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Carnival (Carnival) Interest Coverage

: 0.59 (As of Feb. 2024)
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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. Carnival's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $276 Mil. Carnival's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-471 Mil. Carnival's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.59. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Carnival Corp interest coverage is 1.2, which is low.

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

CCL' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.95   Med: 13.77   Max: 17.13
Current: 1.2


CCL's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
84.13% of 605 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 5.02 vs CCL: 1.20

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


Carnival Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Carnival'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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Carnival Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.90 - - - 0.95

Carnival Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 - 0.22 3.14 0.82 0.59

Competitive Comparison

For the Travel Services subindustry, Carnival'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.


Carnival Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Carnival's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Carnival 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.

Carnival's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023, Carnival's Interest Expense was $-2,066 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,956 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $29,653 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Nov. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Nov. 2023 )
=-1*1956/-2066
=0.95

Carnival's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2024, Carnival's Interest Expense was $-471 Mil. Its Operating Income was $276 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $29,682 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*276/-471
=0.59

* 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.


Carnival  (NYSE:CCL) 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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Carnival (Carnival) Business Description

Address
3655 N.W. 87th Avenue, Miami, FL, USA, 33178-2428
Carnival is the largest global cruise company, with 92 ships in service at the end of fiscal 2023. Its portfolio of brands includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America, Princess Cruises, and Seabourn in North America; P&O Cruises and Cunard Line in the United Kingdom; Aida in Germany; Costa Cruises in Southern Europe; and P&O Cruises in Australia. Carnival also owns Holland America Princess Alaska Tours in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Carnival's brands attracted nearly 13 million guests in 2019, prior to COVID-19, a level it has reached again in 2023.
Executives
David Bernstein officer: Sr. Vice President & CFO 3655 NW 87TH AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33178
Randall J Weisenburger director C/O WASSERSTEIN PERELLA GROUP, 31 WEST 52ND ST 26TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Bettina Alejandra Deynes officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 92 SW 3RD STREET, UNIT 4812, MIAMI FL 33130
Bessemer Trust Co Of Delaware, N.a. 10 percent owner, other: See Remarks 20 MONTCHANIN ROAD, SUITE 1500, WILMINGTON DE 19807
Sara Mathew director CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY, ONE CAMPBELL PLACE, CAMDEN NJ 08103
William Richard Burke officer: Chief Maritime Officer 6301 COLLINS AVENUE, APT. 1903, MIAMI BEACH FL 33141
Joshua Ian Weinstein director, officer: President & CEO 3273 COACOOCHEE STREET, MIAMI FL 33133
Arnold W Donald director C/O CARNIVAL CORPORATION, 3655 N.W. 87TH AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33178
Enrique Miguez officer: General Counsel 3600 DURANGO STREET, CORAL GABLES FL 33134
Arnaldo Perez officer: Sr. VP, General Counsel & Sec. 3655 NW 87TH AVE, C/O CARNIVAL CORP, MIAMI FL 33178-2428
Peter C. Anderson officer: Chief Ethics & Compliance 1541 BRICKELL AVENUE, UNIT B-2604, MIAMI FL 33129
Ma 1994 B Shares Lp other: See Remarks 1201 NORTH MARKET ST, WILMINGTON DE 19899-1347
Micky Meir Arison director, officer: Chairman & CEO C/O PAUL BERKOWITZ GREENBERG TRAURIG, 333 S.E. 2ND AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33131
Richard Glasier director 219 PIASA ST, ALTON IL 62002
Jeffrey J Gearhart director 702 SOUTHWEST 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716-0215