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CI Financial (TSX:CIX) Interest Coverage : 1.84 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is CI 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 Operating Income by its Interest Expense. CI Financial's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was C$109 Mil. CI Financial's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was C$-60 Mil. CI Financial's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 1.84. 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. CI Financial Corp interest coverage is 2.16, which is low.

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

TSX:CIX' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.16   Med: 13.52   Max: 57.08
Current: 2.16


TSX:CIX's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
84.62% of 455 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 47.71 vs TSX:CIX: 2.16

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


CI Financial Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for CI 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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CI Financial Interest Coverage Chart

CI Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.10 8.54 5.57 3.55 2.16

CI Financial Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 2.67 1.88 2.01 2.84 1.84

Competitive Comparison of CI Financial's Interest Coverage

For the Asset Management subindustry, CI 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.


CI Financial's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, CI Financial's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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CI 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 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.

CI Financial's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, CI Financial's Interest Expense was C$-222 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$479 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$3,473 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*479.483/-222.29
=2.16

CI Financial's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2024, CI Financial's Interest Expense was C$-60 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$109 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$3,473 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*109.376/-59.508
=1.84

* 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.


CI Financial  (TSX:CIX) 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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CI Financial Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
15 York Street, 2nd Floor, Legal Department, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 0A3
CI Financial is a provider of asset- and wealth-management products and services. The company has a decent share in the Canadian fund market (fifth behind Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion, IGM Financial, and Fidelity at the end of last year) and remains the second-largest non-bank-affiliated asset manager in the Canadian market, with CAD 135.4 billion in assets under management (including CAD 36.0 billion in AUM managed for its CI Assante Wealth Management, CI Private Counsel, and Aligned Capital Partners subsidiaries) at the end of September. The firm also had CAD 350.7 billion in assets under advisement (including CAD 250.6 billion from its US wealth-management operations and CAD 100.1 billion from its Canadian wealth-management partners) and CAD 31.9 billion in custody assets.
Executives
Brigette Elizabeth Chang Director
Paul Perrow Director
William Thomas Holland Director
Yvette Zhang Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Hoi Sha Elsa Li Director or Senior Officer of 10% Security Holder
Jennifer Francine Sinopoli Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Manisha Burman Senior Officer
Darie Urbanky Senior Officer
Amarjit Kaur Anderson Senior Officer
Julie Lynn Silcox Senior Officer
Kurt Macalpine Director, Senior Officer
Christopher James Enright Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Sean Andrew Etherington Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Marc-andre Lewis Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary (other than in 4,5,6)
Amit Muni Senior Officer