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PSAPRTCL.PFD (Public Storage) Interest Coverage : 7.54 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Public Storage 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. Public Storage's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $559.51 Mil. Public Storage's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $-74.25 Mil. Public Storage's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 7.54. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

PSAPRTCL.PFD' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.77   Med: 37.8   Max: 2053.35
Current: 7.77


PSAPRTCL.PFD's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
72.47% of 712 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.87 vs PSAPRTCL.PFD: 7.77

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


Public Storage Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Public Storage'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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Public Storage Interest Coverage Chart

Public Storage Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Public Storage Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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Competitive Comparison of Public Storage's Interest Coverage

For the REIT - Industrial subindustry, Public Storage'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.


Public Storage's Interest Coverage Distribution in the REITs Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Public Storage's Interest Coverage falls into.



Public Storage 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.

Public Storage's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Public Storage's Interest Expense was $-201.13 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2,319.06 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $9,103.28 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2319.056/-201.132
=11.53

Public Storage's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Public Storage's Interest Expense was $-74.25 Mil. Its Operating Income was $559.51 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $9,473.78 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*559.514/-74.252
=7.54

* 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.


Public Storage  (NYSE:PSAPRTCL.PFD) 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 .


Public Storage Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Public Storage Business Description

Address
701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA, USA, 91201-2349
Public Storage is the largest owner of self-storage facilities in the us with more than 3,000 self-storage facilities in 40 states and approximately 219 million square feet of rentable space. Through equity interests, it also has exposure to the European self-storage market through Shurgard Self Storage. The company also has a merchandise business, a third-party property management business, and an insurance business that offers products to cover losses for the goods in self-storage facilities.