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Fly Leasing (Fly Leasing) Interest Coverage : 1.60 (As of Mar. 2021)


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What is Fly Leasing 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. Fly Leasing's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2021 was $35.4 Mil. Fly Leasing's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2021 was $-22.1 Mil. Fly Leasing's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was 1.60. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


FLY's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Aerospace & Defense industry.
Industry Median: 6.98
* 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.


Fly Leasing Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fly Leasing'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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Fly Leasing Interest Coverage Chart

Fly Leasing Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.32 1.42 1.54 2.08 1.19

Fly Leasing Quarterly Data
Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21
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 1.73 1.47 0.70 0.83 1.60

Competitive Comparison of Fly Leasing's Interest Coverage

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Fly Leasing'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.


Fly Leasing's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Fly Leasing's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fly Leasing's Interest Coverage falls into.



Fly Leasing 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.

Fly Leasing's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020, Fly Leasing's Interest Expense was $-103.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was $123.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,970.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2020 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2020 )
=-1*123.215/-103.292
=1.19

Fly Leasing's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2021, Fly Leasing's Interest Expense was $-22.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $35.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,901.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2021 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2021 )
=-1*35.402/-22.066
=1.60

* 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.


Fly Leasing  (NYSE:FLY) 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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Fly Leasing (Fly Leasing) Business Description

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Address
West Pier Business Campus, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, IRL, A96 N6T7
Fly Leasing Ltd is principally involved in the commercial aircraft business. In addition, to arranging for the leasing of the fleet the group is also involved acquiring and disposing of aircraft, marketeering aircraft for lease and release, collecting rents and other payments from the lessees of aircraft, monitoring maintenance, insurance and other obligations under leases, and enforcing Fly Leasing's rights against lessees.

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