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Sify Technologies (Sify Technologies) Interest Coverage : 0.96 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sify Technologies 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. Sify Technologies's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $6.1 Mil. Sify Technologies's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-6.3 Mil. Sify Technologies's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.96. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

SIFY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.99   Med: 2.42   Max: 3.19
Current: 0.99


SIFY's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
89.31% of 290 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 4.56 vs SIFY: 0.99

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


Sify Technologies Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sify Technologies'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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Sify Technologies Interest Coverage Chart

Sify Technologies Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.01 2.65 2.91 1.62 1.02

Sify Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 1.48 1.25 0.76 0.96 1.03

Competitive Comparison of Sify Technologies's Interest Coverage

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Sify Technologies'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.


Sify Technologies's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Sify Technologies's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sify Technologies's Interest Coverage falls into.



Sify Technologies 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.

Sify Technologies'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, Sify Technologies's Interest Expense was $-18.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was $29.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $190.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*29.658/-18.299
=1.62

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Sify Technologies's Interest Expense was $-6.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was $6.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*6.078/-6.306
=0.96

* 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.


Sify Technologies  (NAS:SIFY) 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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Sify Technologies (Sify Technologies) Business Description

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Address
4, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Tidel Park, 2nd Floor, Taramani, Chennai, TN, IND, 600113
Sify Technologies Ltd is a provider of corporate network services in India. The firm is also the fifth Internet access provider in the country. Sify controls the network of franchised cybercafes in India and owns several popular Internet portals, one of which--Sify.com--is among India's top 10 sites in terms of traffic. The firm's revenue is derived from segment services to enterprise customers, comprising Network services, Data Center services, Cloud and Managed Services, Technology Integration Services, and Applications Integration services. The Group has two geographic segments India and the rest of the world.