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. Comcast's
Operating Income
for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2022 was $6,366 Mil. Comcast's Interest Expense for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2022 was $-968 Mil.
Comcast's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was 6.58.
The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.
The historical rank and industry rank for Comcast's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:
CMCSA'
s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.81 Med: 5.32 Max: 5.92
Current: 5.38
CMCSA's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than 56% of 300
companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 6.21
vs CMCSA: 5.38
The historical data trend for Comcast'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.
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Comcast Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Interest Coverage
5.84
5.37
4.63
3.81
4.86
Comcast Quarterly Data
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Interest Coverage
5.04
5.19
4.30
5.61
6.58
Competitive Comparison
For the Telecom Services subindustry, Comcast'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.
Comcast Interest Coverage Distribution
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Comcast's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Comcast's Interest Coverage falls into.
Comcast 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:
* 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.
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 .
Comcast Interest Coverage Related Terms
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Comcast is made up of three parts. The core cable business owns networks capable of providing television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 61 million U.S. homes and businesses, or nearly half of the country. About 57% of the homes in this territory subscribe to at least one Comcast service. Comcast acquired NBCUniversal from General Electric in 2011. NBCU owns several cable networks, including CNBC, MSNBC, and USA, the NBC broadcast network, several local NBC affiliates, Universal Studios, and several theme parks. Sky, acquired in 2018, is the dominant television provider in the U.K. and has invested heavily in exclusive and proprietary content to build this position. The firm is also the largest pay-television provider in Italy and has a presence in Germany and Austria.
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