Twenty-First Century Fox (FRA:NWXA) Interest Coverage : 4.75 (As of Dec. 2018)

Twenty-First Century Fox Interest Coverage Chart

Twenty-First Century Fox Annual Data
	Trend	Jun09	Jun10	Jun11	Jun12	Jun13	Jun14	Jun15	Jun16	Jun17	Jun18
Interest Coverage		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					4.90	4.93	5.06	5.38	5.11

Twenty-First Century Fox Quarterly Data
	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															4.07	5.58	5.58	5.68	4.75

Competitive Comparison of Twenty-First Century Fox's Interest Coverage

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Twenty-First Century Fox'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.

Twenty-First Century Fox's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Twenty-First Century Fox's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Twenty-First Century Fox's Interest Coverage falls into.

Twenty-First Century Fox 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

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

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

Twenty-First Century Fox's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2018 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2018, Twenty-First Century Fox's Interest Expense was €-1,068 Mil. Its Operating Income was €5,460 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €15,809 Mil.

Twenty-First Century Fox's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2018, Twenty-First Century Fox's Interest Expense was €-258 Mil. Its Operating Income was €1,227 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €16,104 Mil.

* 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.

Twenty-First Century Fox  (FRA:NWXA) 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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