Symetra Financial (Symetra Financial) Interest Coverage : 1.15 (As of Sep. 2015)

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What is Symetra Financial 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 EBIT by its Interest Expense. Symetra Financial's EBIT for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was $13 Mil. Symetra Financial's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was $-11 Mil. Symetra Financial's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was 1.15. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

SYA's Interest Coverage is not ranked ^*
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 13.81
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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

Symetra Financial Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Symetra Financial'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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Symetra Financial Interest Coverage Chart

Symetra Financial Annual Data

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Interest Coverage

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9.72

9.51

9.23

9.31

8.95

Symetra Financial Quarterly Data
	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15
Interest Coverage	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															4.66	8.75	4.61	2.84	1.15

Competitive Comparison of Symetra Financial's Interest Coverage

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Symetra Financial'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.

Symetra Financial's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Symetra Financial's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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

Symetra Financial 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 EBIT is positive, then

Interest Coverage

-1

EBIT

Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and EBIT 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.

Symetra Financial's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014, Symetra Financial's Interest Expense was $-38 Mil. Its EBIT was $338 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	EBIT (A: Dec. 2014 )	/	Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2014 )
	=	-1	*	337.6	/	-37.7
	=	8.95

Symetra Financial's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2015, Symetra Financial's Interest Expense was $-11 Mil. Its EBIT was $13 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $698 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	EBIT (Q: Sep. 2015 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2015 )
	=	-1	*	13	/	-11.3
	=	1.15

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

Symetra Financial (NYSE:SYA) 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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Symetra Financial (Symetra Financial) Business Description

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http://www.symetra.com

Symetra Financial Corp was incorporated in 2004 under the laws of Delaware. It is a financial services company in the life insurance industry. Its products are distributed domestically in all states and the District of Columbia, through benefits consultants, financial institutions, and independent agents and advisers. The Company manages its business through three divisions, namely The Benefits division, which includes the Benefits segment, provides medical stop-loss insurance, group life and disability income (DI) insurance, and limited benefit medical insurance as its principal products; The Retirement division, which includes the Deferred Annuities and Income Annuities segments, provides single-premium fixed deferred annuities (fixed annuities, including fixed indexed annuities), variable deferred annuities and single premium immediate annuities (SPIAs) as its principal products; The Individual Life Division, which includes the Individual Life segment, offers retail products, such as universal life (UL) and term life insurance, and products sold to institutions, including bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) and variable corporate-owned life Insurance (COLI), as its principal products. The Company faces significant competition for customers and distributors from insurance and other non-insurance financial services companies, such as banks, broker-dealers and asset managers, in each of its businesses. The Company's insurance operations are subject to a wide variety of laws and regulations.

Executives

Warren E Buffett	10 percent owner	3555 FARNAM ST, STE 1440, OMAHA NE 68131
Berkshire Hathaway Inc	10 percent owner	3555 FARNAM STREET, OMAHA NE 68131
Thomas M Marra	director, officer: President, CEO	HARTFORD LIFE INC, 200 HOPMEADOW STREET, SIMSBURY CT 06089
Peter S Burgess	director	88 SHERWOOD DRIVE, GLASTONBURY CT 06033
Sander M. Levy	director	C/O VALIDUS HOLDINGS, 48 PAR-LA-VILLE ROAD, SUITE 1790, HAMILTON HM11 D0 HM11
Lowndes Andrew Smith	director	C/O WHITE MOUNTIAN INSURANCE GROUP, 80 S MIAN ST, HANOVER NH 03755
Robert R Lusardi	director	C/O WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GROUP, LTD, 80 SOUTH MAIN STREET, HANOVER NH 03755
General Reinsurance Corp	10 percent owner
General Re Corp	10 percent owner	120 LONG RIDGE RD., STAMFORD CT 06902
David Thomas Foy	director	C/O WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GROUP LTD, 80 SOUTH MAIN STREET, HANOVER NH 03755
Randall H Talbot	other: Former Director & Pres/CEO	777 108TH AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200, BELLEVUE WA 98124-1690

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