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Marcus (Marcus) Interest Coverage

: 0.41 (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. Marcus's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.5 Mil. Marcus's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-3.8 Mil. Marcus's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.41. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

MCS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.64   Med: 5.67   Max: 7.79
Current: 2.75


MCS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
78.4% of 611 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 11.96 vs MCS: 2.75

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


Marcus Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Marcus'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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Marcus Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 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 5.94 - - 0.64 2.75

Marcus 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 - - 6.73 7.53 0.41

Competitive Comparison

For the Entertainment subindustry, Marcus'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.


Marcus Interest Coverage Distribution

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

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



Marcus 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.

Marcus'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, Marcus's Interest Expense was $-12.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $35.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $350.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*34.987/-12.721
=2.75

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Marcus's Interest Expense was $-3.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $350.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1.548/-3.751
=0.41

* 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.


Marcus  (NYSE:MCS) 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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Marcus (Marcus) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
100 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1900, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 53202-4125
Marcus Corp is engaged in two business segments, which are Theatres and Hotels and Resorts. The Theatre segment operates multiscreen motion picture theatres in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and Ohio, a family entertainment center in Wisconsin and a retail center in Missouri; Hotels and Resorts segment owns and operates full-service hotels and resorts in Wisconsin, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Nebraska and manages full-service hotels, resorts and other properties in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Texas, Nevada, California, and North Carolina. It generates maximum revenue from the Theatres segment.
Executives
Michael Reade Evans officer: Pres., Marcus Hotels & Resorts 100 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1900, MILWAUKEE WI 53202-4125
Mark A Gramz officer: Pres., Marcus Theatres Corp* 100 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1900, MILWAUKEE WI 53202-4125
Austin M Ramirez director ONE MAIN STREET, EVANSVILLE IN 47708
Brian Jay Stark director 3600 SOUTH LAKE DRIVE, ST. FRANCIS WI 53235
Katherine M. Gehl director C/O GEHL FOODS, N116 W15970 MAIN STREET, GERMANTOWN WI 53022
Bruce J Olson director, officer: Group Vice President
Thomas F Kissinger officer: General Counsel and Secretary
Chad M Paris officer: CFO & Treasurer 833 EAST MICHIGAN STREET, SUITE 900, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Gregory S Marcus officer: Senior Vice President 100 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1900, MILWAUKEE WI 53202-4125
Diane M Gershowitz director, 10 percent owner
Rolando B Rodriguez officer: Pres. & CEO - Marcus Theatres C/O AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC, 920 MAIN ST, KANSAS CITY MO 64105
Douglas A Neis officer: CFO and Treasurer
David M Baum director 784 MORRIS TURNPIKE #367, SHORT HILLS NJ 07078
Vss-southern Holdings Llc 10 percent owner C/O VERONIS SUHLER STEVENSON, 390 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Philip L Milstein director 390 PARK AVENUE, SUITE 600, NEW YORK NY 10022