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. DallasNews's
Operating Income
for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2025 was $1.2 Mil. DallasNews's Interest Expense for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2025 was $0.0 Mil.
GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data.
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. DallasNews Corp has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.
The historical rank and industry rank for DallasNews's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:
DALN's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 11.88 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.
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 .
DallasNews Interest Coverage Related Terms
DallasNews Interest Coverage Historical Data
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The historical data trend for DallasNews'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.
DALN vs LEE, EDUC, TNMG: Interest Coverage Comparison
For the Publishing subindustry, DallasNews'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.
DallasNews Interest Coverage vs Media - Diversified Industry
For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, DallasNews's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where DallasNews's Interest Coverage falls into.
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:
GuruFocus does not calculate DallasNews's interest coverage with the available data.
* 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.
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, DallasNews stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of $16.51 is trading 363.8% above its estimated GF Value™ of $3.56.
Key valuation signals for DALN:
Interest Coverage: N/A
GF Value™: $3.56 vs. price of $16.51 (363.8% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the DALN stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
DallasNews Corp is a local news and information publishing company. It operates The Dallas Morning News (dallasnews.com), Texas' newspaper. These operations generate revenue from advertising sales within the company's newspaper and digital platforms, subscriptions and retail sales of its newspaper, and commercial printing and distribution services predominantly related to national newspapers. In addition to traditional print and digital advertising, the company has a full-service agency, Medium Giant, offering businesses comprehensive, strategic, and creative marketing solutions. The company's two reportable segments are TDMN and Agency. Maximum revenue is derived from the TDMN segment, which comprises its traditional print business. The firm's customer base is concentrated in North Texas.
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