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Hindustan Bio Sciences (BOM:532041) Interest Coverage : 50.64 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Hindustan Bio Sciences 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. Hindustan Bio Sciences's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹0.56 Mil. Hindustan Bio Sciences's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹-0.01 Mil. Hindustan Bio Sciences's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 50.64. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:532041' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 15   Med: 52.43   Max: 89.86
Current: 27.59


BOM:532041's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
63.98% of 683 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 12.1 vs BOM:532041: 27.59

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


Hindustan Bio Sciences Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hindustan Bio Sciences'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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Hindustan Bio Sciences Interest Coverage Chart

Hindustan Bio Sciences Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
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Hindustan Bio Sciences Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Hindustan Bio Sciences's Interest Coverage

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Hindustan Bio Sciences'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.


Hindustan Bio Sciences's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Hindustan Bio Sciences's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hindustan Bio Sciences's Interest Coverage falls into.



Hindustan Bio Sciences 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.

Hindustan Bio Sciences'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, Hindustan Bio Sciences's Interest Expense was ₹-0.04 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹-0.56 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹11.22 Mil.

Hindustan Bio Sciences did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Hindustan Bio Sciences's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Hindustan Bio Sciences's Interest Expense was ₹-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹0.56 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹0.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*0.557/-0.011
=50.64

* 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.


Hindustan Bio Sciences  (BOM:532041) 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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Hindustan Bio Sciences (BOM:532041) Business Description

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Address
Road No. 2, Banjara Hills, H.No. 8-2-269/S, Plot No. 31, Sagar Co-Operative Housing Society, Hyderabad, TG, IND, 500034
Hindustan Bio Sciences Ltd is an India-based company operating in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector. It is engaged in the trading of Drugs and Medicines. The company markets a nephrology product, Recombinant Human Erythropoietin, which is useful for the treatment of anemia associated with chronic renal failure. In addition, the firm also manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products in different forms such as tablets, capsules, drops, externals, and syrups. Its other formulations comprise Pantorest, Maxion, Edinil, Aromycin, Livohin and others. Geographically, the group sells its products within India and also exports it to other countries.

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