extreme escalation indicates a highly leveraged financial position in the latest period.
- Interest Coverage
- Interest coverage ratios are available from March 2021 and show an initial very high coverage of 418.85, which rapidly decreases to 98.33 in June 2021 and further declines to 57.73 by September. The ratio continues to taper to 42.66 at year-end 2021 and to 35.9 by the first quarter of 2022. However, a slight recovery occurs subsequently, with coverage increasing to 37.6 in mid-2022, then rising further to 50.3 and 56.47 by late 2022 and early 2023. Despite fluctuations, the company maintains strong interest coverage throughout the period.
Debt Ratios
Coverage Ratios
Debt to Equity
Fortinet Inc., debt to equity calculation (quarterly data)
| Mar 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Jun 30, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | Dec 31, 2018 | Sep 30, 2018 | Jun 30, 2018 | Mar 31, 2018 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | 17,600) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | |||||||
| Long-term debt, excluding current portion | 990,900) | 990,400) | 989,900) | 989,400) | 988,900) | 988,400) | 988,000) | 987,500) | 987,000) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | |||||||
| Total debt | 990,900) | 990,400) | 989,900) | 989,400) | 988,900) | 988,400) | 1,005,600) | 987,500) | 987,000) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | |||||||
| Total Fortinet, Inc. stockholders’ equity (deficit) | 11,400) | (281,600) | (634,700) | (392,900) | 217,700) | 781,700) | 1,118,100) | 1,050,200) | 980,800) | 856,000) | 713,200) | 543,900) | 536,300) | 1,321,900) | 1,200,400) | 1,122,300) | 1,058,100) | 1,010,200) | 891,600) | 780,200) | 693,500) | |||||||
| Solvency Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debt to equity1 | 86.92 | — | — | — | 4.54 | 1.26 | 0.90 | 0.94 | 1.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debt to Equity, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Adobe Inc. | 0.26 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.42 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | 0.23 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 0.67 | 0.72 | 0.78 | 0.82 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Fair Isaac Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.46 | 4.32 | 2.69 | 2.52 | 3.75 | 4.43 | 3.81 | 2.85 | 3.07 | 3.32 | 3.65 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | 2.72 | 2.32 | 2.53 | 2.59 | 2.85 | 2.74 | 2.45 | 2.51 | 2.64 | 2.99 | 3.08 | 3.15 | 3.22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.40 | 0.43 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.27 | 0.45 | 0.66 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.15 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 0.66 | 0.71 | 0.77 | 0.79 | 0.89 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | 16.08 | 7.79 | 8.94 | 7.46 | 5.93 | 3.63 | 3.32 | 2.95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 7.24 | 17.51 | 10.89 | 31.19 | 7.08 | 5.08 | 3.20 | 3.04 | 4.18 | 2.80 | 1.98 | 0.91 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 1.08 | 1.45 | 1.30 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.58 | 0.64 | 0.28 | 0.31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.14 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Workday Inc. | 0.86 | 0.41 | 0.44 | 0.48 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 0.68 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.56 | 0.60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31).
1 Q1 2023 Calculation
Debt to equity = Total debt ÷ Total Fortinet, Inc. stockholders’ equity (deficit)
= 990,900 ÷ 11,400 = 86.92
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
- Total Debt
- The total debt remained unreported for most of the earlier periods and started being reported consistently from December 2020 onward, fluctuating narrowly around the 987,000 to 991,000 thousand US dollars range through March 2023. The debt level appears relatively stable during this period with minimal changes, indicating a consistent debt position in recent quarters.
- Total Stockholders’ Equity
- Initially, stockholders’ equity demonstrated a steady increase from 693,500 thousand US dollars in March 2018 to a peak of 1,321,900 thousand US dollars in December 2019. However, after March 2020, there was a significant volatility and a marked decline. Equity dropped sharply to 536,300 thousand in March 2020, followed by partial recovery toward December 2021 at 1,118,100 thousand. Post December 2021, equity plummeted with negative values starting in June 2022 and continuing through to March 2023, covering -392,900 thousand to -281,600 thousand, before slightly rebounding to a positive 11,400 thousand in March 2023. This trend reveals considerable financial distress or substantial losses impacting shareholder equity during the later periods.
