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Amer Sports (Amer Sports) Interest Coverage : 1.61 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Amer Sports 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. Amer Sports's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $110 Mil. Amer Sports's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-68 Mil. Amer Sports's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.61. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

AS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.56   Med: 0.73   Max: 1.03
Current: 0.73


AS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
90.63% of 608 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 5.135 vs AS: 0.73

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


Amer Sports Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Amer Sports'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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Amer Sports Interest Coverage Chart

Amer Sports Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
0.56 0.70 1.03 0.76

Amer Sports Quarterly Data
Dec20 Dec21 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.59 0.13 0.95 0.50 1.61

Competitive Comparison of Amer Sports's Interest Coverage

For the Leisure subindustry, Amer Sports'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.


Amer Sports's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Amer Sports's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Amer Sports 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.

Amer Sports'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, Amer Sports's Interest Expense was $-402 Mil. Its Operating Income was $304 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $6,191 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*304/-401.7
=0.76

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Amer Sports's Interest Expense was $-68 Mil. Its Operating Income was $110 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,301 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*110.3/-68.3
=1.61

* 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.


Amer Sports  (NYSE:AS) 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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Amer Sports (Amer Sports) Business Description

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Amer Sports Inc. is a group of sports and outdoor brands, including Arc'teryx, Salomon, Wilson, Atomic, and Peak Performance. It has three reportable segments: Technical Apparel, Outdoor Performance as well and Ball & Racquet Sports. Technical Apparel includes outdoor apparel, footwear, and accessories and consists of the Arc'teryx and Peak Performance brands, Outdoor Performance includes outdoor apparel, footwear, accessories, and winter sports equipment and consists of our Salomon, Atomic, Armada, and ENVE brands, Ball & Racquet Sports includes sports equipment, apparel and accessories and consists of our Wilson, Louisville Slugger, DeMarini, EvoShield, Atec and Luxilon brands, all of which comprise the Wilson Sporting Goods portfolio. Max revenue is generated from Outdoor Performance.

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