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Flight Centre Travel Group (ASX:FLT) Interest Coverage : 2.66 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Flight Centre Travel Group 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. Flight Centre Travel Group's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$95 Mil. Flight Centre Travel Group's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-36 Mil. Flight Centre Travel Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.66. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Flight Centre Travel Group's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:FLT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.49   Med: 12.02   Max: 14.77
Current: 2.72


ASX:FLT's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
67% of 603 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 5.18 vs ASX:FLT: 2.72

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


Flight Centre Travel Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Flight Centre Travel Group'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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Flight Centre Travel Group Interest Coverage Chart

Flight Centre Travel Group Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
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Flight Centre Travel Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Flight Centre Travel Group's Interest Coverage

For the Travel Services subindustry, Flight Centre Travel Group'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.


Flight Centre Travel Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Flight Centre Travel Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Flight Centre Travel Group 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.

Flight Centre Travel Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, Flight Centre Travel Group's Interest Expense was A$-78 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$116 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$1,219 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*115.621/-77.5
=1.49

Flight Centre Travel Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Flight Centre Travel Group's Interest Expense was A$-36 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$95 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$610 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*95.029/-35.785
=2.66

* 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.


Flight Centre Travel Group  (ASX:FLT) 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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Flight Centre Travel Group (ASX:FLT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
275 Grey Street, South Brisbane, Brisbane, QLD, AUS, 4101
Flight Centre Travel is one of the largest travel agencies in the world. It operates an large network of shops globally, most of them located in Australia, the United States, and Europe. The group operates across the whole spectrum of the travel services market, including leisure travel retailing, in-destination experiences, corporate travel arrangement, and youth travel retailing. The services are facilitated via some 40 brands, with Flight Centre being the flagship brand in the leisure segment and FCM Travel the key brand in the corporate.

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