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SM Culturentents Co (XKRX:048550) Interest Coverage : 9.01 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is SM Culturentents Co 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. SM Culturentents Co's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was ₩2,575 Mil. SM Culturentents Co's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was ₩-286 Mil. SM Culturentents Co's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 9.01. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

XKRX:048550' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.93   Med: 1.64   Max: 17.55
Current: 5.46


XKRX:048550's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
53.27% of 597 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 4.61 vs XKRX:048550: 5.46

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


SM Culturentents Co Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for SM Culturentents 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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SM Culturentents Co Interest Coverage Chart

SM Culturentents Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.88 - 0.93 1.45 1.64

SM Culturentents Co Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 - 2.93 16.06 - 9.01

Competitive Comparison of SM Culturentents Co's Interest Coverage

For the Leisure subindustry, SM Culturentents 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.


SM Culturentents Co's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

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

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



SM Culturentents 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.

SM Culturentents 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, SM Culturentents Co's Interest Expense was ₩-1,270 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₩2,086 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₩10,854 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2085.733/-1270.221
=1.64

SM Culturentents Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2024, SM Culturentents Co's Interest Expense was ₩-286 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₩2,575 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₩10,453 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*2575.384/-285.741
=9.01

* 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.


SM Culturentents Co  (XKRX:048550) 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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SM Culturentents Co Business Description

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Address
Samsung-ro 648 Handsome Building, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, KOR
SM Culture & Contents Co Ltd is a Korea based company engaged in planning and developing global visual contents. It also provides differentiated profit model and business through systematic and systemized global actor MC management. The organization is involved in the business of Advertising, Management, Travel and MICE, and Production business. In the Advertising business, the company provides a comprehensive platform for marketing that performs business across lifestyle such as SELPH management, broadcast/entertainment content, mobile, travel, and distribution, as well as advertising business for corporate and brand communication companies.

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