- Debt to Equity Ratio
- The debt to equity ratio was not recorded in the earlier periods. Starting from December 2020, it ranged from 0.9 to 1.26 initially, indicating a moderate and manageable leverage level. However, the ratio spiked dramatically to 4.54 by March 2022 and then escalated further to an extreme value of 86.92 by March 2023. Such an exponential increase largely reflects the drastic decline and negative stockholders' equity, resulting in a highly leveraged or precarious financial structure.
- Overall Analysis
- The data indicates a period of growth and strengthening equity up to late 2019, followed by a turbulent period starting in early 2020 characterized by a sharp drop in equity and increasing financial stress. While total debt remained relatively steady, the precipitous decline in equity caused the debt to equity ratio to soar remarkably, signaling heightened financial risk and diminished net asset value. The eventual slight recovery in equity by March 2023 suggests some stabilization, yet the very high leverage ratio still points to ongoing financial vulnerability.
Debt to Capital
Fortinet Inc., debt to capital calculation (quarterly data)
| Mar 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Jun 30, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | Dec 31, 2018 | Sep 30, 2018 | Jun 30, 2018 | Mar 31, 2018 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | 17,600) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | |||||||
| Long-term debt, excluding current portion | 990,900) | 990,400) | 989,900) | 989,400) | 988,900) | 988,400) | 988,000) | 987,500) | 987,000) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | |||||||
| Total debt | 990,900) | 990,400) | 989,900) | 989,400) | 988,900) | 988,400) | 1,005,600) | 987,500) | 987,000) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | |||||||
| Total Fortinet, Inc. stockholders’ equity (deficit) | 11,400) | (281,600) | (634,700) | (392,900) | 217,700) | 781,700) | 1,118,100) | 1,050,200) | 980,800) | 856,000) | 713,200) | 543,900) | 536,300) | 1,321,900) | 1,200,400) | 1,122,300) | 1,058,100) | 1,010,200) | 891,600) | 780,200) | 693,500) | |||||||
| Total capital | 1,002,300) | 708,800) | 355,200) | 596,500) | 1,206,600) | 1,770,100) | 2,123,700) | 2,037,700) | 1,967,800) | 856,000) | 713,200) | 543,900) | 536,300) | 1,321,900) | 1,200,400) | 1,122,300) | 1,058,100) | 1,010,200) | 891,600) | 780,200) | 693,500) | |||||||
| Solvency Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debt to capital1 | 0.99 | 1.40 | 2.79 | 1.66 | 0.82 | 0.56 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debt to Capital, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Adobe Inc. | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Fair Isaac Corp. | 1.72 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.59 | 1.49 | 1.10 | 0.89 | 0.81 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.79 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.79 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | 0.73 | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 0.40 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.13 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.47 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | 1.07 | 1.09 | 1.12 | 1.15 | 1.02 | 0.94 | 0.89 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 0.88 | 0.95 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.81 | 0.74 | 0.66 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.56 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.22 | 0.24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.13 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Workday Inc. | 0.46 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31).
1 Q1 2023 Calculation
Debt to capital = Total debt ÷ Total capital
= 990,900 ÷ 1,002,300 = 0.99
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
The financial data indicates several noteworthy trends relating to the company's debt, total capital, and debt-to-capital ratio over the reported periods.
- Total Debt
- The total debt values are only available from December 31, 2020, onward, starting at approximately US$987 million. Over subsequent quarters through March 31, 2023, total debt shows a slight incremental increase, rising marginally each quarter to just above US$990 million. This indicates that the company maintained a relatively stable level of debt during this period with minimal growth.
- Total Capital
- Total capital demonstrates a more variable trajectory. From March 31, 2018, through December 31, 2019, the total capital figures steadily increased from roughly US$693 million to over US$1.3 billion, reflecting growth or capital inflows during this timeframe. However, in 2020, there is a marked decline early in the year to around US$536 million, followed by a gradual recovery and a peak near US$2.13 billion by September 30, 2021. After this peak, a pronounced contraction occurs, with total capital reducing significantly to approximately US$355 million as of September 30, 2022, before rebounding somewhat to about US$1 billion by March 31, 2023. This volatility may suggest fluctuations in equity financing, asset base changes, or revaluations impacting total capital.
