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Bharat Wire Ropes (BOM:539799) Interest Coverage : 8.81 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Bharat Wire Ropes 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. Bharat Wire Ropes's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹321 Mil. Bharat Wire Ropes's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹-36 Mil. Bharat Wire Ropes's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 8.81. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:539799' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.08   Med: 1.85   Max: 9.66
Current: 9.66


BOM:539799's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
61.34% of 463 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 5.88 vs BOM:539799: 9.66

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


Bharat Wire Ropes Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bharat Wire Ropes'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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Bharat Wire Ropes Interest Coverage Chart

Bharat Wire Ropes 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 0.08 0.33 1.90 5.33 9.66

Bharat Wire Ropes 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 6.60 8.79 9.97 11.27 8.81

Competitive Comparison of Bharat Wire Ropes's Interest Coverage

For the Steel subindustry, Bharat Wire Ropes'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.


Bharat Wire Ropes's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Bharat Wire Ropes's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bharat Wire Ropes's Interest Coverage falls into.



Bharat Wire Ropes 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.

Bharat Wire Ropes'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, Bharat Wire Ropes's Interest Expense was ₹-148 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹1,429 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹1,048 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*1428.509/-147.863
=9.66

Bharat Wire Ropes's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Bharat Wire Ropes's Interest Expense was ₹-36 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹321 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹1,048 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*320.551/-36.394
=8.81

* 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.


Bharat Wire Ropes  (BOM:539799) 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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Bharat Wire Ropes (BOM:539799) Business Description

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Address
Senapati Bapat Marg, A-701, Trade World Building, Kamala Mills Compound, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai, MH, IND, 400013
Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd manufactures steel wire ropes, wire strands, and wire rope slings. The company produces mechanically spliced slings, hand spliced slings, earth wires, stay wires, guy wires, and spiral strands. The company also produces general purpose ropes, fishing ropes, crane ropes, structural ropes, elevator ropes, mining ropes, oil and gas ropes and shipping ropes. The firm caters to different industries including oil and gas, mining, fishing, ports and marine, elevator, power, transmission, railways, construction, infrastructure, defense, crane manufacturers. The company serves clients around the world.

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