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Cineworld Group (Cineworld Group) Interest Coverage : 0.31 (As of Jun. 2022)


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What is Cineworld Group 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. Cineworld Group's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2022 was $124 Mil. Cineworld Group's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2022 was $-404 Mil. Cineworld Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was 0.31. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


CNWGQ's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 11.915
* 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.


Cineworld Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cineworld Group'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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Cineworld Group Interest Coverage Chart

Cineworld Group Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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Cineworld Group Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Cineworld Group's Interest Coverage

For the Entertainment subindustry, Cineworld Group'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.


Cineworld Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Cineworld Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cineworld Group 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.

Cineworld Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021, Cineworld Group's Interest Expense was $-768 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-115 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8,512 Mil.

Cineworld Group did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Cineworld Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2022, Cineworld Group's Interest Expense was $-404 Mil. Its Operating Income was $124 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $7,903 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2022 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2022 )
=-1*123.6/-404
=0.31

* 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.


Cineworld Group  (OTCPK:CNWGQ) 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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Cineworld Group (Cineworld Group) Business Description

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Address
Great West Road, 8th Floor, Vantage London, Brentford, GBR, TW8 9AG
Cineworld Group PLC is a diversified media company, which operates chains of movie theaters. Its business segments are the U.S., U.K., & Ireland and the rest of the world (ROW). Within each segment, it operates theaters through different brands. In the U.S., Cineworld owns cinema brands Regal, United Artists, and Edwards theaters. They operate out of Cineworld and Picturehouse in the U.K. and Ireland. Cineworld also owns Cinema City in Central and Eastern Europe and Yes Planet and Rav-Chen in Israel for its ROW segment. The company generates revenue through ticket sales and food, beverage, and merchandise sales. It also earns additional revenue through retail and screen advertising and property market and development. The company generates most of its revenue in the U.S.