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Premier Explosives (BOM:526247) Interest Coverage : 5.42 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Premier Explosives 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. Premier Explosives's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹138 Mil. Premier Explosives's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹-25 Mil. Premier Explosives's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 5.42. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:526247' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.58   Med: 4.78   Max: 9.16
Current: 6.62


BOM:526247's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
59.14% of 1187 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.98 vs BOM:526247: 6.62

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


Premier Explosives Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Premier Explosives'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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Premier Explosives Interest Coverage Chart

Premier Explosives 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 - 0.58 2.70 3.12 7.23

Premier Explosives Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 5.85 0.81 - 4.00 5.42

Competitive Comparison of Premier Explosives's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Premier Explosives'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.


Premier Explosives's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Premier Explosives's Interest Coverage falls into.



Premier Explosives 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.

Premier Explosives's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024, Premier Explosives's Interest Expense was ₹-69 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹502 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹125 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*501.866/-69.456
=7.23

Premier Explosives's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Premier Explosives's Interest Expense was ₹-25 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹138 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹100 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*137.57/-25.369
=5.42

* 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.


Premier Explosives  (BOM:526247) 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 .


Premier Explosives Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Premier Explosives Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Ishaq Colony, Premier House, 11, Near AOC Centre, Secunderabad, TG, IND, 500 015
Premier Explosives Ltd is engaged in the business of high-energy materials including commercial explosives and defence explosives which are used in mining and infrastructure sectors and also the manufacture of missiles and other defence items. The company also operates and maintains solid propellant plants of defence and space establishments. Its products include bulk explosives, packaged explosives detonators, solid propellants, and pyrogen igniters among others. Geographically, it has operations within India and outside India. The company generates the majority of its sales from India.

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