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Corus Entertainment (Corus Entertainment) Interest Coverage : 0.82 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Corus Entertainment 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. Corus Entertainment's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $17 Mil. Corus Entertainment's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-21 Mil. Corus Entertainment's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.82. 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. Corus Entertainment Inc interest coverage is 1.45, which is low.

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

CJREF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.3   Med: 3.15   Max: 5.5
Current: 1.45


CJREF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
88.85% of 610 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 11.915 vs CJREF: 1.45

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


Corus Entertainment Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Corus Entertainment'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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Corus Entertainment Interest Coverage Chart

Corus Entertainment Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.20 2.86 3.48 2.68 1.30

Corus Entertainment Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 0.54 1.70 0.28 3.11 0.82

Competitive Comparison of Corus Entertainment's Interest Coverage

For the Entertainment subindustry, Corus Entertainment'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.


Corus Entertainment's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Corus Entertainment's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Corus Entertainment's Interest Coverage falls into.



Corus Entertainment 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.

Corus Entertainment's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023, Corus Entertainment's Interest Expense was $-100 Mil. Its Operating Income was $131 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $883 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Aug. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Aug. 2023 )
=-1*130.85/-100.467
=1.30

Corus Entertainment's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2024, Corus Entertainment's Interest Expense was $-21 Mil. Its Operating Income was $17 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $774 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*16.959/-20.795
=0.82

* 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.


Corus Entertainment  (OTCPK:CJREF) 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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Corus Entertainment (Corus Entertainment) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
25 Dockside Drive, Corus Quay, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5A 0B5
Corus Entertainment Inc is a media and content company that operates in the diversified media industry. The company has two business segments, which includes television, and radio. The television business segment has a portfolio of television channels. The radio business segment controls a number of stations that cater to the music, news, and talk radio markets. Television segment is the key revenue driver for the group. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue in Canada.