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Best Agrolife (BOM:539660) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Best Agrolife 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. Best Agrolife's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹-778 Mil. Best Agrolife's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹-155 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:539660' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.74   Med: 7.44   Max: No Debt
Current: 3.09


BOM:539660's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
73.56% of 174 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 7.175 vs BOM:539660: 3.09

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


Best Agrolife Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Best Agrolife'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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Best Agrolife Interest Coverage Chart

Best Agrolife 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 3.96 17.10 13.31 7.44 3.09

Best Agrolife 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 0.01 9.90 8.92 0.63 -

Competitive Comparison of Best Agrolife's Interest Coverage

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Best Agrolife'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.


Best Agrolife's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Best Agrolife's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Best Agrolife's Interest Coverage falls into.



Best Agrolife 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.

Best Agrolife'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, Best Agrolife's Interest Expense was ₹-624 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹1,930 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹276 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*1929.52/-624.14
=3.09

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Best Agrolife's Interest Expense was ₹-155 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹-778 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹276 Mil.

Best Agrolife did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Best Agrolife  (BOM:539660) 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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Best Agrolife (BOM:539660) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
B-4, Bhagwan Dass Nagar, East Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi, IND, 110026
Best Agrolife Ltd operates in the agrochemical industry. The company's operating segment is the Trading of Agro-based products. Its product range includes Insecticides, Herbicides, Fungicides, Plant growth regulators, and others. It sells the products in India.

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