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Cathay Pacific Airways (Cathay Pacific Airways) Interest Coverage : 3.24 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cathay Pacific Airways 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. Cathay Pacific Airways's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $815 Mil. Cathay Pacific Airways's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-251 Mil. Cathay Pacific Airways's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.24. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

CPCAY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.02   Med: 2.42   Max: 6.43
Current: 3.28


CPCAY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
66.79% of 819 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 5.6 vs CPCAY: 3.28

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


Cathay Pacific Airways Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cathay Pacific Airways'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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Cathay Pacific Airways Interest Coverage Chart

Cathay Pacific Airways 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 1.02 - - 1.15 3.28

Cathay Pacific Airways Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 3.15 - 2.66 3.32 3.24

Competitive Comparison of Cathay Pacific Airways's Interest Coverage

For the Airlines subindustry, Cathay Pacific Airways'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.


Cathay Pacific Airways's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Cathay Pacific Airways's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cathay Pacific Airways's Interest Coverage falls into.



Cathay Pacific Airways 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.

Cathay Pacific Airways'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, Cathay Pacific Airways's Interest Expense was $-507 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,664 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $7,397 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1664.447/-507.183
=3.28

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Cathay Pacific Airways's Interest Expense was $-251 Mil. Its Operating Income was $815 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $7,397 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*814.746/-251.479
=3.24

* 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.


Cathay Pacific Airways  (OTCPK:CPCAY) 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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Cathay Pacific Airways (Cathay Pacific Airways) Business Description

Address
88 Queensway, 33rd Floor, One Pacific Place, Hong Kong, HKG
Cathay Pacific Airways is the largest airline group in Hong Kong. It operated a fleet of 222 aircraft as of December 2022 and carried more than 35 million passengers in 2019. Its route network extends to 119 destinations in 35 countries. The group operates the full-service airline Cathay Pacific and the low-cost carrier HK Express. It also runs the cargo carrier Air Hong Kong.

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