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Century Casinos (Century Casinos) Interest Coverage : 0.47 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Century Casinos 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. Century Casinos's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $12.5 Mil. Century Casinos's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-26.5 Mil. Century Casinos's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.47. 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. Century Casinos Incs earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

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

CNTY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.65   Med: 1.49   Max: 5.12
Current: 0.65


CNTY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
91.23% of 604 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 5.15 vs CNTY: 0.65

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


Century Casinos Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Century Casinos'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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Century Casinos Interest Coverage Chart

Century Casinos Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.37 0.66 1.60 1.01 0.65

Century Casinos 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 0.74 0.95 0.98 0.45 0.47

Competitive Comparison of Century Casinos's Interest Coverage

For the Resorts & Casinos subindustry, Century Casinos'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.


Century Casinos's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

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

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



Century Casinos 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.

Century Casinos'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, Century Casinos's Interest Expense was $-93.9 Mil. Its Operating Income was $61.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,008.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*61.265/-93.925
=0.65

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Century Casinos's Interest Expense was $-26.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was $12.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,008.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*12.479/-26.486
=0.47

* 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.


Century Casinos  (NAS:CNTY) 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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Century Casinos (Century Casinos) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
455 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 210, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, 80903
Century Casinos Inc is a casino entertainment company that develops and operates gaming establishments as well as related lodging, restaurant, horse racing (including off-track betting), and entertainment facilities in North America. The company has three reportable segments based on the geographical locations in which its casinos operate; United States; Century Casino & Hotel-Central City, and Century Casino & Hotel-Cripple Creek in Colorado, Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort in West Virginia, and Century Casino Caruthersville, and Century Casino Cape Girardeau in Missouri, Canada; Century Casino & Hotel, Century Casino St. Albert, Century Mile Racetrack in Edmonton and Casino Century Downs Racetrack and Casino in Calgary, and Poland; Casinos Poland.
Executives
Peter Hoetzinger director, officer: Vice Chairman/Co CEO/President 200 EAST BENNETT AVE, CRIPPLE CREEK CO 80813
Nikolaus Strohriegel officer: Vice President of Operations 455 E PIKES PEAK AVE STE 210, COLORADO SPRINGS CO 80908
Haitzmann Erwin Et Al director, officer: Chairman of the Board/Co CEO 2200 EAST BENNETT AVE, CRIPPLE CREEK CO 80813
Andreas Terler officer: Vice President of Operations 455 E PIKES PEAK AVE STE 210, COLORADO SPRINGS CO 80908
Smith Geoffrey Donald Cumming officer: SENIOR V.P. OPERATIONS 455 E PIKES PEAK AVE STE 210, COLORADO SPRINGS CO 80903
Dinah Corbaci director ANZENGRUBERGASSE 24/25, VIENNA C4 1050
Timothy Allen Wright officer: Vice President - Controller 455 E PIKES PEAK AVE, SUITE 210, COLORADO SPRINGS CO 80903
Eduard M Berger director 455 E PIKES PEAK AVE STE 210, COLORADO SPRINGS CO 80903
Gottfried Schellmann director HANS WEIGELGASSE 5, MARIA ENZERSDORF C4 A-02340
Robert S Eichberg director 1801 CALIFORNIA ST, SUITE 4550, DENVER CO 80202
Margaret Stapleton officer: EVP/PFO 2860 SOUTH CIRCLE DRIVE, SUITE 350, COLORADO SPRINGS CO 80906
Larry Hannappel officer: CAO/Secretary/Treasurer 200 EAST BENNETT AVE, CRIPPLE CREEK CO 80813
Christian Gernert officer: Chief Operating Officer 1263 LAKE PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE A, COLORADO SPRINGS CO 80906
Raymond W Sienko officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1263 A. LAKE PLAZA DR., COLORADO SPRINGS CO 80906
Miller Lloyd I Iii 10 percent owner