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PlaySide Studios (ASX:PLY) Interest Coverage : 201.26 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is PlaySide Studios 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. PlaySide Studios's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$9.46 Mil. PlaySide Studios's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-0.05 Mil. PlaySide Studios's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 201.26. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. PlaySide Studios Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

ASX:PLY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 86.05   Med: 86.05   Max: 156.06
Current: 156.06


ASX:PLY's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
67.41% of 313 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 37.1 vs ASX:PLY: 156.06

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


PlaySide Studios Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for PlaySide Studios'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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PlaySide Studios Interest Coverage Chart

PlaySide Studios Annual Data
Trend Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
N/A - 86.05 -

PlaySide Studios Semi-Annual Data
Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 177.18 - - 201.26

Competitive Comparison of PlaySide Studios's Interest Coverage

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, PlaySide Studios'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.


PlaySide Studios's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, PlaySide Studios's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where PlaySide Studios's Interest Coverage falls into.



PlaySide Studios 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.

PlaySide Studios's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, PlaySide Studios's Interest Expense was A$-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$-6.07 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$1.22 Mil.

PlaySide Studios did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

PlaySide Studios's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, PlaySide Studios's Interest Expense was A$-0.05 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$9.46 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$1.59 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*9.459/-0.047
=201.26

* 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.


PlaySide Studios  (ASX:PLY) 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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PlaySide Studios (ASX:PLY) Business Description

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Address
75 Crockford Street, Level 1, Port Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 3207
PlaySide Studios Ltd is a video game developer in Australia. The company delivers games across four platforms: Mobile, Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and PC. Some of its games include Ghost Pop, Flush Force, Defend the Bits, Dumb ways to dash, and many others. The company has one reportable segment, development and monetization of mobile , PC and console video games.

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