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CEB (CEB) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Dec. 2016)


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What is CEB 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. CEB's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2016 was $-41.4 Mil. CEB's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2016 was $-8.4 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


CEB's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 13.44
* 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.


CEB Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for CEB'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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CEB Interest Coverage Chart

CEB Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Interest Coverage
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CEB Quarterly Data
Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16
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Competitive Comparison of CEB's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, CEB'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.


CEB's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, CEB's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



CEB 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.

CEB's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016, CEB's Interest Expense was $-29.7 Mil. Its Operating Income was $6.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $866.7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2016 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2016 )
=-1*6.836/-29.681
=0.23

CEB's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2016, CEB's Interest Expense was $-8.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-41.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $866.7 Mil.

CEB did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


CEB  (NYSE:CEB) 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 .


CEB Interest Coverage Related Terms

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CEB (CEB) Business Description

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CEB is a provider of talent assessment and management services. The company operates two business segments: CEB and CEB Talent Assessment. CEB provides data analysis, research, and advisory services for executives in the areas of human resources, legal, risk, compliance, finance, information technology, innovation and strategy, marketing and communications, procurement and operations, and sales and services. The CEB Talent Assessment segment offers cloud-based solutions for talent assessment, development, strategy, analytics, and decision support to assess and manage employees and applicants. The largest end market is the United States.
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