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Corpay (Corpay) Interest Coverage : 4.61 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Corpay 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. Corpay's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $424 Mil. Corpay's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-92 Mil. Corpay's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.61. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

CPAY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.75   Med: 8.52   Max: 19.6
Current: 4.75


CPAY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
79.03% of 1602 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.35 vs CPAY: 4.75

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


Corpay Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Corpay'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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Corpay Interest Coverage Chart

Corpay 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 8.21 7.49 10.93 8.79 4.75

Corpay 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 4.98 4.70 4.66 5.04 4.61

Competitive Comparison of Corpay's Interest Coverage

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Corpay'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.


Corpay's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Corpay's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Corpay 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.

Corpay'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, Corpay's Interest Expense was $-349 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,657 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,596 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1656.873/-348.607
=4.75

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Corpay's Interest Expense was $-92 Mil. Its Operating Income was $424 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,596 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*424.051/-92.041
=4.61

* 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.


Corpay  (NYSE:CPAY) 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 .


Corpay Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Corpay (Corpay) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3280 Peachtree Road, Suite 2400, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30305
Fleetcor Technologies Inc is a provider of specialised payment products. The company offers fleet cards, food cards, corporate lodging discount cards, and other specialised payment services. Fleetcor's systems enable its customers to manage and control their commercial payments and loyalty-card programmes. Customers include commercial fleet operators, major oil companies, petroleum marketers, and government entities. Further, Fleetcor offers customised analysis solutions to its clients, offering business productivity tracking capabilities. United States is the largest geographic operating segment.
Executives
Gerald C Throop director C/O CERIDIAN HCM HOLDING INC., 3311 EAST OLD SHAKOPEE ROAD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55425
Thomas E Panther officer: Chief Financial Officer 10 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, SOUTH TOWER, SUITE 950, ATLANTA GA 30328
Rahul Gupta director 255 FISERV DRIVE, BROOKFIELD WI 53045
Annabelle G Bexiga director 1075 JORDAN CREEK PARKWAY, SUITE 300, WEST DES MOINES IA 50266
Alan King officer: President UK and Aust/NewZea 5445 TRIANGLE PARKWAY, NORCROSS GA 30092
Eric Dey officer: CFO & Secretary 655 ENGINEERING DRIVE, SUITE 300, NORCROSS GA 30092
Jones Archie L Jr. director 3280 PEACHTREE ROAD, ATLANTA GA 30305
Alissa B Vickery officer: Chief Accounting Officer 3280 PEACHTREE ROAD, SUITE 2400, ATLANTA GA 30305
Alexey Gavrilenya officer: President East/Central Europe 5445 TRIANGLE PARKWAY, NORCROSS GA 30092
David J Krantz officer: Group President, NA Fuel 5445 TRIANGLE PARKWAY, SUITE 400, PEACHTREE CORNERS 2Q 30092
Hala G Moddelmog director
Jeffrey Steven Sloan director 5048 NORTHSIDE DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30327
John Coughlin officer: Exec VP, Corp Development 655 ENGINEERING DRIVE, SUITE 300, NORCROSS GA 30092
Armando Lins Netto officer: CEO Brazil 5455 TRIANGLE PARKWAY, NORCROSS GA 30092
Richard Macchia director C/O INTERNET SECURITY SYSTEMS INC, 6303 BARFIELD RD, ATLANTA GA 30328