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MedEquities Realty Trust (MedEquities Realty Trust) Interest Coverage : 1.43 (As of Mar. 2019)


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What is MedEquities Realty Trust 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. MedEquities Realty Trust's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2019 was $7.01 Mil. MedEquities Realty Trust's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2019 was $-4.90 Mil. MedEquities Realty Trust's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was 1.43. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


MRT's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the REITs industry.
Industry Median: 2.985
* 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.


MedEquities Realty Trust Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for MedEquities Realty Trust'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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MedEquities Realty Trust Interest Coverage Chart

MedEquities Realty Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Interest Coverage
N/A 3.56 2.07 4.19 1.85

MedEquities Realty Trust Quarterly Data
Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19
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 3.45 2.57 0.82 1.13 1.43

Competitive Comparison of MedEquities Realty Trust's Interest Coverage

For the REIT - Healthcare Facilities subindustry, MedEquities Realty Trust'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.


MedEquities Realty Trust's Interest Coverage Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, MedEquities Realty Trust's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MedEquities Realty Trust's Interest Coverage falls into.



MedEquities Realty Trust 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.

MedEquities Realty Trust's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018, MedEquities Realty Trust's Interest Expense was $-12.49 Mil. Its Operating Income was $23.05 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $278.14 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2018 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2018 )
=-1*23.046/-12.487
=1.85

MedEquities Realty Trust's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2019, MedEquities Realty Trust's Interest Expense was $-4.90 Mil. Its Operating Income was $7.01 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $284.55 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2019 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2019 )
=-1*7.006/-4.898
=1.43

* 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.


MedEquities Realty Trust  (NYSE:MRT) 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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MedEquities Realty Trust (MedEquities Realty Trust) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
3100 West End Avenue, Suite 1000, Nashville, TN, USA, 37203
MedEquities Realty Trust Inc is a self-managed and self-administered company that invests in a diversified mix of healthcare properties and healthcare-related real estate debt investments. The company owns, acquires, and finances healthcare-related properties. It focuses on investing in various types of properties such as acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, short-stay surgical and specialty hospitals, physician clinics, diagnostic facilities, outpatient surgery centers and others. Geographically, firm has its presence in the states of Texas, California and South Carolina.
Executives
Steven I Geringer director C/O AMSURG CORP, 20 BURTON HILLS BLVD STE 500, NASHVILLE TN 37215
David L Travis officer: SVP and CAO C/O MEDEQUITIES REALTY TRUST, 3100 WEST END AVENUE, SUITE 1000, NASHVILLE TN 37203
Randy L Churchey director 999 SOUTH SHADY GROVE ROAD, SUITE 600, MEMPHIS TN 38120
Todd Mansfield director 3102 WEST END AVENUE,, SUITE 400, NASHVILLE TN 37203
John N Foy director 2030 HAMILTON PLACE BLVD, STE 500, CHAGGANOOGA TN 37421-6000
Bluemountain Capital Management, Llc director 280 PARK AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Stuart C Mcwhorter director 113 SEABOARD LANE, FRANKLIN TN 37067
Bluemountain Gp Holdings, Llc 10 percent owner 280 PARK AVENUE,, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
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Bluemountain Guadalupe Peak Fund L.p. 10 percent owner 280 PARK AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
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