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Arabian Petroleum (NSE:ARABIAN) Interest Coverage : 3.21 (As of Mar. 2023)


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What is Arabian Petroleum 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. Arabian Petroleum's Operating Income for the six months ended in Mar. 2023 was ₹80 Mil. Arabian Petroleum's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Mar. 2023 was ₹-25 Mil. Arabian Petroleum's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was 3.21. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NSE:ARABIAN' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.21   Med: 4.23   Max: 4.92
Current: 3.21


NSE:ARABIAN's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
71.75% of 761 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 6.64 vs NSE:ARABIAN: 3.21

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


Arabian Petroleum Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arabian Petroleum'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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Arabian Petroleum Interest Coverage Chart

Arabian Petroleum Annual Data
Trend Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
3.68 4.92 4.23 4.60 3.21

Arabian Petroleum Semi-Annual Data
Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage 3.68 4.92 4.23 4.60 3.21

Competitive Comparison of Arabian Petroleum's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing subindustry, Arabian Petroleum'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.


Arabian Petroleum's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Arabian Petroleum's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Arabian Petroleum 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.

Arabian Petroleum'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, Arabian Petroleum's Interest Expense was ₹-25 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹80 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹21 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*79.653/-24.798
=3.21

Arabian Petroleum's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Mar. 2023, Arabian Petroleum's Interest Expense was ₹-25 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹80 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹21 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*79.653/-24.798
=3.21

* 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.


Arabian Petroleum  (NSE:ARABIAN) 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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Arabian Petroleum (NSE:ARABIAN) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Plot 14-B, Morivali M.I.D.C, Opp. Positive Packaging, Ambernath West, Thane, MH, IND, 421505
Arabian Petroleum Ltd is a company engaged in the business of manufacturing wide range of Lubricants including Specialty Oils, Coolants etc ,used for Industrial and Automotive applications. Our business is categorized into two distinctive product division which includes Automotive Lubricants - Arzol and Industrial Lubricants - SPL.

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