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Patanjali Foods (BOM:500368) Interest Coverage : 18.53 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Patanjali Foods 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. Patanjali Foods's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹4,654 Mil. Patanjali Foods's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹-251 Mil. Patanjali Foods's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 18.53. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:500368' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.67   Med: 6.59   Max: 24.84
Current: 19.85


BOM:500368's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
64.16% of 1476 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.4 vs BOM:500368: 19.85

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


Patanjali Foods Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Patanjali Foods'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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Patanjali Foods Interest Coverage Chart

Patanjali Foods Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Interest Coverage
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Patanjali Foods Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 154.45 18.39 19.51 23.21 18.53

Competitive Comparison of Patanjali Foods's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Patanjali Foods'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.


Patanjali Foods's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Patanjali Foods's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Patanjali Foods's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Patanjali Foods 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.

Patanjali Foods's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2025, Patanjali Foods's Interest Expense was ₹-845 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹16,776 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹52 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*16775.881/-844.931
=19.85

Patanjali Foods's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Patanjali Foods's Interest Expense was ₹-251 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹4,654 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹52 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*4654.406/-251.193
=18.53

* 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.


Patanjali Foods  (BOM:500368) 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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Patanjali Foods Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
601, A.B. Road, Part B-2, 6th Floor, Metro Tower, Vijay Nagar, Indore, MP, IND, 452 010
Patanjali Foods Ltd is engaged in the business of processing oilseeds and refining crude oil for edible use. It operates through the following segments: Edible Oils, Food & FMCG, and Wind Power Generation. The Edible Oils Crude oils segment includes Refined oils, Vanaspati, Bakery fats, seed extractions and other related products. The Food & FMCG segment includes various types of Food Products, Nutraceuticals, Biscuits, Noodles, Breakfast Cereals, Textured Soya protein and other related products. The Wind Power Generation segment involves electricity generation from windmills.

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