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QMS Medical Allied Services (NSE:QMSMEDI) Interest Coverage : 4.90 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is QMS Medical Allied Services 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. QMS Medical Allied Services's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹40 Mil. QMS Medical Allied Services's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹-8 Mil. QMS Medical Allied Services's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.90. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for QMS Medical Allied Services's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

NSE:QMSMEDI' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.13   Med: 9.86   Max: 17.35
Current: 5.87


NSE:QMSMEDI's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
75.79% of 409 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 17.89 vs NSE:QMSMEDI: 5.87

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


QMS Medical Allied Services Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for QMS Medical Allied Services'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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QMS Medical Allied Services Interest Coverage Chart

QMS Medical Allied Services Annual Data
Trend Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
17.35 12.43 7.29 5.13

QMS Medical Allied Services Quarterly Data
Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.10 7.76 6.50 5.50 4.90

Competitive Comparison of QMS Medical Allied Services's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, QMS Medical Allied Services'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.


QMS Medical Allied Services's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, QMS Medical Allied Services's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where QMS Medical Allied Services's Interest Coverage falls into.



QMS Medical Allied Services 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.

QMS Medical Allied Services'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, QMS Medical Allied Services's Interest Expense was ₹-20 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹103 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹15 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*102.54/-19.981
=5.13

QMS Medical Allied Services's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, QMS Medical Allied Services's Interest Expense was ₹-8 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹40 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*39.606/-8.076
=4.90

* 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.


QMS Medical Allied Services  (NSE:QMSMEDI) 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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QMS Medical Allied Services (NSE:QMSMEDI) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Prabhat Colony, Road No. 3, 1A-B/2A-B, Navkala Bharti Building, Plot No. 16, Near Santacruz Bus Depot, Santacruz (East), Mumbai, MH, IND, 400055
QMS Medical Allied Services Ltd is engaged in the marketing and distribution of a wide range of medical products as well as medical education services. The company's products are sold under brand name "QDevices" and also manage the distribution for other brands such as 3M, Heine, Rossmax and others. It offers medical products such as Blood Pressure Monitors, Glucose Monitoring Kits and strips, Dental Products, Personal protection kits eg-PPE kits, Infection prevention, Stethoscope and Oxygen Concentrator.

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