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Sun Country Airlines Holdings (Sun Country Airlines Holdings) Interest Coverage : 1.51 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sun Country Airlines Holdings 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. Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $17 Mil. Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-11 Mil. Sun Country Airlines Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.51. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SNCY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.79   Med: 1.8   Max: 4.59
Current: 2.99


SNCY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
68.5% of 819 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.5 vs SNCY: 2.99

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


Sun Country Airlines Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sun Country Airlines Holdings'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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Sun Country Airlines Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

Sun Country Airlines Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
4.59 0.79 1.50 1.80 2.99

Sun Country Airlines Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar18 Dec18 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 1.91 6.46 3.17 1.67 1.51

Competitive Comparison of Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Airlines subindustry, Sun Country Airlines Holdings'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.


Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.



Sun Country Airlines Holdings 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.

Sun Country Airlines Holdings'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, Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Interest Expense was $-43 Mil. Its Operating Income was $128 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $577 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*127.5/-42.634
=2.99

Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Sun Country Airlines Holdings's Interest Expense was $-11 Mil. Its Operating Income was $17 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $577 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*17.125/-11.362
=1.51

* 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.


Sun Country Airlines Holdings  (NAS:SNCY) 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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Sun Country Airlines Holdings (Sun Country Airlines Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
2005 Cargo Road, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 55450
Sun Country Airlines Holdings Inc operates low-cost air carriers. The business has two operating segments: Passenger and Cargo. The passenger segment has two internal passenger groups Scheduled service and Charter. The Cargo segment provides air cargo services. The majority of the revenue is from the passenger segment.
Executives
Sca Horus Holdings, Llc director, 10 percent owner C/O SCA HORUS HOLDINGS, LLC, 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Erin Rose Neale officer: General Counsel and Secretary 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
Grant Whitney officer: Chief Revenue Officer & EVP 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
Jude Bricker director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1201 NORTH TOWN CENTER DRIVE, LAS VEGAS NV 89144
Gregory A. Mays officer: Chief Operating Officer & EVP 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
John Gyurci officer: Chief Acct. Off. & VP, Finance 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
David M Davis director, officer: President & CFO
William Trousdale officer: VP-Fin. Plan. & Anlys & Treas. 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
Eric Levenhagen officer: Chief Admin. Off., GC & Sec. 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
Brian Edward Davis officer: Chief Marketing Officer & SVP 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
Jennifer L Vogel director C/O AAR CORP., 1100 N. WOOD DALE ROAD, WOOD DALE IL 60191
Gail Peterson director 1 ECOLAB PLACE, SAINT PAUL MN 55102
Jeffrey Mader officer: Chief Information Off. & EVP 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
Patrick J. O'keeffe director 2005 CARGO ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55450
Marion C Blakey director C/O ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC., 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD, SEATTLE WA 98188