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Sharp Chucks and Machines (NSE:SCML) Interest Coverage : 1.75 (As of Mar. 2023)


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What is Sharp Chucks and Machines 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. Sharp Chucks and Machines's Operating Income for the six months ended in Mar. 2023 was ₹130 Mil. Sharp Chucks and Machines's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Mar. 2023 was ₹-74 Mil. Sharp Chucks and Machines's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was 1.75. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NSE:SCML' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.75   Med: 1.99   Max: 2.37
Current: 1.75


NSE:SCML's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
90.81% of 2295 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 13.79 vs NSE:SCML: 1.75

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


Sharp Chucks and Machines Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sharp Chucks and Machines'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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Sharp Chucks and Machines Interest Coverage Chart

Sharp Chucks and Machines Annual Data
Trend Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
1.99 2.37 1.75

Sharp Chucks and Machines Semi-Annual Data
Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage 1.99 2.37 1.75

Competitive Comparison of Sharp Chucks and Machines's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Sharp Chucks and Machines'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.


Sharp Chucks and Machines's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Sharp Chucks and Machines's Interest Coverage falls into.



Sharp Chucks and Machines 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.

Sharp Chucks and Machines'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, Sharp Chucks and Machines's Interest Expense was ₹-74 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹130 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹308 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*129.604/-73.927
=1.75

Sharp Chucks and Machines's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Mar. 2023, Sharp Chucks and Machines's Interest Expense was ₹-74 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹130 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹308 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*129.604/-73.927
=1.75

* 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.


Sharp Chucks and Machines  (NSE:SCML) 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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Sharp Chucks and Machines (NSE:SCML) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
A-12, Industrial Development Colony, Jalandhar, PB, IND, 144012
Sharp Chucks and Machines Ltd is engaged in manufacturing forging products, casting products and machined components, that finds application in diverse industry, such as tractor, automobiles, material handling & earth moving equipment, railways, defense, machine tools, DIY industry, etc.

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