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Prothena (Prothena) Interest Coverage : N/A (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Prothena Interest Coverage?

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. Prothena's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-81.53 Mil. Prothena's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 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. Prothena Corp PLC has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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


PRTA's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 152.38
* 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.


Prothena Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Prothena'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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Prothena Interest Coverage Chart

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Prothena Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Prothena's Interest Coverage

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Prothena'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.


Prothena's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Prothena's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Prothena 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.

Prothena'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, Prothena's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-191.04 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $10.72 Mil.

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

Prothena's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Prothena's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-81.53 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $10.12 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Prothena'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.


Prothena  (NAS:PRTA) 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 .


Prothena Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Prothena (Prothena) Business Description

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Address
77 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Block C, Grand Canal Docklands, Dublin 2, IRL, D02 VK60
Prothena Corp PLC is a biotechnology company that focuses on protein dysregulation and a pipeline of investigational therapeutics with the potential to change the course of devastating rare neurodegenerative and peripheral amyloid diseases. The company's clinical pipeline of antibody-based product candidates targets a range of indications, including Amyloid Light-chain (AL) amyloidosis (NEOD001), Parkinson's disease and other related synucleinopathies (PRX002), and inflammatory diseases, including psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PRX003) and ATTR amyloidosis (PRX004).
Executives
Karin L Walker officer: See Remarks C/O PROTHENA CORPORATION PLC, 650 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Brandon S. Smith officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES INC., 331 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Carol D. Karp officer: Chief Regulatory Officer C/O PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES INC, 331 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Michael J Malecek officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES, INC., 331 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Hideki Garren officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES INC, 331 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Wagner M. Zago officer: Chief Scientific Officer C/O PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES INC, 331 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Dennis J. Selkoe director 650 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Helen Susan Kim director 3832 BAY CENTER PLACE, HAYWARD CA 94545
Tran Nguyen officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PROTHENA CORPORATION PLC, 650 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Gene G. Kinney officer: CSO & Head of R&D C/O PROTHENA CORPORATION PLC, 650 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Dunn William H. Jr. director C/O PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES INC, 331 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Shane Cooke director TREASURY BUILDING LOWER GRAND CANAL ST., DUBLIN 2 L2 00000
Richard T Collier director
Lars Ekman director C/O ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL INC., 60 LEVERONI COURT, NOVATO CA 94949
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