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New York Times (NYT) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2017)

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New York Times' (NYT) Interest Coverage Ratio came in at 6.83 for Q3 2017, up 587.3% from 0.99 a year earlier and up 32.4% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

New York Times (NYT) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2017) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Sep 24, 2017, Interest Coverage Ratio at New York Times was 6.17, up 61.0% year-over-year; for FY2016, it was 3.24, down 7.4% from FY2015.

  • In prior years, New York Times' Interest Coverage Ratio was 3.50 in FY2015 (+104.4%), 1.71 in FY2014 (-36.3%), 2.69 in FY2013 (+62.9%) and 1.65 in FY2012 (+11.0%).
  • Quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio has run from a low of -0.59 in Q4 2014 to a high of 11.02 in Q4 2015 over five years.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Interest Coverage Ratio has increased in each of the last three quarters, with growth averaging 257.5% over the last four quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Interest Coverage Ratio in the past five years was Q3 2017, with growth of 587.3%; the weakest was Q4 2012, with a decline of 63.3%.
  • According to Business Quant data, Interest Coverage Ratio for the three prior quarters was 5.16 (Q2 2017), 5.22 (Q1 2017) and 7.08 (Q4 2016).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Skydance 38.27 Bn 31.11 Bn 2.37 Bn 1.42
2 Fox 28.80 Bn 14.55 Bn - -
3 Omnicom 24.00 Bn 6.07 Bn 1.36 Bn 7.47
4 News 14.59 Bn 7.22 Bn - -
5 New York Times 11.58 Bn 9.01 Bn 395.07 Mn -
6 Pearson 11.06 Bn 8.20 Bn - -
7 Sirius Xm Holdings 10.73 Bn 10.18 Bn 1.43 Bn 4.39
8 Nexstar Media 6.41 Bn 5.06 Bn 1.20 Bn 2.86
9 Wpp 5.99 Bn -5.80 Bn - -
10 Versant Media 4.96 Bn 1.30 Bn 715.00 Mn 2.08
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 24, 2017 6.83
Jun 25, 2017 5.16
Mar 26, 2017 5.22
Dec 25, 2016 7.08
Sep 25, 2016 0.99
Jun 26, 2016 1.00
Mar 27, 2016 3.17
Dec 27, 2015 11.02
Sep 27, 2015 2.40
Jun 28, 2015 3.89
Mar 29, 2015 -0.91
Sep 28, 2014 -0.59
Jun 29, 2014 1.25
Mar 30, 2014 1.66
Dec 29, 2013 4.95
Sep 29, 2013 0.83
Jun 30, 2013 3.16
Mar 31, 2013 2.00
Dec 30, 2012 2.16
Sep 23, 2012 0.58
API Access

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