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Weingarten Realty Investors (Weingarten Realty Investors) Interest Coverage : 1.49 (As of Jun. 2021)


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What is Weingarten Realty Investors 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. Weingarten Realty Investors's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2021 was $31.9 Mil. Weingarten Realty Investors's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2021 was $-21.4 Mil. Weingarten Realty Investors's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 was 1.49. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies interest coverage is at least 5. Weingarten Realty Investors interest coverage is 1.67, which is low.

The historical rank and industry rank for Weingarten Realty Investors's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

WRI' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.18   Med: 2.19   Max: 2.93
Current: 1.67


WRI's Interest Coverage is not ranked
in the REITs industry.
Industry Median: 2.98 vs WRI: 1.67

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


Weingarten Realty Investors Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Weingarten Realty Investors'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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Weingarten Realty Investors Interest Coverage Chart

Weingarten Realty Investors 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 2.35 2.40 2.91 2.93 1.59

Weingarten Realty Investors Quarterly Data
Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21
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 0.79 1.73 1.46 2.04 1.49

Competitive Comparison of Weingarten Realty Investors's Interest Coverage

For the REIT - Retail subindustry, Weingarten Realty Investors'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.


Weingarten Realty Investors's Interest Coverage Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Weingarten Realty Investors's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Weingarten Realty Investors's Interest Coverage falls into.



Weingarten Realty Investors 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.

Weingarten Realty Investors'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, Weingarten Realty Investors's Interest Expense was $-58.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $93.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,838.4 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2020 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2020 )
=-1*92.96/-58.396
=1.59

Weingarten Realty Investors's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2021, Weingarten Realty Investors's Interest Expense was $-21.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $31.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,787.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2021 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2021 )
=-1*31.9/-21.405
=1.49

* 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.


Weingarten Realty Investors  (NYSE:WRI) 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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Weingarten Realty Investors (Weingarten Realty Investors) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
2600 Citadel Plaza Drive, Suite 125, Houston, TX, USA, 77008
Weingarten, founded in 1948, is a self-advised REIT that owns, acquires, and develops neighborhood shopping centers. Ownership interest in more than 300 retail assets (47 msf) is diversified in 22 states with the top 10 tenants accounting for 14% of revenue. The largest state concentrations are Texas, Florida, and California, comprising 67% of rents. Economic occupancy is 91.2% and 75% of tenants are national/regional. Differentiating Weingarten is a 9% inside ownership in its outstanding shares, compared with a 1%-3% REIT industry average.
Executives
Shelaghmichael C. Brown director 1511 NANTUCKET, HOUSTON TX 77057
C Park Shaper director 1001 LOUISIANA, STE 1000, HOUSTON TX 77002
Marc J Shapiro director J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., 270 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Thomas L Ryan director 1929 ALLEN PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX 77219
Stephen A Lasher director
Douglas W Schnitzer director
Andrew M Alexander director, officer: CHAIRMAN/CEO/PRESIDENT
Stephen C Richter officer: EXEC VP/CFO
Johnny Hendrix officer: Executive VP/COO
Stanford J Alexander director, officer: CHAIRMAN 2600 JCITADEL PLAZA DRIVE HOUSTON TX 77008
James W Crownover director
Melvin A Dow director
Robert J Cruikshank director 2001 KIRBY, SUITE 313, HOUSTON TX 77019
Martin Debrovner officer: VICE CHAIRMAN
J Murry Bowden director 2600 CITADEL PLAZA DRIVE STE. 300 HOUSTON TX 77008