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Twitter (Twitter) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Jun. 2022)


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What is Twitter 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. Twitter's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2022 was $-344 Mil. Twitter's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2022 was $-23 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


TWTR's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Interactive Media industry.
Industry Median: 36.9
* 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.


Twitter Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Twitter'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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Twitter Interest Coverage Chart

Twitter Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.37 3.42 2.65 0.17 5.33

Twitter Quarterly Data
Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.18 1.74 15.46 - -

Competitive Comparison of Twitter's Interest Coverage

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Twitter'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.


Twitter's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Twitter's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Twitter 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.

Twitter's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021, Twitter's Interest Expense was $-51 Mil. Its Operating Income was $273 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,324 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2021 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2021 )
=-1*272.962/-51.186
=5.33

Twitter's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2022, Twitter's Interest Expense was $-23 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-344 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $6,529 Mil.

Twitter did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Twitter  (NYSE:TWTR) 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 .


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Twitter (Twitter) Business Description

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Address
1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94103
Twitter is an open distribution platform for and a conversational platform around short-form text (a maximum of 280 characters), image, and video content. Its users can create different social networks based on their interests, thereby creating an interest graph. Many prominent celebrities and public figures have Twitter accounts. Twitter generates revenue from advertising (90%) and licensing the user data that it compiles (10%).
Executives
Parag Agrawal director, officer: Former Chief Executive Officer C/O TWITTER, INC., 1355 MARKET STREET, SUITE 900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Vijaya Gadde officer: Former Chief Legal Officer C/O TWITTER INC, 1355 MARKET STREET SUITE 900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Ned D. Segal officer: Former Chief Financial Officer 1 MARKET PLAZA, STEUART TOWER, SUITE 800, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Jack Dorsey other: Possible member of 10% group C/O TWITTER INC, 1355 MARKET STREET SUITE 900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Nick V. Caldwell officer: General Manager of Core Tech C/O HUBSPOT, INC., 25 FIRST STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02141
Kayvon Beykpour officer: General Manager of Consumer C/O TWITTER, INC., 1355 MARKET STREET, SUITE 900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Saud H R H Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al other: Possible member of 10% group C/O KINGDOM HOLDING COMPANY, KINGDOM CTR FLOOR 66 P O BOX 2, RIYADH T0 11321
Robert Kaiden officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O INSPIRATO INCORPORATED, 1544 WAZEE STREET, DENVER CO 80202
Bruce Falck officer: General Manager of Revenue C/O TWITTER, INC., 1355 MARKET STREET, SUITE 900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Michael Montano officer: Engineering Lead C/O TWITTER, INC., 1355 MARKET STREET, SUITE 900, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Slp V Aggregator Gp, L.l.c. director C/O SILVER LAKE, 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Slp V Titus Holdings Ii, L.p. director C/O SILVER LAKE, 2776 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
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Slta V (gp), L.l.c. director C/O SILVER LAKE, 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
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