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Home Properties (Home Properties) Interest Coverage : 1.24 (As of Jun. 2015)


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What is Home Properties 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. Home Properties's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was $31.2 Mil. Home Properties's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was $-25.1 Mil. Home Properties's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 1.24. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


HME's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the REITs industry.
Industry Median: 2.97
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Home Properties Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Home Properties'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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Home Properties Interest Coverage Chart

Home Properties Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.22 0.34 0.61 0.94 1.09

Home Properties Quarterly Data
Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15
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 1.23 1.20 1.06 1.24

Competitive Comparison of Home Properties's Interest Coverage

For the REIT - Residential subindustry, Home Properties'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.


Home Properties's Interest Coverage Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Home Properties's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Home Properties's Interest Coverage falls into.



Home Properties 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.

Home Properties's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014, Home Properties's Interest Expense was $-99.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $108.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,187.2 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2014 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2014 )
=-1*108.846/-99.635
=1.09

Home Properties's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2015, Home Properties's Interest Expense was $-25.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $31.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,111.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2015 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2015 )
=-1*31.15/-25.13
=1.24

* 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.


Home Properties  (NYSE:HME) 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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Home Properties (Home Properties) Business Description

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Home Properties Inc was formed in November 1993, as a Maryland corporation. The Company completed an initial public offering on August 4, 1994 It is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust. It owns, operates, acquires, develops and rehabilitates apartment communities. The Company's properties are regionally focused, primarily in selected Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Company competes with other real estate investors in seeking property for acquisition and development. These competitors include pension and investment funds, insurance companies, private investors, local owners and developers, and other apartment REITs.
Executives
Bonnie Biumi director RETAIL PROPERTIES OF AMERICA, INC., 2021 SPRING ROAD, SUITE 200, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Michael D Barnello director LASALLE HOTEL PROPERTIES, 4800 MONTGOMERY LANE STE M25, BETHESDA MD 20814
Stephen R Blank director 201 W NORTH RIVER DRIVE SUITE 100, SPOKANE WA 99201
Alan L Gosule director C/O HOME PROPERTIES, 850 CLINTON SQUARE, ROCHESTER NY 14604
Lydon Thomas P Jr director HOME PROPERTIES, INC., 850 CLINTON SQUARE, ROCHESTER NY 14604
Edward J Pettinella director, officer: CEO C/O HOME PROPERTIES, 850 CLINTON SQUARE, ROCHESTER NY 14604
Charles John Koch director CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 600 WASHINGTON BLVD., CS119N, STAMFORD CT 06901
Amy L Tait director C/O HOME PROPERTIES, 850 CLINTON SQUARE, ROCHESTER NY 14604
Josh E Fidler director 4750 OWINGS MILLS BLVD., OWINGS MILLS MD 21117
Paul L Smith director C/O HOME PROPERTIES, 850 CLINTON SQUARE, ROCHESTER NY 14604
Thomas S Summer director C/O CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC., 370 WOODCLIFF DRIVE, SUITE 300, FAIRPORT NY 14450

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