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Pinnacle West Capital (Pinnacle West Capital) Interest Coverage

: 0.86 (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. Pinnacle West Capital's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $74 Mil. Pinnacle West Capital's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-87 Mil. Pinnacle West Capital's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.86. 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. Pinnacle West Capital Corp interest coverage is 2.49, which is low.

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

PNW' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.49   Med: 3.5   Max: 4.78
Current: 2.49


PNW's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
68.86% of 440 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.69 vs PNW: 2.49

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


Pinnacle West Capital Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pinnacle West Capital'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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Pinnacle West Capital 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 3.10 3.44 3.45 2.86 2.49

Pinnacle West Capital 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 0.53 0.67 2.25 5.88 0.86

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Pinnacle West Capital'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.


Pinnacle West Capital Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Pinnacle West Capital's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pinnacle West Capital's Interest Coverage falls into.



Pinnacle West Capital 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.

Pinnacle West Capital'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, Pinnacle West Capital's Interest Expense was $-331 Mil. Its Operating Income was $825 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8,751 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*824.64/-331.323
=2.49

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Pinnacle West Capital's Interest Expense was $-87 Mil. Its Operating Income was $74 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8,751 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*74.38/-86.594
=0.86

* 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.


Pinnacle West Capital  (NYSE:PNW) 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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Pinnacle West Capital (Pinnacle West Capital) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
400 North Fifth Street, P.O. Box 53999, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 85072-3999
Pinnacle West is a holding company whose principal subsidiary is Arizona Public Service, a vertically integrated electric utility that serves 1.4 million customers across a 35,000-square-mile territory in central Arizona, including Phoenix. APS owns or leases more than 6 gigawatts of power generation capacity, including a 29% ownership stake in the largest nuclear plant in the U.S., Palo Verde. About half of the electricity that APS supplies to customers comes from clean energy sources, including nuclear.
Executives
Robert Edgar Smith officer: EVP, GC, and CDO 400 NORTH FIFTH STREET, MAIL STATION 8602, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Paul J Mountain officer: VP, Finance and Treasurer 400 N 5TH ST, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Jeffrey B. Guldner director, officer: Chairman, President and CEO 400 N. FIFTH STREET, MS8695, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Donna M Easterly other: SVP HR APS 400 NORTH FIFTH STREET, MAIL STATION 8602, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Elizabeth A Blankenship officer: VP, Controller and CAO 400 NORTH FIFTH STREET, MAIL STATION 8602, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Andrew D Cooper officer: SVP & CFO 400 NORTH 5TH STREET, MS 8602, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Jacob Tetlow other: EVP, Ops, APS 400 N. FIFTH ST, MS 8602, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Theodore N Geisler other: President, APS 400 NORTH FIFTH STREET, MAIL STATION 8602, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Kristine L Svinicki director 30 IVAN ALLEN JR BLVD NW, ATLANTA GA 30308
Esparza Jose Luis Jr other: SVP, Public Policy, APS 8360 S. DURANGO DR., LAS VEGAS NV 89113
Barbara D Lockwood other: VP, Regulation, APS 400 NORTH FIFTH STREET, MAIL STATION 8602, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Adam C Heflin other: EVP & CNO 1901 CHOUTEAU AVENUE, P. O. BOX 66149, MC-1370, ST. LOUIS MO 63166-6149
De La Melena Gonzalo A Jr director 400 N 5TH ST, PHOENIX AZ 85004
James R Hatfield officer: SVP & CFO, PNW & APS P O BOX 321 MC/1110, OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73101
William H Spence director UNIVERSITY OFFICE PLAZA, 252 CHAPMAN RD., PO BOX 6066, NEWARK DE 19714-0066