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The St. Joe Co (The St. Joe Co) Interest Coverage

: 1.97 (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. The St. Joe Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $17.3 Mil. The St. Joe Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-8.8 Mil. The St. Joe Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.97. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for The St. Joe Co's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

JOE' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.25   Med: 2.96   Max: 59.62
Current: 2.96


JOE's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
58.22% of 1350 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 4 vs JOE: 2.96

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


The St. Joe Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for The St. Joe Co'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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The St. Joe Co 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 2.55 3.47 5.96 3.34 2.96

The St. Joe Co 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 1.89 1.82 5.81 2.41 1.97

Competitive Comparison

For the Real Estate - Diversified subindustry, The St. Joe Co'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.


The St. Joe Co Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, The St. Joe Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The St. Joe Co's Interest Coverage falls into.



The St. Joe Co 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.

The St. Joe Co'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, The St. Joe Co's Interest Expense was $-30.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $90.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $628.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*90.733/-30.618
=2.96

The St. Joe Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, The St. Joe Co's Interest Expense was $-8.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $17.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $628.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*17.28/-8.791
=1.97

* 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.


The St. Joe Co  (NYSE:JOE) 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 .


The St. Joe Co Interest Coverage Related Terms

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The St. Joe Co (The St. Joe Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
130 Richard Jackson Boulevard, Suite 200, Panama City Beach, FL, USA, 32407
The St. Joe Co is a real estate development, asset management, and operating company and it has three operating segments; the Residential segment plans and develops residential communities and sells homesites to homebuilders or retail consumers, the Hospitality segment features a private membership club (the Watersound Club), hotel operations, food and beverage operations, golf courses, beach clubs, retail outlets, gulf-front vacation rentals, management services, marinas, and other entertainment assets, and Commercial segment include leasing of commercial property, multi-family, senior living, self-storage, and other assets and it also oversees the planning, development, entitlement, management, and sale of commercial and rural land holdings.
Executives
Fairholme Funds Inc 10 percent owner 5966 S DIXIE HWY, SUITE 300, SOUTH MIAMI FL 33143
Jorge Luis Gonzalez officer: Sr Vice President-Development 133 SOUTH WATERSOUND PARKWAY, WATERSOUND FL 32461
Marek Bakun officer: Chief Financial Officer 133 SOUTH WATERSOUND PARKWAY, WATERSOUND FL 32413
Elizabeth J Walters officer: SVP, GC & Corporate Secretary 133 SOUTH WATERSOUND PARKWAY, WATERSOUND FL 32641
Rhea Goff officer: SVP & Chief Admin. Officer 133 S WATERSOUND PARKWAY, WATERSOUND FL 32461
Howard S Frank director
Kenneth Borick officer: SVP, General Counsel 133 SOUTH WATERSOUND PARKWAY, WATERSOUND FL 32413
Cesar L Alvarez director C/O PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP, LEGAL DEPT 1301- CONCORD TERRACE, SUNRISE FL 33323
Patrick Wayne Murphy officer: SVP, Operations 133 SOUTH WATERSOUND PARKWAY, WATERSOUND FL 32413
Fairholme Capital Management Llc 10 percent owner 5966 S DIXIE HWY, SUITE 300, SOUTH MIAMI FL 33143
James S Hunt director 300 N. BEACH STREET, DAYTONA BEACH FL 32114
Susan D Mermer officer: Chief Accounting Officer 133 SOUTH WATERSOUND PARKWAY, WATERSOUND FL 32413
Vito S Portera director 133 SOUTH WATERSOUND PARKWAY, WATERSOUND FL 32413
David Harrelson officer: Vice President, Timberland 133 SOUTH WATERSOUND PARKWAY, WATERSOUND FL 32413
Joanne Kay Viard officer: Chief Accounting Officer 133 S. WATERSOUND PARKWAY, WATERSOUND FL 32413