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Dick's Sporting Goods (Dick's Sporting Goods) Interest Coverage

: 26.42 (As of Jan. 2024)
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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. Dick's Sporting Goods's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $376 Mil. Dick's Sporting Goods's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-14 Mil. Dick's Sporting Goods's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 26.42. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Dick's Sporting Goods's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

DKS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 15.41   Med: 39.72   Max: 181.83
Current: 22.92


DKS's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
72.44% of 751 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 7.81 vs DKS: 22.92

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


Dick's Sporting Goods Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dick's Sporting Goods'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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Dick's Sporting Goods Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 22.39 15.41 35.41 15.53 22.92

Dick's Sporting Goods Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 17.43 22.25 23.21 19.85 26.42

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Dick's Sporting Goods'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.


Dick's Sporting Goods Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Dick's Sporting Goods's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dick's Sporting Goods's Interest Coverage falls into.



Dick's Sporting Goods 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.

Dick's Sporting Goods's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024, Dick's Sporting Goods's Interest Expense was $-58 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,330 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,771 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*1329.627/-58.023
=22.92

Dick's Sporting Goods's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, Dick's Sporting Goods's Interest Expense was $-14 Mil. Its Operating Income was $376 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,771 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*375.601/-14.214
=26.42

* 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.


Dick's Sporting Goods  (NYSE:DKS) 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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Dick's Sporting Goods (Dick's Sporting Goods) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
345 Court Street, Coraopolis, PA, USA, 15108
Dick's Sporting Goods retails athletic apparel, footwear, and equipment for sports. Dick's operates digital platforms, about 725 stores under its namesake brand (including outlet stores), and about 135 specialty stores under the Golf Galaxy, Moosejaw, and Public Lands nameplates. Dick's carries private-label merchandise and national brands such as Nike, The North Face, Under Armour, Callaway Golf, and TaylorMade. Based in the Pittsburgh area, Dick's was founded in 1948 by the father of current executive chairman and controlling shareholder Edward Stack.
Executives
Lawrence J Schorr director 200 PLAZA DRIVE, VESTAL NY 13850
Vladimir Rak officer: EVP, Chief Technology Officer 345 COURT STREET, CORAOPOLIS PA 15108
Julie Lodge-jarrett officer: SVP, Chief People Officer 345 COURT STREET, CORAOPOLIS PA 15108
Larry Jr. Fitzgerald director 345 COURT STREET, CORAOPOLIS PA 15108
Robert W. Eddy director 350 CAMPUS DRIVE, MARLBOROUGH MA 01752
William Colombo Trustee U/a Dtd 10/05/2020 Edward W Stack Non-grantor Trust 10 percent owner 345 COURT STREET, CORAOPOLIS PA 15108
William J Colombo director
Sandeep Mathrani director
Navdeep Gupta officer: See Remarks 345 COURT STREET, CORAOPOLIS PA 15108
Hayes John Edward Iii officer: SVP, General Counsel 345 COURT STREET, CORAOPOLIS PA 15108
Mark J Barrenechea director C/O SILICON GRAPHICS INTERNATIONAL CORP, 46600 LANDING PARKWAY, FREMONT CA 94538
Anne Fink director 345 COURT STREET, CORAOPOLIS PA 15108
Lauren R Hobart officer: SVP & Chief Marketing Officer 345 COURT STREET, CORAOPOLIS PA 15275
Edward W Stack director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman & CEO 345 COURT STREET, CORAOPOLIS PA 15108
Sliva Raymond A. Jr. officer: EVP, Stores 345 COURT STREET, CORAOPOLIS PA 15108