WellCare Health Plans (WellCare Health Plans) Interest Coverage : 10.98 (As of Sep. 2019)

WellCare Health Plans Interest Coverage Chart

WellCare Health Plans Annual Data
	Trend	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18
Interest Coverage		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					5.38	7.09	9.96	7.85	8.98

WellCare Health Plans Quarterly Data
	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															9.84	4.19	7.24	8.78	10.98

Competitive Comparison of WellCare Health Plans's Interest Coverage

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, WellCare Health Plans'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.

WellCare Health Plans's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, WellCare Health Plans's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WellCare Health Plans's Interest Coverage falls into.

WellCare Health Plans 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

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

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

WellCare Health Plans'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, WellCare Health Plans's Interest Expense was $-88 Mil. Its Operating Income was $786 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,126 Mil.

WellCare Health Plans's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2019, WellCare Health Plans's Interest Expense was $-29 Mil. Its Operating Income was $323 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,029 Mil.

* 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.

WellCare Health Plans  (NYSE:WCG) 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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