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Webjet (ASX:WEB) Interest Coverage : 4.08 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Webjet 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. Webjet's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was A$77.5 Mil. Webjet's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was A$-19.0 Mil. Webjet's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 4.08. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

ASX:WEB' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.15   Med: 15.01   Max: 82.04
Current: 3.42


ASX:WEB's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
60.96% of 602 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 5.15 vs ASX:WEB: 3.42

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Webjet Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Webjet'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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Webjet Interest Coverage Chart

Webjet Annual Data
Trend Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
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Webjet Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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Competitive Comparison of Webjet's Interest Coverage

For the Travel Services subindustry, Webjet'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.


Webjet's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Webjet's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Webjet 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.

Webjet's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Webjet's Interest Expense was A$-28.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$60.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$238.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*60.5/-28.1
=2.15

Webjet's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, Webjet's Interest Expense was A$-19.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$77.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$0.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*77.5/-19
=4.08

* 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.


Webjet  (ASX:WEB) 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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Webjet (ASX:WEB) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
509 St Kilda Road, Level 2, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 3004
Webjet provides online travel bookings across Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. The group operates in both the business to consumer, or B2C, and business to business, or B2B, segments. The B2B business, WebBeds, acts as an intermediary between hotels and wholesale/retail travel service providers. WebBeds is currently the world's second largest B2B accommodation booking provider despite only a circa 4% market share of the fragmented AUD 70 billion global B2B accommodation market. The company's B2C units, Webjet Online Travel Agent, or OTA, and GoSee allow retail customers to book flights, hotel accommodation, holiday packages, travel insurance, rental cars and caravans online.