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Sagar Cements (BOM:502090) Interest Coverage : 0.63 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sagar Cements 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. Sagar Cements's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹309 Mil. Sagar Cements's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹-489 Mil. Sagar Cements's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.63. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:502090' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 2.09   Max: 8.11
Current: 0.16


BOM:502090's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
98.69% of 306 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 6.895 vs BOM:502090: 0.16

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


Sagar Cements Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sagar Cements'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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Sagar Cements Interest Coverage Chart

Sagar Cements Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.52 2.09 8.11 2.62 0.01

Sagar Cements Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.15 - - 0.19 0.63

Competitive Comparison of Sagar Cements's Interest Coverage

For the Building Materials subindustry, Sagar Cements'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.


Sagar Cements's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Sagar Cements's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sagar Cements 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.

Sagar Cements'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, Sagar Cements's Interest Expense was ₹-1,479 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹16 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹11,565 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*16.3/-1478.9
=0.01

Sagar Cements's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Sagar Cements's Interest Expense was ₹-489 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹309 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*308.5/-488.6
=0.63

* 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.


Sagar Cements  (BOM:502090) 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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Sagar Cements (BOM:502090) Business Description

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Address
Road No. 10, Plot No. 111, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, TG, IND, 500 033
Sagar Cements Ltd is a manufacturer and supplier of cement and cement-related products in India. It manufactures varieties of cement such as Ordinary Portland Cement, Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC), and Portland Slag Cement and among others. Its business segment includes Cement Manufacturing and Power Generation. The firm generates a majority of its revenue from the cement manufacturing segment.

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