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Natural Capsules (BOM:524654) Interest Coverage : 1.36 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Natural Capsules 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. Natural Capsules's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹19 Mil. Natural Capsules's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹-14 Mil. Natural Capsules's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.36. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:524654' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.35   Med: 6.94   Max: 20.86
Current: 2.19


BOM:524654's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
82.96% of 675 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 12.56 vs BOM:524654: 2.19

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


Natural Capsules Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Natural Capsules'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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Natural Capsules Interest Coverage Chart

Natural Capsules 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 1.97 20.86 11.72 8.16 2.19

Natural Capsules 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 4.26 2.90 2.55 2.04 1.36

Competitive Comparison of Natural Capsules's Interest Coverage

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Natural Capsules'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.


Natural Capsules's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Natural Capsules's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Natural Capsules's Interest Coverage falls into.



Natural Capsules 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.

Natural Capsules'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, Natural Capsules's Interest Expense was ₹-51 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹112 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹679 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*112.4/-51.3
=2.19

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Natural Capsules's Interest Expense was ₹-14 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹19 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹679 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*19/-14
=1.36

* 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.


Natural Capsules  (BOM:524654) 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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Natural Capsules (BOM:524654) Business Description

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Address
100 Feet Road, Jayanagar II Block, Trident Towers, 4th Floor, No. 23, Bengaluru, KA, IND, 560 011
Natural Capsules Ltd is an India-based company engaged in manufacturing and selling of empty hard gelatin capsules. The products of the company are Hard gelatin capsule shells, Hard cellulose capsule shells, Shiny gelatin capsule shells, Sweet gelatin capsule shells, Enteric capsule shells, Printed gelatin capsule shells, Vegetarian capsule shells, Fortified gelatin capsule shells, and other capsules. In addition, it is also involved in formulating pharmaceutical dosage forms in capsule dosage form, both pharma and neutraceutical products.

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