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Electronic Arts (BSP:EAIN34) Interest Coverage

: 24.33 (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. Electronic Arts's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was R$1,788 Mil. Electronic Arts's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was R$-73 Mil. Electronic Arts's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 24.33. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BSP:EAIN34' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 19.47   Med: 27.2   Max: 35.92
Current: 34.2


BSP:EAIN34's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
50.96% of 314 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 35.915 vs BSP:EAIN34: 34.20

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


Electronic Arts Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Electronic Arts'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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Electronic Arts Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 23.49 32.95 23.24 19.47 24.88

Electronic Arts 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 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 22.23 16.82 N/A 27.07 24.33

Competitive Comparison

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Electronic Arts'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.


Electronic Arts Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Electronic Arts's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Electronic Arts 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.

Electronic Arts's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Electronic Arts's Interest Expense was R$-302 Mil. Its Operating Income was R$7,516 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$9,792 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*7516.01/-302.099
=24.88

Electronic Arts's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Electronic Arts's Interest Expense was R$-73 Mil. Its Operating Income was R$1,788 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$9,217 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1788.427/-73.497
=24.33

* 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.


Electronic Arts  (BSP:EAIN34) 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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Electronic Arts (BSP:EAIN34) Business Description

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EA is one of the world's largest third-party video game publishers and has transitioned from a console-based video game publisher to the one of the largest publishers on consoles, PC, and mobile. The firm owns number of large franchises, including Madden, EA Sports FC, Battlefield, Apex Legends, Mass Effect, Dragon's Age, and Need for Speed.

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