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Dharmaj Crop Guard (BOM:543687) Interest Coverage : 23.58 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Dharmaj Crop Guard 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. Dharmaj Crop Guard's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹78 Mil. Dharmaj Crop Guard's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹-3 Mil. Dharmaj Crop Guard's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 23.58. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Dharmaj Crop Guard's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

BOM:543687' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.28   Med: 18.11   Max: 23.06
Current: 14.47


BOM:543687's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
63.22% of 174 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 7.175 vs BOM:543687: 14.47

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


Dharmaj Crop Guard Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dharmaj Crop Guard'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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Dharmaj Crop Guard Interest Coverage Chart

Dharmaj Crop Guard Annual Data
Trend Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
8.28 23.06 16.41 19.81

Dharmaj Crop Guard Quarterly Data
Mar20 Mar21 Dec21 Mar22 Jul22 Dec22 Mar23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial - N/A 11.29 - 23.58

Competitive Comparison of Dharmaj Crop Guard's Interest Coverage

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Dharmaj Crop Guard'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.


Dharmaj Crop Guard's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Dharmaj Crop Guard's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dharmaj Crop Guard's Interest Coverage falls into.



Dharmaj Crop Guard 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.

Dharmaj Crop Guard'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, Dharmaj Crop Guard's Interest Expense was ₹-22 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹432 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹335 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*431.87/-21.8
=19.81

Dharmaj Crop Guard's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Dharmaj Crop Guard's Interest Expense was ₹-3 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹78 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*78.05/-3.31
=23.58

* 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.


Dharmaj Crop Guard  (BOM:543687) 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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Dharmaj Crop Guard (BOM:543687) Business Description

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Address
Iscon Ambli Road, Office No. 901 to 903 & 911, B-square 2, Ahmedabad, GJ, IND, 380058
Dharmaj Crop Guard Ltd is engaged in the business of manufacturing and dealing in pesticides including concessionaires of public health products for pest control, insecticides, herbicide, fertilizers, and allied products related to research and technical formulations. The company operates under single-segment pesticides, insecticides, herbicide and fertilizers. Geographically the company generates the majority of its revenue from India.

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