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Aircastle (Aircastle) Interest Coverage : 2.10 (As of Dec. 2019)


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What is Aircastle 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. Aircastle's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2019 was $125.3 Mil. Aircastle's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2019 was $-59.6 Mil. Aircastle's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was 2.10. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


AYR's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 13.39
* 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.


Aircastle Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aircastle'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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Aircastle Interest Coverage Chart

Aircastle Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.12 1.91 2.11 2.23 1.87

Aircastle Quarterly Data
Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19
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 3.07 1.72 1.73 1.94 2.10

Competitive Comparison of Aircastle's Interest Coverage

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, Aircastle'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.


Aircastle's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Aircastle's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Aircastle 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.

Aircastle's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019, Aircastle's Interest Expense was $-245.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $460.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,074.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2019 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2019 )
=-1*460.055/-245.673
=1.87

Aircastle's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2019, Aircastle's Interest Expense was $-59.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was $125.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,074.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2019 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2019 )
=-1*125.297/-59.551
=2.10

* 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.


Aircastle  (NYSE:AYR) 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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Aircastle (Aircastle) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
c/o Aircastle Advisor LLC, 201 Tresser Boulevard, Suite 400, Stamford, CT, USA, 06901
Aircastle Ltd is engaged in acquiring, leasing, and selling of commercial jet aircraft to airlines. The company has only single operating segment which is leasing, financing, selling, and managing commercial flight equipment.
Executives
Michael J Cave director C/O ESTERLINE TECHNOLOGIES CORP, 500 108TH AVE NE, SUITE 1500, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Douglas A Hacker director P O BOX 66100-WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60666
Ronald W Allen director P O BOX 1734, ATLANTA GA 30301
Ronald Merriman director 6175 NANCY RIDGE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Charles W. Pollard director 50 CRESCENT AVENUE, SECOND CLIFF, SCITUATE MA 02066
Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board 10 percent owner 5650 YONGE STREET, TORONTO A6 M2M 4H5
Peter V Ueberroth director CONTRARIAN GROUP INC, 1071 CAMELBACK ST, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Wesley R Edens director 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Fig Llc 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 46 FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Fortress Investment Group Llc 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 46TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Fortress Operating Entity I Lp 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Fig Corp. 10 percent owner 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Adams Joseph P. Jr. director C/O FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Mark S Zeidman officer: Chief Financial Officer 1661 WORTHINGTON ROAD, SUITE 100, W PALM BEACH FL 33409
Fortress Investment Holdings Llc 10 percent owner 1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10020