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Sundaram Fasteners (BOM:500403) Interest Coverage : 17.46 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Sundaram Fasteners 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. Sundaram Fasteners's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹1,664 Mil. Sundaram Fasteners's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹-95 Mil. Sundaram Fasteners's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 17.46. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:500403' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.56   Med: 18.62   Max: 28.63
Current: 21.46


BOM:500403's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
69.95% of 1055 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 7.88 vs BOM:500403: 21.46

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


Sundaram Fasteners Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sundaram Fasteners'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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Sundaram Fasteners Interest Coverage Chart

Sundaram Fasteners Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Interest Coverage
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Sundaram Fasteners 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 21.66 27.90 21.64 20.50 17.46

Competitive Comparison of Sundaram Fasteners's Interest Coverage

For the Auto Parts subindustry, Sundaram Fasteners'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.


Sundaram Fasteners's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sundaram Fasteners's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sundaram Fasteners's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Sundaram Fasteners 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.

Sundaram Fasteners'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, Sundaram Fasteners's Interest Expense was ₹-336 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹7,200 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹1,006 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*7200.3/-335.5
=21.46

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Sundaram Fasteners's Interest Expense was ₹-95 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹1,664 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹1,006 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*1663.9/-95.3
=17.46

* 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.


Sundaram Fasteners  (BOM:500403) 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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Sundaram Fasteners Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 98-A, VII Floor, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai, TN, IND, 600004
Sundaram Fasteners Ltd is an Indian producer of fasteners and metal components. It is engaged in the manufacture and sale of bolts and nuts, water pumps, sintered products, cold extruded components, hot and warm forged parts, radiator caps, and other parts that have applications mainly in the automobile industry. Its geographical segments are India, the United States, the United Kingdom, China, and the Rest of the World. The majority of the company's revenue is derived from India.

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