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Booking Holdings (Booking Holdings) Interest Coverage

: 2.91 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Booking Holdings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $605 Mil. Booking Holdings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-208 Mil. Booking Holdings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.91. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BKNG' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.63   Med: 18.19   Max: 34.78
Current: 6.51


BKNG's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
54.02% of 609 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 5.01 vs BKNG: 6.51

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


Booking Holdings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Booking Holdings'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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Booking Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 20.09 1.63 7.47 13.05 6.51

Booking Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.00 2.32 6.95 12.22 2.91

Competitive Comparison

For the Travel Services subindustry, Booking Holdings'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.


Booking Holdings Interest Coverage Distribution

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

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



Booking Holdings 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.

Booking Holdings'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, Booking Holdings's Interest Expense was $-897 Mil. Its Operating Income was $5,835 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $12,822 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*5835/-897
=6.51

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Booking Holdings's Interest Expense was $-208 Mil. Its Operating Income was $605 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $12,822 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*605/-208
=2.91

* 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.


Booking Holdings  (NAS:BKNG) 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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Booking Holdings (Booking Holdings) Business Description

Address
800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, CT, USA, 06854
Booking is the world's largest online travel agency by sales, offering booking and payment services for hotel and alternative accommodation rooms, airline tickets, rental cars, restaurant reservations, cruises, experiences, and other vacation packages. The company operates a number of branded travel booking sites, including Booking.com, Agoda, OpenTable, and Rentalcars.com, and has expanded into travel media with the acquisitions of Kayak and Momondo. Transaction fees for online bookings account for the bulk of revenue and profits.
Executives
Glenn D Fogel officer: Hd Worldwide Strat & Planning PRICELINE.COM INCORPORATED, 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
David I Goulden officer: Chief Financial Officer 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Radakovich Lynn Vojvodich director C/O BOOKING HOLDINGS INC., 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
Nicholas Read director C/O BOOKING HOLDINGS INC., 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
Susana D'emic officer: SVP, CAO & Controller C/O TIME INC., 225 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK NY 10281
Paulo Pisano officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
Larry Quinlan director 2225 LAWSON LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Mylod Robert J Jr officer: Vice Chairman
Sumit Singh director C/O CHEWY, INC., 7700 WEST SUNRISE BLVD, PLANTATION FL 33322
Peter J Millones officer: Executive VP, General Counsel
Jeffery H Boyd director C/O ASPEN GROVE CAPITAL, LLC, PO BOX 9389, AVON CO 81620
Dijk Bob Van director C/O BOOKING HOLDINGS INC., 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
Gillian Tans officer: President & COO, Booking.com C/O THE PRICELINE GROUP INC., 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
Vanessa Ames Wittman director C/O MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC., 1166 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Wei Hopeman director C/O BOOKING HOLDINGS INC., 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854