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Mid-America Apartment Communities (Mid-America Apartment Communities) Interest Coverage : 4.58 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Mid-America Apartment Communities 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. Mid-America Apartment Communities's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $177 Mil. Mid-America Apartment Communities's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-39 Mil. Mid-America Apartment Communities's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.58. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Mid-America Apartment Communities's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

MAA' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.97   Med: 2.43   Max: 4.62
Current: 4.62


MAA's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
66.07% of 672 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.98 vs MAA: 4.62

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


Mid-America Apartment Communities Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mid-America Apartment Communities'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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Mid-America Apartment Communities Interest Coverage Chart

Mid-America Apartment Communities Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.40 2.55 2.96 4.06 4.62

Mid-America Apartment Communities Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Mid-America Apartment Communities's Interest Coverage

For the REIT - Residential subindustry, Mid-America Apartment Communities'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.


Mid-America Apartment Communities's Interest Coverage Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Mid-America Apartment Communities's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mid-America Apartment Communities's Interest Coverage falls into.



Mid-America Apartment Communities 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.

Mid-America Apartment Communities'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, Mid-America Apartment Communities's Interest Expense was $-149 Mil. Its Operating Income was $689 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,073 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*688.902/-149.234
=4.62

Mid-America Apartment Communities's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Mid-America Apartment Communities's Interest Expense was $-39 Mil. Its Operating Income was $177 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,073 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*176.861/-38.579
=4.58

* 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.


Mid-America Apartment Communities  (NYSE:MAA) 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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Mid-America Apartment Communities (Mid-America Apartment Communities) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6815 Poplar Avenue, Suite 500, Germantown, TN, USA, 38138
Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc, or MAA, is a real estate investment trust engaged in the acquisition, operation, and development of multifamily apartment communities located in southeastern and southwestern United States. Company operates two reportable segments; Same Store includes communities that the Company has owned and have been stabilized for at least a full 12 months as of the first day of the calendar year and Non-Same Store and Other includes recently acquired communities, communities being developed or in lease-up, communities that have been disposed of or identified for disposition, communities that have experienced a significant casualty loss and stabilized communities that do not meet the requirements to be Same Store communities. Key revenue comes from the Same Store.
Executives
Bolton H Eric Jr director, officer: President and Chief Executive
Timothy Argo officer: EVP, Chief Strategy & Analysis 6815 POPLAR AVE, SUITE 500, GERMANTOWN TN 38138
Melanie Carpenter officer: EVP & CHRO 6815 POPLAR AVE, SUITE 500, GERMANTOWN TN 38138
Robert J. Delpriore officer: EVP, General Counsel 6584 POPLAR AVENUE, MEMPHIS TN 38138
William Reid Sanders director C/O TWO HARBORS INVESTMENT CORP., 1601 UTICA AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 900, ST. LOUIS PARK MN 55416
Tamara D Fischer director 5200 DTC PARKWAY, SUITE 200, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
John Case director 600 LA TERRAZA BOULEVARD, ESCONDIDO CA 92025
Deborah H Caplan director 700 UNIVERSE BLVD, JUNO BEACH FL 33408
Adrian Hill officer: EVP, Chief Investment Officer 6815 POPLAR AVE, SUITE 500, GERMANTOWN TN 38138
Campbell Albert M Iii officer: EVP-Director of Finance 6584 POPLAR AVE., STE. 300, MEMPHIS TN 38138
Monica Houle Mcgurk director C/O BUNGE LIMITED, 1391 TIMBERLAKE MANOR PARKWAY, CHESTERFIELD MO 63017
Grimes Thomas L Jr officer: EVP-Director of Property Mgm 6584 POPLAR AVE., STE. 300, MEMPHIS TN 38138
David P Stockert director 4401 NORTHSIDE PARKWAY, SUITE 800, ATLANTA GA 30327-3057
Green Edith Kelly director 3131 DEMOCRAT ROAD BLDG B206, MEMPHIS TN 38118
Russell R French director 9 NORTH PARKWAY SQUARE, 4200 NORTHSIDE PARKWAY, ATLANTA GA 30327