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Birla Cable (BOM:500060) Interest Coverage : 1.21 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Birla Cable 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. Birla Cable's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹48 Mil. Birla Cable's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹-39 Mil. Birla Cable's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.21. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:500060' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.86   Med: 3.65   Max: 22.52
Current: 2.02


BOM:500060's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
87.52% of 1570 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.685 vs BOM:500060: 2.02

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


Birla Cable Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Birla Cable'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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Birla Cable Interest Coverage Chart

Birla Cable Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.86 3.66 5.31 4.10 2.02

Birla Cable Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 5.62 2.67 2.18 2.08 1.21

Competitive Comparison of Birla Cable's Interest Coverage

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Birla Cable'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.


Birla Cable's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Birla Cable's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Birla Cable 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.

Birla Cable's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024, Birla Cable's Interest Expense was ₹-149 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹300 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹741 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*300.035/-148.652
=2.02

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Birla Cable's Interest Expense was ₹-39 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹48 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹741 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*47.703/-39.312
=1.21

* 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.


Birla Cable  (BOM:500060) 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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Birla Cable (BOM:500060) Business Description

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Udyog Vihar, P.O. Chorhata, Rewa, MP, IND, 486006
Birla Cable Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of telecommunication cables, consisting of both copper and optical fiber, and other types of specialty wires and cables. Its geographical segments include Domestic Market (within India) and Overseas Market (outside India). The firm offers products in various categories such as optical fiber cables, including armored and unarmored, di-electric self-supporting aerial, figure-8 type aerial, drop, and interconnect cables. It also offers specialty cables, such as stainless steel wire armored tactical, coaxial, switchboard, screened PCM, and CAT cables, as well as automobile wires. In addition, the company provides telecom fiber accessories comprising connectors, adapters, pigtails, and cable accessories.

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