- Debt to Capital Ratio
- The debt-to-capital ratio is recorded from March 31, 2021, onward and exhibits considerable variability. It starts at 0.50, gradually falling to around 0.47 by September 30, 2021, indicating a balanced capital structure with moderate leverage. Subsequently, the ratio rises sharply to 0.82 by March 31, 2022, then spikes dramatically to 1.66 in June 2022 and reaches a peak of 2.79 by September 30, 2022. This elevated ratio points to a period where debt significantly exceeded total capital, suggesting increased financial leverage or a shrinkage in capital. Following this peak, the ratio decreases to 1.40 at December 31, 2022, and further to 0.99 by March 31, 2023, indicating a reduction in leverage and a rebalancing of the capital structure.
Overall, the data reveals that while total debt remained relatively stable, total capital exhibited substantial fluctuations, influencing the leverage ratio notably in recent periods. The periods of increased debt-to-capital ratio reflect times of higher financial risk or capital structure changes, which are subsequently moderated in the latest quarters. These patterns emphasize the importance of ongoing capital management and monitoring of leverage to maintain financial stability.
Debt to Assets
Fortinet Inc., debt to assets calculation (quarterly data)
| Mar 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Jun 30, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | Dec 31, 2018 | Sep 30, 2018 | Jun 30, 2018 | Mar 31, 2018 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | 17,600) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | |||||||
| Long-term debt, excluding current portion | 990,900) | 990,400) | 989,900) | 989,400) | 988,900) | 988,400) | 988,000) | 987,500) | 987,000) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | |||||||
| Total debt | 990,900) | 990,400) | 989,900) | 989,400) | 988,900) | 988,400) | 1,005,600) | 987,500) | 987,000) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | |||||||
| Total assets | 6,832,300) | 6,228,000) | 5,335,900) | 5,294,500) | 5,651,100) | 5,919,100) | 5,970,600) | 5,558,900) | 5,282,200) | 4,044,500) | 3,586,200) | 3,330,600) | 3,206,200) | 3,885,500) | 3,545,600) | 3,369,400) | 3,205,700) | 3,078,000) | 2,763,500) | 2,575,700) | 2,400,700) | |||||||
| Solvency Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debt to assets1 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debt to Assets, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Adobe Inc. | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Fair Isaac Corp. | 1.32 | 1.29 | 1.34 | 1.21 | 1.12 | 0.80 | 0.66 | 0.61 | 0.55 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.58 | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.64 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | 0.44 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.31 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.09 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.30 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | 0.70 | 0.69 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.28 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.11 | 0.11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.09 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Workday Inc. | 0.32 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31).
1 Q1 2023 Calculation
Debt to assets = Total debt ÷ Total assets
= 990,900 ÷ 6,832,300 = 0.15
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
The analysis of the financial data reveals several notable trends regarding the company's debt levels, assets, and leverage over the observed periods.
- Total Debt
- The total debt remained unreported for multiple earlier periods; however, data for later quarters show a relatively stable debt level with minimal fluctuations. Beginning with approximately 987,000 thousand USD in the earliest disclosed quarter, the debt fluctuates slightly but stays close to the 990,000 thousand USD mark by the most recent quarter. This suggests a consistent approach to debt management with no significant increase or decrease in total borrowings.
- Total Assets
- Total assets showed an overall upward trend with some variability over the quarters. Initially, the assets increased steadily from about 2,400,700 thousand USD to around 3,885,500 thousand USD by late 2019. Following a period of relative stagnation and minor declines in early 2020, there was a marked acceleration in asset growth starting in late 2020. By the most recent quarter, assets peaked at approximately 6,832,300 thousand USD, indicating substantial expansion in the company's asset base. This growth phase reflects potential investments, acquisitions, or organic growth driving asset accumulation.
- Debt to Assets Ratio
- The debt to assets ratio was only available for the more recent periods. During those periods, the ratio ranges from approximately 0.15 to 0.19, illustrating a relatively low and stable leverage position. The lowest ratio is observed near 0.15, indicating a modest debt load in relation to assets, while the highest ratio reaches about 0.19. Overall, the debt to assets ratio suggests prudent financial management, maintaining debt at a controlled level relative to the continuously expanding asset base.
