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Telecom Italia SpA (Telecom Italia SpA) Interest Coverage

: 0.48 (As of Sep. 2023)
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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. Telecom Italia SpA's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $317 Mil. Telecom Italia SpA's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-663 Mil. Telecom Italia SpA's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.48. 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. Telecom Italia SpA interest coverage is 1.6, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Telecom Italia SpA's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

TIAIY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.86   Med: 2.62   Max: 2.92
Current: 1.6


TIAIY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
78.89% of 289 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 4.53 vs TIAIY: 1.60

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


Telecom Italia SpA Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Telecom Italia SpA'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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Telecom Italia SpA Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.89 2.92 2.17 1.13 0.86

Telecom Italia SpA Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 - - - 0.82 0.48

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Telecom Italia SpA'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.


Telecom Italia SpA Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Telecom Italia SpA's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Telecom Italia SpA's Interest Coverage falls into.



Telecom Italia SpA 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.

Telecom Italia SpA'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, Telecom Italia SpA's Interest Expense was $-1,399 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,203 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $27,282 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*1203.39/-1399.364
=0.86

Telecom Italia SpA's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2023, Telecom Italia SpA's Interest Expense was $-663 Mil. Its Operating Income was $317 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $27,713 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*316.969/-662.753
=0.48

* 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.


Telecom Italia SpA  (OTCPK:TIAIY) 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 .


Telecom Italia SpA Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Telecom Italia SpA (Telecom Italia SpA) Business Description

Address
Corso D'Italia, 41, Roma, ITA, 00198
Telecom Italia is the incumbent telecommunications operator in Italy with more than 30% market share in the Italian mobile market and 45% market share in broadband. In the mobile market, it competes with Vodafone, Wind Tre and Iliad. In November 2023 TIM sold its fixed network to KKR for EUR 18.8 billion, and will become a pure service provider. TIM also has a 20% wireless market share in Brazil and has started building a broadband network in the country, although its reach is very small compared with its competitors Telefonica and America Movil.

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