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Speedway Motorsports (Speedway Motorsports) Interest Coverage : 8.96 (As of Jun. 2019)


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What is Speedway Motorsports 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. Speedway Motorsports's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $26.2 Mil. Speedway Motorsports's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $-2.9 Mil. Speedway Motorsports's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was 8.96. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


TRK's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Travel & Leisure industry.
Industry Median: 5.13
* 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.


Speedway Motorsports Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Speedway Motorsports'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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Speedway Motorsports Interest Coverage Chart

Speedway Motorsports Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.76 4.57 5.50 4.63 5.25

Speedway Motorsports Quarterly Data
Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19
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 13.06 11.98 - 4.88 8.96

Competitive Comparison of Speedway Motorsports's Interest Coverage

For the Leisure subindustry, Speedway Motorsports'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.


Speedway Motorsports's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Speedway Motorsports's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Speedway Motorsports's Interest Coverage falls into.



Speedway Motorsports 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.

Speedway Motorsports's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018, Speedway Motorsports's Interest Expense was $-12.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $62.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $198.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2018 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2018 )
=-1*62.918/-11.983
=5.25

Speedway Motorsports's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2019, Speedway Motorsports's Interest Expense was $-2.9 Mil. Its Operating Income was $26.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $198.4 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2019 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2019 )
=-1*26.214/-2.927
=8.96

* 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.


Speedway Motorsports  (NYSE:TRK) 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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Speedway Motorsports (Speedway Motorsports) Business Description

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Address
5555 Concord Parkway South, Concord, NC, USA, 28027
Speedway Motorsports Inc act as a promoter, marketer and sponsor of motorsports activities in the United States. The company also provides souvenir merchandising, including screen-printing and embroidery, as well as food, beverage, and hospitality catering services; and radio programming, production, and distribution services. It operates through motorsports event related segments. The motorsports event related segment includes admissions, event related, NASCAR broadcasting and event motorsports merchandising activities. Speedway generates most of the income from NASCAR broadcasting which include rights fees obtained for domestic television broadcasts of NASCAR-sanctioned events.
Executives
James P Holden director 1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10020
Mark M Gambill director 5555 CONCORD PARKWAY SOUTH, CONCORD NC 28027
William R Brooks director, officer: Chief Financial Officer 5401 E INDEPENDENCE BLVD, CHARLOTTE NC 28212
Marcus G Smith director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 5555 CONCORD PARKWAY SOUTH, CONCORD NC 28027
O Bruton Smith director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman 5401 E INDEPENDENCE BLVD, CHARLOTTE NC 28212
Bryan Scott Smith director, 10 percent owner 5401 E INDEPENDENCE BLVD, CHARLOTTE NC 28212
Byrd Bernard Clinton Jr director 4401 COLWICK ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
David Bruton Smith 10 percent owner C/O SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC., 6415 IDLEWILD ROAD, SUITE 109, CHARLOTTE NC 28212
Robert L Rewey director 401 LONE PINE COURT, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304
William P Benton director PARKLANE TOWERS WEST, 3 PARKLANE BLVD STE 1610, DEARBORN MI 48126

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