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Macerich Co (Macerich Co) Interest Coverage

: 2.48 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Macerich Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $63.0 Mil. Macerich Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-25.4 Mil. Macerich Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.48. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Macerich Co interest coverage is 1.03, which is low.

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

MAC' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.65   Med: 1.26   Max: 1.58
Current: 1.03


MAC's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
87.74% of 677 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 3.01 vs MAC: 1.03

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


Macerich Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Macerich Co'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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Macerich Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.49 1.17 0.65 0.69 1.03

Macerich Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.85 0.95 0.68 0.75 2.48

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Retail subindustry, Macerich Co'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.


Macerich Co Interest Coverage Distribution

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

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



Macerich Co 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.

Macerich Co'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, Macerich Co's Interest Expense was $-172.9 Mil. Its Operating Income was $177.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,309.7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*177.579/-172.92
=1.03

Macerich Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Macerich Co's Interest Expense was $-25.4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $63.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,309.7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*63.012/-25.413
=2.48

* 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.


Macerich Co  (NYSE:MAC) 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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Macerich Co (Macerich Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 90401
The Macerich Company is an S&P 500 company that invests in premium mall assets. The company owns 28 regional malls in its consolidated portfolio and 16 regional malls in its unconsolidated portfolio along with four power centers and seven other real estate assets. The company's total portfolio has 47.0 million square feet of gross leasable area and averaged $869 sales per square foot over the 12 months ending in December 2022.
Executives
Christopher J Zecchini officer: Chief Accounting Officer 401 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 700, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Scott W Kingsmore officer: Chief Financial Officer 401 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 700, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Kenneth Volk officer: SVP, Chief Marketing Officer 401 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 700, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Edward C Coppola director, officer: Executive Vice President THE MACERICH COMPANY, 401 WILSHIRE BVLD., STE. 700, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
O Hern Thomas E officer: EVP, Treasurer & CFO THE MACERICH COMPANY, 401 WILSHIRE BVLD., STE. 700, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Ann C Menard officer: EVP, CLO and Secretary 401 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 700, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Doug J Healey officer: EVP, Leasing 401 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 700, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Marianne Lowenthal director 401 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 700, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Enrique Jr Hernandez director INTER-CON SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC., 210 SOUTH DELACEY AVENUE, PASADENA CA 91105
Steven L Soboroff director THE MACERICH COMPANY, 401 WILSHIRE BVLD., STE. 700, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board 10 percent owner 5650 YONGE STREET, TORONTO A6 M2M 4H5
Dana K Anderson director, officer: Vice Chairman of the Board THE MACERICH COMPANY, 401 WILSHIRE BVLD., STE. 700, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Andrea M Stephen director THE MACERICH COMPANY, 401 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 700, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Alschuler John H Jr director C/O SL GREEN REALTY CORP, 420 LEXINGTON SUITE 1900, NEW YORK NY 10170
Steve Hash director C/O ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC, 26 NORTH EUCLID AVENUE, PASADENA CA 91101