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Air Transport Services Group (Air Transport Services Group) Interest Coverage

: 1.75 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Air Transport Services Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $37 Mil. Air Transport Services Group's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-21 Mil. Air Transport Services Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.75. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

ATSG' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.66   Med: 5.05   Max: 6.48
Current: 2.75


ATSG's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
72.57% of 813 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.69 vs ATSG: 2.75

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


Air Transport Services Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Air Transport Services Group'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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Air Transport Services Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.66 3.90 5.46 6.09 2.75

Air Transport Services Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.24 3.02 4.18 2.38 1.75

Competitive Comparison

For the Airlines subindustry, Air Transport Services Group'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.


Air Transport Services Group Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Air Transport Services Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Air Transport Services Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Air Transport Services Group 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.

Air Transport Services Group'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, Air Transport Services Group's Interest Expense was $-73 Mil. Its Operating Income was $200 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,743 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*199.832/-72.704
=2.75

Air Transport Services Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Air Transport Services Group's Interest Expense was $-21 Mil. Its Operating Income was $37 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,743 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*36.638/-20.951
=1.75

* 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.


Air Transport Services Group  (NAS:ATSG) 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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Air Transport Services Group (Air Transport Services Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
145 Hunter Drive, Wilmington, OH, USA, 45177
Air Transport Services Group Inc along with its subsidiaries operates within the airfreight and logistics industry. It leases aircraft and provides airline operations, ground services, aircraft modification and maintenance, and other support services mainly to the cargo transportation and package delivery industries. The company has two reportable segments namely Cargo Aircraft Management and ACMI Services (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance). It generates a majority of its revenue from the ACMI services segment.
Executives
Koharik Edward Joseph Iii officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC., 145 HUNTER DRIVE, WILMINGTON OH 45177
Johns Raymond E Jr director C\O AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC., 145 HUNTER DRIVE, WILMINGTON OH 45177
Michael L Berger officer: Chief Commercial Officer C\O AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC., 145 HUNTER DRIVE, WILMINGTON OH 45177
Jeffrey J Vorholt director 13 VIA ROMA, PALM COAST FL 32137
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Matthew E. Fedders officer: VP, Corporate Controller C/O AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC., 145 HUNTER DRIVE, WILMINGTON OH 45177
Paul Chase officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC., 145 HUNTER DRIVE, WILMINGTON OH 45177
Joseph C Hete officer: President & CEO
W Joseph Payne officer: Sr. VP, General Counsel & Sec. ABX AIR INC, 145 HUNTER DRIVE, WILMINGTON OH 45177
Quint O Turner officer: Chief Financial Officer 145 HUNTER DRIVE, WILMINGTON OH 45177
Jeffrey A. Dominick director ABX HOLDINGS, INC., 145 HUNTER DRIVE, WILMINGTON OH 45177
Randy D Rademacher director ABX AIR, INC., 145 HUNTER DRIVE, WILMINGTON OH 45177
John Christopher Teets director C/O RED MOUNTAIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC., 10100 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 925, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Richard Francis Corrado officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC., 145 HUNTER DRIVE, WILMINGTON OH 45177
Phyllis J Campbell director C/O AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC., 145 HUNTER DRIVE, WILMINGTON OH 45177

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