John Wiley & Sons (John Wiley & Sons) Interest Coverage

John Wiley & Sons Annual Data
	Trend	Apr14	Apr15	Apr16	Apr17	Apr18	Apr19	Apr20	Apr21	Apr22	Apr23
Interest Coverage							14.09	7.24	11.90	11.00	5.43

John Wiley & Sons Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Interest Coverage																3.61	8.21	1.98	5.51	3.76

For the Publishing subindustry, John Wiley & Sons's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

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For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, John Wiley & Sons's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where John Wiley & Sons's Interest Coverage falls into.

John Wiley & Sons 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

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

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

John Wiley & Sons's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023, John Wiley & Sons's Interest Expense was $-38 Mil. Its Operating Income was $205 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $859 Mil.

John Wiley & Sons's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, John Wiley & Sons's Interest Expense was $-13 Mil. Its Operating Income was $50 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $999 Mil.

* 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.

John Wiley & Sons  (NYSE:WLY) 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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