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Sienna Senior Living (Sienna Senior Living) Interest Coverage : 3.88 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Sienna Senior Living 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. Sienna Senior Living's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $29.7 Mil. Sienna Senior Living's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-7.7 Mil. Sienna Senior Living's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.88. 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. Sienna Senior Living Inc interest coverage is 2.15, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sienna Senior Living's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

LWSCF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.63   Med: 1.51   Max: 2.15
Current: 2.15


LWSCF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
80.79% of 406 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 9.145 vs LWSCF: 2.15

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


Sienna Senior Living Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sienna Senior Living'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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Sienna Senior Living Interest Coverage Chart

Sienna Senior Living 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 1.47 0.63 1.90 1.48 1.53

Sienna Senior Living Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 1.42 1.59 1.53 1.58 3.88

Competitive Comparison of Sienna Senior Living's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Sienna Senior Living'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.


Sienna Senior Living's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Sienna Senior Living's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sienna Senior Living's Interest Coverage falls into.



Sienna Senior Living 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.

Sienna Senior Living'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, Sienna Senior Living's Interest Expense was $-30.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was $46.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $565.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*46.392/-30.294
=1.53

Sienna Senior Living's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Sienna Senior Living's Interest Expense was $-7.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $29.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $540.8 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*29.688/-7.66
=3.88

* 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.


Sienna Senior Living  (OTCPK:LWSCF) 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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Sienna Senior Living (Sienna Senior Living) Business Description

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Address
302 Town Centre Boulevard, Suite 300, Markham, ON, CAN, L3R 0E8
Sienna Senior Living Inc is one of the largest owners of seniors' housing, the largest licensed long-term care operator in Ontario, and a provider of services across the full continuum of care. The firm operates solely within Canada. The company is comprised of the following main business segments, LTC Business, Retirement, and Other. LTC business division consists of approximately 34 LTC residences in the Province of Ontario, eight seniors' living residences located in the Province of British Columbia and the LTC management services business. The group derives a majority of its revenue from LTC segment.

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