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Balaji Telefilms (BOM:532382) Interest Coverage : 1.09 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Balaji Telefilms 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. Balaji Telefilms's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹21 Mil. Balaji Telefilms's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹-20 Mil. Balaji Telefilms's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.09. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:532382' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.39   Med: 6.9   Max: 6.9
Current: 4.39


BOM:532382's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
69.27% of 628 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 11.87 vs BOM:532382: 4.39

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


Balaji Telefilms Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Balaji Telefilms'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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Balaji Telefilms Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Balaji Telefilms's Interest Coverage

For the Entertainment subindustry, Balaji Telefilms'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.


Balaji Telefilms's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Balaji Telefilms's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Balaji Telefilms's Interest Coverage falls into.



Balaji Telefilms 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.

Balaji Telefilms's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, Balaji Telefilms's Interest Expense was ₹-82 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹-277 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹21 Mil.

Balaji Telefilms did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Balaji Telefilms's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Balaji Telefilms's Interest Expense was ₹-20 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹21 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*21.363/-19.602
=1.09

* 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.


Balaji Telefilms  (BOM:532382) 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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Balaji Telefilms (BOM:532382) Business Description

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New Link Road, Opposite Laxmi Industrial Estate, C13, Balaji House, Dalia Industrial Estate, Andheri (West), Mumbai, MH, IND, 400053
Balaji Telefilms Ltd operates as a television content production company in India. The company operates through three segments: Commissioned Programmes, Digital and Films. The Commissioned Programmes engages in the sale of television serials to channels. The Films segment includes the production and distribution of motion pictures and films. The Digital segment includes subscription-based sales and licencing of digital content. It produces and distributes films primarily in the Hindi language. It is also involved in the B2C and B2B digital content business. The firm generates the majority of its revenue from the Commissioned Programmes segment.

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