In summary, the company has demonstrated a strong asset growth trajectory over the analyzed period, while keeping total debt fairly constant. This has resulted in a declining debt to assets ratio, highlighting an improvement in financial leverage and potentially enhanced solvency. The stability in debt combined with asset growth may imply effective capital structure management and an emphasis on strengthening the balance sheet.
Financial Leverage
Fortinet Inc., financial leverage calculation (quarterly data)
| Mar 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Jun 30, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | Dec 31, 2018 | Sep 30, 2018 | Jun 30, 2018 | Mar 31, 2018 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets | 6,832,300) | 6,228,000) | 5,335,900) | 5,294,500) | 5,651,100) | 5,919,100) | 5,970,600) | 5,558,900) | 5,282,200) | 4,044,500) | 3,586,200) | 3,330,600) | 3,206,200) | 3,885,500) | 3,545,600) | 3,369,400) | 3,205,700) | 3,078,000) | 2,763,500) | 2,575,700) | 2,400,700) | |||||||
| Total Fortinet, Inc. stockholders’ equity (deficit) | 11,400) | (281,600) | (634,700) | (392,900) | 217,700) | 781,700) | 1,118,100) | 1,050,200) | 980,800) | 856,000) | 713,200) | 543,900) | 536,300) | 1,321,900) | 1,200,400) | 1,122,300) | 1,058,100) | 1,010,200) | 891,600) | 780,200) | 693,500) | |||||||
| Solvency Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Financial leverage1 | 599.32 | — | — | — | 25.96 | 7.57 | 5.34 | 5.29 | 5.39 | 4.72 | 5.03 | 6.12 | 5.98 | 2.94 | 2.95 | 3.00 | 3.03 | 3.05 | 3.10 | 3.30 | 3.46 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Financial Leverage, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | 2.05 | 2.14 | 2.16 | 2.16 | 2.15 | 2.21 | 2.18 | 2.18 | 2.14 | 2.18 | 2.19 | 2.17 | 2.19 | 2.07 | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.11 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Adobe Inc. | 1.88 | 1.93 | 1.86 | 1.88 | 1.89 | 1.84 | 1.81 | 1.85 | 1.84 | 1.83 | 1.91 | 1.99 | 2.03 | 1.97 | 1.96 | 1.98 | 1.98 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | 1.76 | 1.87 | 1.83 | 1.66 | 1.59 | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.64 | 1.57 | 1.58 | 1.73 | 1.77 | 1.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 3.48 | 3.53 | 3.48 | 3.47 | 3.39 | 3.14 | 2.15 | 2.04 | 2.02 | 1.89 | 1.75 | 1.61 | 6.29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Fair Isaac Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.73 | 7.07 | 4.87 | 4.85 | 6.33 | 7.25 | 6.41 | 4.95 | 5.12 | 5.37 | 5.73 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | 6.19 | 5.80 | 6.27 | 6.57 | 7.00 | 6.98 | 6.49 | 6.69 | 6.95 | 7.57 | 7.27 | 7.50 | 7.67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | 1.69 | 1.69 | 1.68 | 1.69 | 1.53 | 1.57 | 1.58 | 1.65 | 1.85 | 2.14 | 1.64 | 1.80 | 1.70 | 1.68 | 1.70 | 1.91 | 1.77 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 2.07 | 2.19 | 2.12 | 2.13 | 2.21 | 2.35 | 2.30 | 2.34 | 2.44 | 2.55 | 2.49 | 2.57 | 2.63 | 2.80 | 2.78 | 2.81 | 3.00 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | 25.03 | 13.27 | 13.90 | 11.96 | 9.56 | 6.79 | 6.33 | 5.76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.39 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.42 | 1.43 | 1.49 | 1.67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | 24.69 | 58.35 | 32.88 | 88.29 | 20.09 | 16.14 | 9.59 | 9.15 | 11.68 | 8.23 | 8.73 | 4.47 | 4.50 | 4.16 | 4.31 | 5.33 | 4.63 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | 1.58 | 1.64 | 1.53 | 1.60 | 1.52 | 1.60 | 1.47 | 1.50 | 1.55 | 1.63 | 1.50 | 1.94 | 2.02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | 2.43 | 2.64 | 2.46 | 2.65 | 2.75 | 2.92 | 2.68 | 2.81 | 2.90 | 3.07 | 2.88 | 2.63 | 2.73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | 1.70 | 1.71 | 1.66 | 1.66 | 1.65 | 1.65 | 1.65 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.67 | 1.71 | 1.74 | 1.57 | 1.56 | 1.58 | 1.68 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Workday Inc. | 2.68 | 2.31 | 2.24 | 2.36 | 2.53 | 2.66 | 2.55 | 2.64 | 2.78 | 2.74 | 2.65 | 2.71 | 2.85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31).
