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Preferred Apartment Communities (Preferred Apartment Communities) Interest Coverage : 0.89 (As of Mar. 2022)


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What is Preferred 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. Preferred Apartment Communities's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2022 was $20.7 Mil. Preferred Apartment Communities's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2022 was $-23.2 Mil. Preferred Apartment Communities's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was 0.89. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


APTS's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the REITs industry.
Industry Median: 2.98
* 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.


Preferred Apartment Communities Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Preferred 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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Preferred Apartment Communities Interest Coverage Chart

Preferred Apartment Communities 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 0.88 0.73 0.90 - 1.00

Preferred Apartment Communities Quarterly Data
Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22
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 0.88 1.06 1.09 0.97 0.89

Competitive Comparison of Preferred Apartment Communities's Interest Coverage

For the REIT - Diversified subindustry, Preferred 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.


Preferred Apartment Communities's Interest Coverage Distribution in the REITs Industry

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

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



Preferred 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.

Preferred Apartment Communities'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, Preferred Apartment Communities's Interest Expense was $-102.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $102.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,343.4 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2021 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2021 )
=-1*102.514/-102.414
=1.00

Preferred Apartment Communities's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2022, Preferred Apartment Communities's Interest Expense was $-23.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was $20.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,388.8 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2022 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2022 )
=-1*20.722/-23.16
=0.89

* 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.


Preferred Apartment Communities  (NYSE:APTS) 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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Preferred Apartment Communities (Preferred Apartment Communities) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
3284 Northside Parkway NW, Suite 150, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30327
Preferred Apartment Communities Inc is a real estate investment trust that acquires and operates multifamily properties in select targeted markets throughout the United States. It operates through the following segments: The Multifamily Communities segment being the highest revenue generating segment; Financing segment refers to the portfolio of real estate loans, bridge loans, other instruments, and other real estate related assets; New Market Properties segment covers a portfolio of grocery-anchored shopping centers, as well as the financial results from the retail real estate loans; and Preferred Office properties segment relates to the office buildings.
Executives
Sara Finley director ONE CVS DRIVE, WOONSOCKET RI 02895
Jeffrey David Sherman officer: PRESIDENT - MULTIFAMILY 3284 NORTHSIDE PARKWAY NW SUITE 150 ATLANTA GA 30327
Michael Aide officer: PRESIDENT - RETAIL 3284 NORTHSIDE PARKWAY NW SUITE 150 ATLANTA GA 30327
John A Isakson officer: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 3284 NORTHSIDE PARKWAY, NW, SUITE 150, ATLANTA GA 30327
Jeffrey R Sprain officer: EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SEC. 3284 NORTHSIDE PARKWAY, NW, SUITE 150 ATLANTA GA 30327
Daphne Bryson Jackson director 3284 NORTHSIDE PARKWAY NW SUITE 150 ATLANTA GA 30327
John M Cannon director 3284 NORTHSIDE PARKWAY NW SUITE 150 ATLANTA GA 30327
Daniel M Dupree director 2500 WINDY RIDGE PARKWAY SUITE 1600, ATLANTA GA 30339
Parker Boone Dupree officer: President - Office 3284 NORTHSIDE PARKWAY NW SUITE 150 ATLANTA GA 30327
Joel T Murphy director, officer: See Remarks 2500 WINDY RIDGE PARKWAY, SUITE 1600, ATLANTA GA 30339
Michael Joseph Cronin officer: See Remarks 3625 CUMBERLAND BOULDEVARD SUITE 400 ATLANTA GA 30339
Steve Bartkowski director 3625 CUMBERLAND BOULDEVARD SUITE 400 ATLANTA GA 30339
Gary B Coursey director
Gresham William J Jr director 1010 RICHMOND HILL DRIVE MARIETTA GA 30068
Timothy Alan Peterson director 3625 CUMBERLAND BOULDEVARD SUITE 400 ATLANTA GA 30339

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