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Viaplay Group AB (OSTO:VPLAY A) Interest Coverage : 1.74 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Viaplay Group AB 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. Viaplay Group AB's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was kr174 Mil. Viaplay Group AB's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was kr-100 Mil. Viaplay Group AB's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 1.74. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Viaplay Group AB's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


OSTO:VPLAY A's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 11.56
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Viaplay Group AB Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Viaplay Group AB'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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Viaplay Group AB Interest Coverage Chart

Viaplay Group AB Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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Viaplay Group AB Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Viaplay Group AB's Interest Coverage

For the Entertainment subindustry, Viaplay Group AB'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.


Viaplay Group AB's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Viaplay Group AB's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Viaplay Group AB's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Viaplay Group AB 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.

Viaplay Group AB's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Viaplay Group AB's Interest Expense was kr0 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr-270 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr2,138 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Viaplay Group AB's interest coverage with the available data.

Viaplay Group AB's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2024, Viaplay Group AB's Interest Expense was kr-100 Mil. Its Operating Income was kr174 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr2,138 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*174/-100
=1.74

* 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.


Viaplay Group AB  (OSTO:VPLAY A) 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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Viaplay Group AB Business Description

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Address
Ringvagen 52, P.O. Box 2094, Stockholm, SWE, SE-103 13
Viaplay Group AB is a Sweden-based company that offers television channels and radio stations broadcasting and production services. The company generates revenue from Viaplay, Linear Subscription & others, and Advertising. The company's operating segment includes Nordics and International. The Nordics segment includes the Group's operations related to the Viaplay streaming service available in all Nordic countries, pay-TV channels in all Nordic countries except Iceland; commercial free-TV channels in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway; and commercial radio networks and audio streaming services in Sweden and Norway. The International segment includes the Group's streaming service Viaplay and sales in the regions of Continental Europe, the Baltics, the UK, and North America.

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