1 Q1 2023 Calculation
Financial leverage = Total assets ÷ Total Fortinet, Inc. stockholders’ equity (deficit)
= 6,832,300 ÷ 11,400 = 599.32
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
The financial data reveals several important trends in the company's quarterly performance across asset base, equity, and financial leverage over the examined periods.
- Total Assets
- Total assets demonstrate an overall growth trajectory from approximately $2.4 billion in March 2018 to $6.8 billion by March 2023. The increase is marked by steady growth from 2018 through 2019, a brief deceleration around early 2020, followed by accelerated growth from late 2020 onward. The most pronounced increases occur between 2020 and 2023, indicating a scaling of the company's asset base.
- Total Stockholders’ Equity
- The equity value reflects a positive trend from around $693 million in March 2018 to a peak exceeding $1.1 billion by late 2021. However, this is followed by significant depletion in equity beginning in early 2022, turning negative in mid-2022 and remaining negative through late 2022 and early 2023. A modest rebound is observed by March 2023, bringing equity back to a slightly positive level. This volatility suggests substantial equity write-downs or losses affecting retained earnings or other equity components during this period.
- Financial Leverage
- The financial leverage ratio exhibits a generally stable and moderately declining pattern from 3.46 in March 2018 to about 2.94 by the end of 2019, indicating a gradual reduction in leverage relative to equity. Starting in 2020, leverage ratios increase sharply, peaking at 7.57 in December 2021, and escalating dramatically to extremely high values such as 25.96 and 599.32 in subsequent quarters. This indicates a severe increase in liabilities relative to equity, consistent with the equity declines noted. The extraordinary leverage ratios toward the end of the period may reflect accounting anomalies or extraordinary financial events.
Overall, the company has expanded its asset base substantially over the five-year period, but this growth is coupled with significant fluctuations in equity and a marked increase in financial leverage in the recent years. The declining equity and rising leverage ratios highlight potential financial risk concerns and underscore the importance of further investigation into recent operational or financial developments impacting equity and the balance sheet structure.
Interest Coverage
Fortinet Inc., interest coverage calculation (quarterly data)
| Mar 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Jun 30, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | Dec 31, 2018 | Sep 30, 2018 | Jun 30, 2018 | Mar 31, 2018 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to Fortinet, Inc. | 247,700) | 313,800) | 231,600) | 173,500) | 138,400) | 199,000) | 163,100) | 137,500) | 107,200) | 146,700) | 123,400) | 113,800) | 104,600) | 115,200) | 79,800) | 72,700) | 58,800) | 182,600) | 58,700) | 49,300) | 41,600) | |||||||
| Add: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest | —) | —) | (500) | (100) | (100) | (200) | 100) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | |||||||
| Add: Income tax expense | 21,300) | 9,200) | 27,300) | 2,400) | (8,100) | 3,700) | (9,300) | 7,500) | 12,200) | 25,000) | 5,000) | 9,900) | 13,300) | 12,500) | 25,600) | 13,100) | 1,500) | (90,500) | 11,900) | 2,200) | (4,900) | |||||||
| Add: Interest expense | 5,000) | 4,500) | 4,500) | 4,500) | 4,500) | 4,500) | 4,600) | 4,500) | 1,300) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | |||||||
| Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) | 274,000) | 327,500) | 262,900) | 180,300) | 134,700) | 207,000) | 158,500) | 149,500) | 120,700) | 171,700) | 128,400) | 123,700) | 117,900) | 127,700) | 105,400) | 85,800) | 60,300) | 92,100) | 70,600) | 51,500) | 36,700) | |||||||
