The Walt Disney Co (BSP:DISB34) Interest Coverage

: 5.56 (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. The Walt Disney Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was R$14,386 Mil. The Walt Disney Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was R$-2,587 Mil. The Walt Disney Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.56. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BSP:DISB34' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.54 Med: 18.98 Max: 49.9
Current: 4.88

BSP:DISB34's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
67.43% of 611 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 11.96 vs BSP:DISB34: 4.88

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

The Walt Disney Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Walt Disney Co'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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The Walt Disney Co Annual Data

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Sep14

Sep15

Sep16

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Sep18

Sep19

Sep20

Sep21

Sep22

Sep23

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12.10

2.54

2.60

4.37

4.56

The Walt Disney Co Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	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															4.29	4.51	5.25	4.16	5.56

Competitive Comparison

For the Entertainment subindustry, The Walt Disney Co'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.

The Walt Disney Co Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, The Walt Disney Co's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Walt Disney Co's Interest Coverage falls into.

The Walt Disney Co 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.

The Walt Disney Co's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023, The Walt Disney Co's Interest Expense was R$-9,744 Mil. Its Operating Income was R$44,409 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$225,032 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (A: Sep. 2023 )	/	Interest Expense (A: Sep. 2023 )
	=	-1	*	44408.79	/	-9744.055
	=	4.56

The Walt Disney Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, The Walt Disney Co's Interest Expense was R$-2,587 Mil. Its Operating Income was R$14,386 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$203,846 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	-1	*	14385.813	/	-2587.094
	=	5.56

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

The Walt Disney Co (BSP:DISB34) 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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The Walt Disney Co (BSP:DISB34) Business Description

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Address

500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA, USA, 91521

Website

https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com

Disney operates in three global business segments: entertainment, sports, and experiences. Entertainment and experiences both benefit from franchises and characters the firm has created over the course of a century. Entertainment includes the ABC broadcast network, several cable television networks, and the Disney+ and Hulu streaming services. Within the segment, Disney also engages in movie and television production and distribution, with content licensed to movie theaters, other content providers, or, increasingly, kept in-house for use on Disney's own streaming platform and television networks. The sports segment houses ESPN and the ESPN+ streaming service. Experiences contains Disney's theme parks and vacation destinations, and also benefits from merchandise licensing.

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