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Time Warner Cable (Time Warner Cable) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Mar. 2016)


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What is Time Warner Cable Financial Strength?

Time Warner Cable has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Time Warner Cable's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was 3.26. Time Warner Cable's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was 0.91. As of today, Time Warner Cable's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Time Warner Cable's Financial Strength

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Time Warner Cable's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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.


Time Warner Cable's Financial Strength Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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* The bar in red indicates where Time Warner Cable's Financial Strength falls into.



Time Warner Cable Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

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

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:

Time Warner Cable's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2016 was $-351 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2016 was $1,145 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was $22,487 Mil.

Time Warner Cable's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2016 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2016 )
=-1*1145/-351
=3.26

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Time Warner Cable's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2016 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(5 + 22487) / 24764
=0.91

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Time Warner Cable has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.


Time Warner Cable  (NYSE:TWC) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Time Warner Cable has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Time Warner Cable (Time Warner Cable) Business Description

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Time Warner Cable Inc was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on March 21, 2003. The Company provides video, high-speed data and voice services in five geographic areas: New York State, the Carolinas, the Midwest, Southern California and Texas. The Company has three reportable segments: Residential Services, Business Services and Other Operations. Its video service provides over 300 channels and 20,000 video-on-demand choices. It offers tiers and packages of video programming and music services. Its residential video subscribers also may subscribe to premium network programming, such as Cinemax, EPIX, HBO, Showtime and Starz. The Company offers high-speed data service tiers, each with attributes tailored to meet the different needs its subscribers providing from up to 2 to up to 300 mbps downstream levels. Its high-speed data service also provides communication tools and personalized services, including email, PC security, parental controls and online radio, at no additional charge. The Company offers IntelligentHome, a security and home management service, in substantially all of its operating areas. It offers networking, voice, video, hosting and cloud computing services. The Company offers business customers a data services, including Internet access, network services and wholesale transport services. It also offers video programming tiers, music services and voice services including multi-line phone service and trunk service. The Company's Other Operations segment consists of Time Warner Cable Media, the advertising sales arm, its local sports, news and lifestyle channels and SportsNet LA. The Company delivers video, data and voice services over a network that includes a nationwide fiber backbone, fiber-rich regional and metro rings, and last mile connections to customers' homes and businesses. It contracts with third parties for goods and services related to the delivery of its video, high-speed data and voice services. The Company's residential video, high-speed data and voice services face competition from AT&T, CenturyLink, Inc., Cincinnati Bell Inc, Fairpoint Communications Inc, Frontier Communications Corp, Hawaiian Telcom Holdco Inc, Verizon and Windstream Corp. Its residential video and high-speed data services compete with Google's video and broadband services.
Executives
Donna James director ONE MIRANOVA PLACE, SUITE 1040, COLUMBUS OH 43215
John E Sununu director C/O BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, 300 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC WAY, MARLBOROUGH MA 01752
Copeland James E Jr director 2500 WINDY RIDGE PARKWAY, ATLANTA GA 30339
Robert D Marcus director, officer: Chairman & CEO C/O TIME WARNER CABLE INC., 60 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10023
Nicholas Nicholas J Jr director C/O TIME WARNER CABLE INC., 60 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10023
Thomas H Castro director C/O TIME WARNER CABLE INC., 60 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10023
Osbourn William F Jr officer: SVP, Chief Acct Off & Co-CFO C/O TIME WARNER CABLE, 60 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10023
Matthew Siegel officer: SVP & Treasurer and Co-CFO C/O TIME WARNER CABLE, 60 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, NEW YORK NY 10023
Edward D Shirley director SYSCO CORPORATION, 1390 ENCLAVE PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77077
Carole Black director C/O TIME WARNER CABLE INC., 60 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10023
David C Chang director C/O TIME WARNER CABLE INC., 60 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10023
Glenn Britt director C/O TIME WARNER CABLE INC., 60 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10023
Melinda Witmer officer: EVP, Chf Video & Content Offcr C/O TEGNA INC., 7950 JONES BRANCH DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22107
Joan H Gillman officer: EVP & COO, Media Services C/O AIRGAIN, INC., 3611 VALLEY CENTRE DRIVE, SUITE 150, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Irene M Esteves officer: EVP & CFO C/O TIME WARNER CABLE INC., 60 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10023

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