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Orient Ceratech (NSE:ORIENTCER) Interest Coverage : 8.18 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Orient Ceratech 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. Orient Ceratech's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹43 Mil. Orient Ceratech's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹-5 Mil. Orient Ceratech's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.18. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NSE:ORIENTCER' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.15   Med: 3.91   Max: 12.57
Current: 7.18


NSE:ORIENTCER's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
58.35% of 1179 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.81 vs NSE:ORIENTCER: 7.18

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


Orient Ceratech Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Orient Ceratech'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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Orient Ceratech Interest Coverage Chart

Orient Ceratech 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 3.90 3.69 3.35 2.15 3.91

Orient Ceratech 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 1.92 6.16 5.21 9.68 8.18

Competitive Comparison of Orient Ceratech's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Orient Ceratech'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.


Orient Ceratech's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Orient Ceratech's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Orient Ceratech's Interest Coverage falls into.



Orient Ceratech 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.

Orient Ceratech'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, Orient Ceratech's Interest Expense was ₹-35 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹137 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹55 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*137.494/-35.201
=3.91

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Orient Ceratech's Interest Expense was ₹-5 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹43 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*43.107/-5.272
=8.18

* 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.


Orient Ceratech  (NSE:ORIENTCER) 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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Orient Ceratech (NSE:ORIENTCER) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
D.N. Road, Jeevan Udyog Building, 2nd Floor, 278, Fort, Mumbai, MH, IND, 400 001
Orient Ceratech Ltd is an Indian-based company. It has two reportable segments: Alumina Refactories, Monolithics products, and bauxite ores, which are the key revenue driver; and Power generation. Alumina Refractories and Monolithics products manufacture calcined bauxite, fused aluminum oxide abrasive grains, and low cement castables which are mainly consumed in steel plants. The company also has a thermal power plant, furnace oil-based power plant, and windmills. The power generated from the thermal power plant and furnace oil-based power plant is captively consumed at the plant and power generated from windmills is sold to the respective state power distribution companies.

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