CBWYY (Cable & Wireless Communications) Interest Coverage : 0.98 (As of Sep. 2015)

Cable & Wireless Communications Interest Coverage Chart

Cable & Wireless Communications Annual Data
	Trend	Mar06	Mar07	Mar08	Mar09	Mar10	Mar11	Mar12	Mar13	Mar14	Mar15
Interest Coverage		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					4.32	1.84	1.39	0.82	1.11

Cable & Wireless Communications Semi-Annual Data
	Mar06	Sep06	Mar07	Sep07	Mar08	Sep08	Mar09	Sep09	Mar10	Sep10	Mar11	Sep11	Mar12	Sep12	Mar13	Sep13	Mar14	Sep14	Mar15	Sep15
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.19	-	4.79	-	0.98

Competitive Comparison of Cable & Wireless Communications's Interest Coverage

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Cable & Wireless Communications'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.

Cable & Wireless Communications's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Cable & Wireless Communications's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cable & Wireless Communications's Interest Coverage falls into.

Cable & Wireless Communications 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.

Cable & Wireless Communications's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2015 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2015, Cable & Wireless Communications's Interest Expense was $-81.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $90.00 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,686.00 Mil.

Cable & Wireless Communications's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2015, Cable & Wireless Communications's Interest Expense was $-194.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $190.00 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,831.00 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.

Cable & Wireless Communications  (OTCPK:CBWYY) 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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