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Interactive Brokers Group (Interactive Brokers Group) Interest Coverage : 1.84 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Interactive Brokers Group 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. Interactive Brokers Group's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,780 Mil. Interactive Brokers Group's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-965 Mil. Interactive Brokers Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.84. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Interactive Brokers Group's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

IBKR' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.9   Med: 5.41   Max: 13.36
Current: 1.9


IBKR's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
81.64% of 452 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 19.255 vs IBKR: 1.90

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


Interactive Brokers Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Interactive Brokers Group'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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Interactive Brokers Group Interest Coverage Chart

Interactive Brokers Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.96 5.64 9.00 3.07 1.90

Interactive Brokers Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 2.19 2.07 1.84 1.89 1.84

Competitive Comparison of Interactive Brokers Group's Interest Coverage

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Interactive Brokers Group'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.


Interactive Brokers Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Interactive Brokers Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Interactive Brokers Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Interactive Brokers Group 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.

Interactive Brokers Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Interactive Brokers Group's Interest Expense was $-3,436 Mil. Its Operating Income was $6,523 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $11,347 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*6523/-3436
=1.90

Interactive Brokers Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Interactive Brokers Group's Interest Expense was $-965 Mil. Its Operating Income was $1,780 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $11,347 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1780/-965
=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.


Interactive Brokers Group  (NAS:IBKR) 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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Interactive Brokers Group (Interactive Brokers Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
One Pickwick Plaza, Greenwich, CT, USA, 06830
Interactive Brokers is an online brokerage that generates trading commissions (around 43% of net revenue) from facilitating trading in a wide range of products, including equity, options, futures, foreign exchange, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs. Interactive Brokers also generates net interest income (about 54% of net revenue) from idle client cash and earns fees (about 6% of net revenue) from ancillary services. Principal trading and other miscellaneous activities are small (about negative 3% of net revenue). The firm derives about 70% of its net revenue from the U.S. and 30% from international markets.
Executives
Thomas Aj Frank officer: Exec V.P & Chief Info Officer ONE PICKWICK PLAZA, GREENWICH CT 06830
Paul Jonathan Brody director, CFO, Treasurer & Secretary ONE PICKWICK PLAZA, GREENWICH CT 06830
Philip Uhde director, other: See Remarks 63 CROSBY STREET, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10012
Thomas Peterffy director, officer: Chairman, CEO & President ONE PICKWICK PLAZA, GREENWICH CT 06830
Jill Bright director 1334 YORK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10021
Denis Mendonca officer: Chief Accounting Officer ONE PICKWICK PLAZA, GREENWICH CT 06830
Earl H Nemser director, Vice Chairman ONE PICKWICK PLAZA, GREENWICH CT 06830
Nicole Yuen director ONE PICKWICK PLAZA, GREENWICH CT 06830
William Peterffy director ONE PICKWICK PLAZA, GREENWICH CT 06830
Echinus Advisors, Llc director, other: See Remarks 63 CROSBY STREET, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10012
John M. Damgard director ONE PICKWICK PLAZA, GREENWICH CT 06830
Milan Galik director, officer: Sr. V.P. Software Development ONE PICKWICK PLAZA, GREENWICH CT 06830
Kenneth James Winston director 870 S SAN RAFAEL AVE, PASADENA CA 91105
Gary Katz director ONE PICKWICK PLAZA, GREENWICH CT 06830
Wayne Hilbert Wagner director 4337 CITY DRIVE, PENTHOUSE 43, MARINA DEL REY CA 90292