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Fidelity National Information Services (Fidelity National Information Services) Interest Coverage

: 2.76 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Fidelity National Information Services's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $436 Mil. Fidelity National Information Services's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-158 Mil. Fidelity National Information Services's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.76. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Fidelity National Information Services Inc interest coverage is 2.92, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fidelity National Information Services's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

FIS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.03   Med: 4.21   Max: 7.35
Current: 2.92


FIS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
86.09% of 1603 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.52 vs FIS: 2.92

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


Fidelity National Information Services Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fidelity National Information Services'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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Fidelity National Information Services Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.71 2.03 5.77 4.43 2.22

Fidelity National Information Services Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.02 2.46 3.43 2.98 2.76

Competitive Comparison

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Fidelity National Information Services'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.


Fidelity National Information Services Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Fidelity National Information Services's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fidelity National Information Services's Interest Coverage falls into.



Fidelity National Information Services 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.

Fidelity National Information Services'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, Fidelity National Information Services's Interest Expense was $-713 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,580 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $13,148 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1580/-713
=2.22

Fidelity National Information Services's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Fidelity National Information Services's Interest Expense was $-158 Mil. Its Operating Income was $436 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $13,148 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*436/-158
=2.76

* 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.


Fidelity National Information Services  (NYSE:FIS) 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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Fidelity National Information Services (Fidelity National Information Services) Business Description

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Address
347 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, FL, USA, 32202
Fidelity National Information Services' legacy operations provide core processing and ancillary services to banks, but its business has expanded over time. By acquiring Sungard in 2015, the company now provides record-keeping and other services to investment firms. With the acquisition of Worldpay in 2019, FIS now provides payment processing services for merchants and holds leading positions in the United States and United Kingdom. About a fourth of revenue is generated outside North America.
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