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The Travelers (The Travelers) Interest Coverage

: 14.98 (As of Mar. 2024)
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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 EBIT by its Interest Expense. The Travelers's EBIT for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $1,468 Mil. The Travelers's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-98 Mil. The Travelers's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 14.98. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

TRV' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.4   Med: 10.56   Max: 14.79
Current: 9.97


TRV's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
56.97% of 323 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 13.52 vs TRV: 9.97

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


The Travelers Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Travelers'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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The Travelers 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 10.12 10.55 14.11 10.56 9.97

The Travelers Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 11.55 0.48 5.82 21.60 14.98

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, The Travelers'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.


The Travelers Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, The Travelers's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



The Travelers 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 EBIT is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and EBIT 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.

The Travelers'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, The Travelers's Interest Expense was $-376 Mil. Its EBIT was $3,747 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $7,931 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3747/-376
=9.97

The Travelers's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, The Travelers's Interest Expense was $-98 Mil. Its EBIT was $1,468 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $7,932 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*1468/-98
=14.98

* 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.


The Travelers  (NYSE:TRV) 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 .


The Travelers Interest Coverage Related Terms

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The Travelers (The Travelers) Business Description

Address
485 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10017
Travelers offers a broad product range and participates in both commercial and personal insurance lines. Its commercial operations offer a variety of coverage types for companies of any size but concentrate on serving midsize businesses. Its personal lines are roughly evenly split between auto and homeowners insurance. Travelers derives 6% of its premiums from foreign markets.
Executives
Maria Olivo officer: Executive Vice President THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC., 485 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
William H Heyman officer: Vice Chairman & CIO THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES INC, 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST PAUL MN 55102
Andy F Bessette officer: EVP and Chief Admin Officer THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC., 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Michael Frederick Klein officer: EVP & President, Personal Ins. 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Paul E. Munson officer: SVP & Corp. Controller 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Russell G. Golden director 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
David Donnay Rowland officer: EVP & Co-Chief Invest. Officer 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Avrohom J. Kess officer: Vice Chmn & Chief Legal Off 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Daniel S. Frey officer: Chief Financial Officer 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Jeffrey P. Klenk officer: EVP & Pres., Bond & Spec. Ins. 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Gregory C Toczydlowski officer: EVP & President, Business Ins. 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Diane Kurtzman officer: EVP & Chief HR Officer 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Alan D Schnitzer officer: Vice Chairman 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Daniel Tei-hwa Yin officer: EVP & Co-Chief Invest. Officer 385 WASHINGTON STREET, ST. PAUL MN 55102
Douglas K Russel officer: Controller THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES INC, ONE TOWER SQ, HARTFORD CT 06183

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