Viad (VVI) Interest Coverage : 0.41 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Viad 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. Viad's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $5 Mil. Viad's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-11 Mil. Viad'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 Viad's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

VVI' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.98 Med: 10.35 Max: 29.71
Current: 2.19

VVI's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
86.6% of 791 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.44 vs VVI: 2.19

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

Viad Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Viad'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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Viad Interest Coverage Chart

Viad Annual Data

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6.35

1.98

2.26

Viad Quarterly Data
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Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-	-	2.42	6.10	0.41

Competitive Comparison of Viad's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Viad'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.

Viad's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Viad's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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

Viad 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.

Viad'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, Viad's Interest Expense was $-48 Mil. Its Operating Income was $109 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $550 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )	/	Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	-1	*	108.502	/	-47.978
	=	2.26

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Viad's Interest Expense was $-11 Mil. Its Operating Income was $5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $550 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	-1	*	4.512	/	-10.897
	=	0.41

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

Viad (NYSE:VVI) 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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Viad (VVI) Business Description

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Address

7000 East 1st Avenue, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 85251-4304

Website

https://www.viad.com

Viad Corp is a marketing company engaged in providing extraordinary experiences, including hospitality and leisure activities, experiential marketing, and live events. It has three segments; Pursuit includes a collection of inspiring and unforgettable travel experiences that includes recreational attractions, hotels and lodges, food and beverage, retail, sightseeing, and ground transportation services, Spiro includes a marketing agency that partners with brands around the world to manage and elevate their experiential marketing activities, and GES Exhibitions is an exhibition services company that partners with exhibition and conference organizers as a full-service provider of strategic and logistics solutions to manage the complexity of their shows.

Executives

Jonathan A. Massimino	officer: General Counsel & Corporate Se	C/O VIAD CORP, 7000 EAST 1ST AVENUE, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85251
Joshua Schechter	director	C/O THE PANTRY, INC., 305 GREGSON DRIVE, CARY NC 27511
Lavalley Sung-chul Patrick Thomas	director	C/O CRESTVIEW PARTNERS, 590 MADISON AVENUE, 42ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jeffrey A. Stelmach	officer: President, Brand Experience	7000 E. 1ST AVENUE, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85251
Steven W Moster	director, officer: President & Chief Executive Of	7000 E. 1ST AVE., SCOTTSDALE AZ 85251
Beverly K Carmichael	director	305 HARTMANN DRIVE, LEBANON TN 37087
Ellen M Ingersoll	officer: Chief Financial Offi, cer	7000 E. 1ST AVENUE, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85251
Andrew B Benett	director	1850 N CENTRAL AVENUE, SUITE 1900, PHOENIX AZ 85004-4565
David W Barry	officer: President - Pursuit	7000 E. 1ST AVENUE, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85251
Leslie S Striedel	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	7000 E. 1ST AVENUE, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85251
Crestview Advisors, L.l.c.	director, 10 percent owner	590 MADISON AVENUE, 42ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Crestview Partners Iv Gp, L.p.	director, 10 percent owner	C/O CRESTVIEW PARTNERS, 590 MADISON AVENUE, 42ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Crestview Iv Vc Te Holdings, Llc	director, 10 percent owner	C/O CRESTVIEW PARTNERS, 590 MADISON AVENUE, 42ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Crestview Iv Vc Holdings, L.p.	director, 10 percent owner	C/O CRESTVIEW PARTNERS, 590 MADISON AVENUE, 42ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Crestview Iv Vc Ci Holdings, L.p.	director, 10 percent owner	C/O CRESTVIEW PARTNERS, 590 MADISON AVENUE, 42ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022