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TKO (TKO Group Holdings) Interest Coverage : 5.30 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is TKO Group 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. TKO Group Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $237 Mil. TKO Group Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-45 Mil. TKO Group Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 5.30. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

TKO' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.14   Med: 2.65   Max: 3.9
Current: 3.18


TKO's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
71.25% of 626 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 10.51 vs TKO: 3.18

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


TKO Group Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for TKO Group 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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TKO Group Holdings Interest Coverage Chart

TKO Group Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
2.65 3.83 3.90 1.87 1.14

TKO Group Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 - 3.88 2.18 1.81 5.30

Competitive Comparison of TKO Group Holdings's Interest Coverage

For the Entertainment subindustry, TKO Group 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.


TKO Group Holdings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where TKO Group Holdings's Interest Coverage falls into.


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TKO Group 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.

TKO Group Holdings'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, TKO Group Holdings's Interest Expense was $-249 Mil. Its Operating Income was $283 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,991 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*282.902/-249.115
=1.14

TKO Group Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, TKO Group Holdings's Interest Expense was $-45 Mil. Its Operating Income was $237 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,005 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*237.363/-44.765
=5.30

* 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.


TKO Group Holdings  (NYSE:TKO) 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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TKO Group Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
200 fifth Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10010
TKO Group Holdings Inc is a sports and sports entertainment company that operates combat sport and sports entertainment companies. It owns and manages valuable sports and entertainment intellectual property. The company distributes content and monetizes its intellectual property through four principal activities: Media Rights and Content, Live Events, Sponsorship, and Consumer Products Licensing. The company has two reportable segments, UFC and WWE. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the UFC segment. The UFC segment revenue consists of media rights fees associated with the distribution of its programming content, ticket sales, and site fees associated with the business's global live events, sponsorship, and consumer products licensing agreements of UFC-branded products.
Executives
Sonya E Medina director P.O. BOX 99900, LOUISVILLE KY 40269
Jonathan Kraft director C/O ENDEAVOR GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., 9601 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 3RD FLOOR, BEVERLY HILLS CA 90210
Silver Lake West Holdco, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O SILVER LAKE, 2776 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Patrick Whitesell 10 percent owner 11601 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 1600, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Ariel Emanuel director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O SOURCE INTERLINK COMPANIES, INC., 27500 RIVERVIEW CENTER BLVD, SUITE 400, BONITA SPRINGS FL 34134
Shane Kapral officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O ENDEAVOR GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., 9601 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 3RD FLOOR, BEVERLY HILLS CA 90210
Andrew M Schleimer officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O SIX FLAGS, INC., 11501 NORTHEAST EXPRESSWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73131
Seth D Krauss officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., 222 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10012
Mark S Shapiro director, officer: See Remarks C/O RED ZONE LLC, 21300 REDSKIN PARK DRIVE, ASHBURN VA 20147
Nick Khan director 1241 EAST MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06902
Vincent K Mcmahon director, 10 percent owner C/O WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT INC, 1241 EAST MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06902
Steven R Koonin director 625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
Carrie Wheeler director 500 VOLVO PARKWAY, CHESAPEAKE VA 23320
Bynoe Peter C B director 203 NORTH LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1900, CHICAGO IL 60601
Egon Durban director, 10 percent owner C/O SILVER LAKE, 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100, MENLO PARK CA 94025