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Activision Blizzard (XTER:AIY) Interest Coverage : 21.59 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is Activision Blizzard 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. Activision Blizzard's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2023 was €538 Mil. Activision Blizzard's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2023 was €-25 Mil. Activision Blizzard's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 21.59. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

XTER:AIY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.69   Med: 14.86   Max: 30.89
Current: 20.65


XTER:AIY's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the Interactive Media industry.
Industry Median: 36.06 vs XTER:AIY: 20.65

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


Activision Blizzard Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Activision Blizzard'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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Activision Blizzard Interest Coverage Chart

Activision Blizzard Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.27 19.32 28.57 30.89 15.44

Activision Blizzard Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23
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 12.52 18.04 13.63 29.63 21.59

Competitive Comparison of Activision Blizzard's Interest Coverage

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Activision Blizzard'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.


Activision Blizzard's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Activision Blizzard's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Activision Blizzard 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.

Activision Blizzard's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, Activision Blizzard's Interest Expense was €-102 Mil. Its Operating Income was €1,574 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €3,409 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*1573.648/-101.952
=15.44

Activision Blizzard's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2023, Activision Blizzard's Interest Expense was €-25 Mil. Its Operating Income was €538 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €3,334 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*538.109/-24.921
=21.59

* 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.


Activision Blizzard  (XTER:AIY) 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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Activision Blizzard (XTER:AIY) Business Description

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2701 Olympic Boulevard, Building B, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 90404
Activision Blizzard was formed in 2008 by the merger of Activision, one of the largest console video game publishers, and Blizzard, one of largest PC video game publishers. The combined firm remains one of the world's largest video game publishers. Activision's impressive franchise portfolio includes World of Warcraft, which boasts more than $8 billion of lifetime sales, and Call of Duty, which has sold over 175 million copies across 14 titles over 12 years.

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