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Planet Fitness (Planet Fitness) Interest Coverage : 3.27 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Planet Fitness 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. Planet Fitness's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $71 Mil. Planet Fitness's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-22 Mil. Planet Fitness's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.27. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

PLNT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.73   Med: 3.05   Max: 4.26
Current: 3.15


PLNT's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
63.74% of 604 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 5.15 vs PLNT: 3.15

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


Planet Fitness Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Planet Fitness'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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Planet Fitness Interest Coverage Chart

Planet Fitness 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 3.83 0.73 1.77 2.60 3.15

Planet Fitness 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 2.91 2.41 3.59 3.33 3.27

Competitive Comparison of Planet Fitness's Interest Coverage

For the Leisure subindustry, Planet Fitness'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.


Planet Fitness's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Planet Fitness's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Planet Fitness 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.

Planet Fitness'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, Planet Fitness's Interest Expense was $-87 Mil. Its Operating Income was $273 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,344 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*272.864/-86.576
=3.15

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Planet Fitness's Interest Expense was $-22 Mil. Its Operating Income was $71 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,344 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*71.356/-21.805
=3.27

* 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.


Planet Fitness  (NYSE:PLNT) 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 .


Planet Fitness Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Planet Fitness (Planet Fitness) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4 Liberty Lane West, Hampton, NH, USA, 03842
Planet Fitness Inc is a franchisor and operator of fitness centers in the United States. The company's reportable segments are Franchise, Corporate-owned stores, and Equipment. Franchise segment includes operations related to its franchising business in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Panama, Mexico and Australia, Corporate-owned stores segment includes operations with respect to all corporate-owned stores throughout the United States and Canada, and The Equipment segment includes the sale of equipment to franchisee-owned stores in the U.S. The firm generates a majority of its revenue from the Corporate-owned stores segment.
Executives
Craig R Benson director
Christopher Rondeau director, officer: CEO 4 LIBERTY LANE WEST, C/O PLANET FITNESS INC, HAMPTON NH 03842
Jennifer Simmons officer: Div President, Corp Stores 4 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Brian O'donnell officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer 4 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Edward Hymes officer: President, COO 4 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
William Bode officer: Chief Operations Officer 4 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Shane Mcguiness officer: President, Corporate Clubs 4 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Jeremy Tucker officer: Chief Marketing Officer 4 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
Dorvin D Lively officer: CFO
Fitzgerald Thomas J Iii officer: Chief Financial Officer 111 NORTH CANAL STREET, SUITE 850, CHICAGO IL 60606
Bernard Acoca director C/O EL POLLO LOCO HOLDINGS, INC., 3535 HARBOR BLVD., SUITE 100, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Christopher Tanco director 2001 COTTONWOOD VALLEY CIRCLE SOUTH, IRVING TX 75038
Craig Jeffrey Miller officer: Chief Digital & Information Of 5008 HARTRIDGE WAY, GREENSBORO NC 27407
Enshalla Anderson director 4 LIBERTY LANE WEST, HAMPTON NH 03842
David P Berg director 7601 PENN AVENUE SOUTH, RICHFIELD MN 55423