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Paradeep Phosphates (BOM:543530) Interest Coverage : 0.95 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Paradeep Phosphates 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. Paradeep Phosphates's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹903 Mil. Paradeep Phosphates's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹-953 Mil. Paradeep Phosphates's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.95. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:543530' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.19   Med: 3.07   Max: 6.79
Current: 1.19


BOM:543530's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
90.96% of 177 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 6.69 vs BOM:543530: 1.19

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


Paradeep Phosphates Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Paradeep Phosphates'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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Paradeep Phosphates Interest Coverage Chart

Paradeep Phosphates Annual Data
Trend Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2.89 6.77 6.79 2.15 1.19

Paradeep Phosphates Quarterly Data
Mar19 Mar20 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 0.50 - 2.14 2.76 0.95

Competitive Comparison of Paradeep Phosphates's Interest Coverage

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Paradeep Phosphates'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.


Paradeep Phosphates's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Paradeep Phosphates's Interest Coverage falls into.



Paradeep Phosphates 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.

Paradeep Phosphates'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, Paradeep Phosphates's Interest Expense was ₹-3,660 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹4,374 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹6,937 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*4373.5/-3660.3
=1.19

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Paradeep Phosphates's Interest Expense was ₹-953 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹903 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹6,937 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*902.8/-952.7
=0.95

* 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.


Paradeep Phosphates  (BOM:543530) 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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Paradeep Phosphates (BOM:543530) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Off Cubbon Road, 3rd Floor, Adventz Centre 28 Union Street, Bengaluru, KA, IND, 560 001
Paradeep Phosphates Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing of Di-Ammonium Phosphate, Complex Fertilizers of NPK grades, and Zypmite. The company is also involved in the trading of fertilizers, ammonia, neutralized phospo gypsum, micronutrients, and other materials.

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