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Vicinity Centres (ASX:VCX) Interest Coverage : 3.95 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Vicinity Centres 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. Vicinity Centres's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was A$404 Mil. Vicinity Centres's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was A$-102 Mil. Vicinity Centres's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 3.95. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

ASX:VCX' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.16   Med: 4.31   Max: 5.41
Current: 3.88


ASX:VCX's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
62.12% of 718 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.855 vs ASX:VCX: 3.88

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


Vicinity Centres Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vicinity Centres'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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Vicinity Centres Interest Coverage Chart

Vicinity Centres Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.16 4.34 4.18 4.46 4.07

Vicinity Centres Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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 4.73 4.21 4.34 3.80 3.95

Competitive Comparison of Vicinity Centres's Interest Coverage

For the REIT - Retail subindustry, Vicinity Centres'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.


Vicinity Centres's Interest Coverage Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Vicinity Centres's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vicinity Centres's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Vicinity Centres 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.

Vicinity Centres's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024, Vicinity Centres's Interest Expense was A$-187 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$762 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$4,129 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*761.6/-187.3
=4.07

Vicinity Centres's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, Vicinity Centres's Interest Expense was A$-102 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$404 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$4,337 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*404.1/-102.4
=3.95

* 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.


Vicinity Centres  (ASX:VCX) 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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Vicinity Centres Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1341 Dandenong Road, Level 4, Chadstone Tower One, Chadstone, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 3148
Vicinity Centres was created after the merger of Federation Centres and Novion in 2015, creating one of Australia's largest retail REITs. Its directly and indirectly owned assets have a book value of about AUD 15 billion at the end of June 2024. The assets are skewed to large, high-end shopping centers, with about 40% in super and major regional malls, a fifth in subregional, 15% in central business district locations, and about 15% in outlet centers.

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