| Solvency Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest coverage1 | 56.47 | 50.30 | 43.61 | 37.60 | 35.90 | 42.66 | 57.73 | 98.33 | 418.85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest Coverage, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | 217.31 | 195.34 | 188.01 | 133.08 | 133.32 | 131.46 | 126.89 | 196.99 | 191.96 | 205.84 | 248.30 | 245.62 | 270.18 | 273.26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Adobe Inc. | 53.27 | 54.64 | 54.21 | 54.34 | 53.39 | 51.49 | 49.52 | 45.92 | 42.50 | 37.00 | 32.36 | 28.08 | 23.87 | 21.38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | 38.63 | 46.58 | 57.84 | 58.34 | 52.92 | 46.26 | 44.21 | 40.38 | 35.68 | 31.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | -5.09 | -5.34 | -6.41 | -8.16 | -12.40 | -55.36 | -151.33 | -185.47 | -226.03 | -315.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Fair Isaac Corp. | 7.09 | 7.83 | 8.91 | 11.63 | 12.49 | 12.80 | 12.23 | 9.16 | 8.21 | 7.09 | 6.72 | 6.92 | 6.54 | 6.44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | 2.25 | 1.95 | 1.59 | 6.01 | 5.40 | 5.19 | 3.79 | 4.56 | 4.97 | 4.60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | 19.99 | 32.38 | 55.36 | 62.71 | 93.29 | 89.14 | 92.00 | 89.58 | 120.30 | 158.00 | 158.50 | 164.67 | 148.46 | 126.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | 3.33 | 3.78 | 3.98 | 4.23 | 6.06 | 6.21 | 6.27 | 6.48 | 6.76 | 7.05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | -49.82 | -87.97 | -176.15 | -201.09 | -194.27 | -133.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | -1.99 | -6.56 | -4.28 | -3.42 | -2.65 | -1.85 | -1.68 | -1.49 | -1.36 | -1.61 | -1.55 | -0.92 | -0.09 | 0.11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31).
1 Q1 2023 Calculation
Interest coverage
= (EBITQ1 2023
+ EBITQ4 2022
+ EBITQ3 2022
+ EBITQ2 2022)
÷ (Interest expenseQ1 2023
+ Interest expenseQ4 2022
+ Interest expenseQ3 2022
+ Interest expenseQ2 2022)
= (274,000 + 327,500 + 262,900 + 180,300)
÷ (5,000 + 4,500 + 4,500 + 4,500)
= 56.47
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
- Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT)
- The EBIT exhibits a consistent upward trend over the period from March 2018 to March 2023. Starting at 36,700 thousand US dollars in March 2018, it increased steadily each quarter, reaching a peak of 327,500 thousand US dollars in December 2022. A slight decrease to 274,000 thousand US dollars was observed in March 2023, but overall the trend reflects substantial growth. This indicates strong operational performance and growth in profitability before considering interest and tax expenses.
- Interest Expense
- Interest expense data is available only from March 2021 onward, beginning at 1,300 thousand US dollars and rising sharply to 4,500 thousand US dollars by June 2021. Thereafter, the interest expense remains generally stable around 4,500 thousand US dollars each quarter, with a slight increase to 5,000 thousand US dollars in March 2023. This suggests the company incurred new or increased debt starting early 2021, with interest costs stabilizing at a higher level.
- Interest Coverage Ratio
- The interest coverage ratio is reported starting March 2021, with an extremely high initial value of 418.85, reflecting a large EBIT relative to interest expense at that time. This ratio declines over subsequent quarters, indicating interest expenses are growing faster relative to EBIT or EBIT growth is slowing. From 418.85 in March 2021, it falls to 35.9 by December 2021, then gradually improves to 56.47 by March 2023. Despite the decline from the initial peak, the ratio remains quite high, indicating strong ability to cover interest payments.
- Overall Insights
- The data reveals strong operational growth as evidenced by the steady rise in EBIT over more than five years. The company appears to have taken on additional debt starting in early 2021, reflected by the emergence and stabilization of interest expenses. Despite increased interest obligations, EBIT levels have remained robust, allowing the interest coverage ratio to stay healthy and above typical risk thresholds. The slight dip in EBIT during the first quarter of 2023 may warrant monitoring, but the overall financial performance suggests solid earnings power and manageable interest burden.