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Cebu Air (Cebu Air) Interest Coverage : 1.74 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Cebu Air 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. Cebu Air's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $41 Mil. Cebu Air's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-24 Mil. Cebu Air's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 1.74. 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. Cebu Air Inc interest coverage is 1.36, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cebu Air's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

CEBUF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.36   Med: 4.12   Max: 10.47
Current: 1.36


CEBUF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
86.5% of 822 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.42 vs CEBUF: 1.36

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


Cebu Air Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cebu Air'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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Cebu Air Interest Coverage Chart

Cebu Air Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.35 4.12 - - -

Cebu Air Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 - - 1.35 2.22 1.74

Competitive Comparison of Cebu Air's Interest Coverage

For the Airlines subindustry, Cebu Air'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.


Cebu Air's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Cebu Air's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cebu Air's Interest Coverage falls into.



Cebu Air 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.

Cebu Air's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, Cebu Air's Interest Expense was $-58 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-198 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,603 Mil.

Cebu Air did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Cebu Air's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2023, Cebu Air's Interest Expense was $-24 Mil. Its Operating Income was $41 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,928 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*41.313/-23.751
=1.74

* 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.


Cebu Air  (OTCPK:CEBUF) 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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Cebu Air (Cebu Air) Business Description

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Address
Sergio Osmena Boulevard, Level 4, Unit 4030-4031, Robinsons Galleria Cebu, General Maxilom Avenue cor, Cebu, CEB, PHL, 6000
Cebu Air Inc is a carrier in the Philippine air transportation industry. It has two reportable operating segments, which are the airline business (Parent Company and CEBGO) and the line and light maintenance business (A-Plus). The revenue of the operating segment was mainly derived from rendering transportation services and line and light maintenance services. The Airline Group has a network of distributors in the Philippines selling its domestic and international air services within an agreed territory or geographical coverage. Geographically, it operates in the Philippines, Asia (excluding the Philippines), Europe, and Others, out of which the majority is from the Philippines.

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