Comelf (BSE:CMF) Interest Coverage : 5.55 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Comelf 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. Comelf's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was lei2.6 Mil. Comelf's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was lei-0.5 Mil. Comelf's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.55. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BSE:CMF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.07 Med: 16.23 Max: 33.12
Current: 7.18

BSE:CMF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
63.95% of 2297 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 13.68 vs BSE:CMF: 7.18

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

Comelf Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Comelf'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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Comelf Interest Coverage Chart

Comelf Annual Data

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Dec23

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15.91

16.54

19.81

12.04

8.39

Comelf 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															11.24	8.21	11.17	4.35	5.55

Competitive Comparison of Comelf's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Comelf'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.

Comelf's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Comelf's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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

Comelf 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.

Comelf's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Comelf's Interest Expense was lei-1.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was lei13.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was lei0.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )	/	Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	-1	*	12.97	/	-1.546
	=	8.39

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Comelf's Interest Expense was lei-0.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was lei2.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was lei0.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
	=	-1	*	2.594	/	-0.467
	=	5.55

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.

Comelf (BSE:CMF) 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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Comelf (BSE:CMF) Business Description

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Address

No. 4 Industriei Street, Bistrita Nasaud County, Bistrita, ROU, 420063

Website

http://www.comelf.ro

Comelf SA is engaged in the production of engines and turbines. The company manufactures equipment and components for power stations and environmental protection equipment for earthmoving, lifting and transportation equipment, including their sub assemblies, steel structures, weapons ammunition, road transport vehicles and military combat. Its product portfolio includes Bag Filters, scrapers for primary radial settling tanks, Mechanical equipment for methane tank, Equipment for wastewater treatment and others. Its segments consist of Factory of stainless steel products(FPI), Factory for Earth Moving Machinery and Equipment, Bag Filters and Electrostatic Precipitators(FUET) and Factory for Earth Moving Machines and Components(TERRA). The majority of its revenue is generated outside Romania.