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Liberty Latin America (Liberty Latin America) Interest Coverage : 0.83 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Liberty Latin America 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. Liberty Latin America's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $128 Mil. Liberty Latin America's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-154 Mil. Liberty Latin America's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.83. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Liberty Latin America Ltd interest coverage is 1.05, which is low.

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

LILA' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.75   Med: 1.32   Max: 1.77
Current: 1.05


LILA's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
88.97% of 290 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 4.56 vs LILA: 1.05

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


Liberty Latin America Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Liberty Latin America'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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Liberty Latin America Interest Coverage Chart

Liberty Latin America 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 1.15 0.75 1.38 1.23 1.03

Liberty Latin America 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 0.97 1.00 1.21 1.14 0.83

Competitive Comparison of Liberty Latin America's Interest Coverage

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Liberty Latin America'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.


Liberty Latin America's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Liberty Latin America's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Liberty Latin America's Interest Coverage falls into.



Liberty Latin America 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.

Liberty Latin America'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, Liberty Latin America's Interest Expense was $-602 Mil. Its Operating Income was $618 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $7,598 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*618.3/-601.7
=1.03

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Liberty Latin America's Interest Expense was $-154 Mil. Its Operating Income was $128 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $7,598 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*127.6/-153.7
=0.83

* 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.


Liberty Latin America  (NAS:LILA) 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 .


Liberty Latin America Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Liberty Latin America (Liberty Latin America) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2 Church Street, Hamilton, BMU, HM 11
Liberty Latin America Ltd is a telecommunications company. It is a provider of video, broadband internet, fixed-line telephony and mobile services to residential and business customers. The company's reportable segments include C&W Caribbean and Networks, C&W Panama, VTR, Liberty Puerto Rico and Costa Rica.
Executives
John M Winter officer: SVP, CLO AND SECRETARY 1550 WEWATTA STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Eric Louis Zinterhofer director C/O SEARCHLIGHT CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, LP, 745 FIFTH AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10151
Balan Nair director, officer: President and CEO 901 EXPLORER BOULEVARD, HUNTSVILLE AL 35806
John C Malone 10 percent owner 12300 LIBERTY BLVD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Paul A Gould director 711 FIFTH AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Christopher J Noyes officer: SVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 1550 WEWATTA STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Brian D Zook officer: MD, CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER 1550 WEWATTA STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Daniel E. Sanchez director C/O DISCOVERY, INC., 8403 COLESVILLE ROAD, SILVER SPRING MD 20910
Vivek Khemka officer: SVP, CT&PO C/O DISH NETWORK CORPORATION, 9601 S MERIDIAN BLVD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Michael T Fries director, officer: Executive Chairman C/O LIBERTY GLOBAL, INC., 1550 WEWATTA STREET STE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Bracken Charles H R director 161 HAMMERSMITH ROAD, LONDON ENGLAND X0 W6 8BS
Betzalel Kenigsztein officer: SVP, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 1550 WEWATTA STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Miranda Curtis director C/O LIBERTY GLOBAL, INC., 1550 WEWATTA STREET STE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Brendan J Paddick director 1550 WEWATTA STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Angoitia Alfonso De director 1550 WEWATTA STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202

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