GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Basic Materials » Forest Products » Shalimar Wires Industries Ltd (BOM:532455) » Definitions » Interest Coverage

Shalimar Wires Industries (BOM:532455) Interest Coverage : 0.90 (As of Dec. 2024)


View and export this data going back to 2002. Start your Free Trial

What is Shalimar Wires Industries 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. Shalimar Wires Industries's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was ₹28 Mil. Shalimar Wires Industries's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was ₹-30 Mil. Shalimar Wires Industries's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.90. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Shalimar Wires Industries Ltds earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Shalimar Wires Industries's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

BOM:532455' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.06   Med: 0.79   Max: 1.08
Current: 0.77


BOM:532455's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
88.29% of 205 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 5.2 vs BOM:532455: 0.77

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


Shalimar Wires Industries Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shalimar Wires Industries'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.

* Premium members only.

Shalimar Wires Industries Interest Coverage Chart

Shalimar Wires Industries 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 0.11 - 0.08 0.99 0.79

Shalimar Wires Industries Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 0.57 - 1.12 0.94 0.90

Competitive Comparison of Shalimar Wires Industries's Interest Coverage

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Shalimar Wires Industries'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.


Shalimar Wires Industries's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Shalimar Wires Industries's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shalimar Wires Industries's Interest Coverage falls into.


;
;

Shalimar Wires Industries 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.

Shalimar Wires Industries'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, Shalimar Wires Industries's Interest Expense was ₹-126 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹99 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹756 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*99.119/-125.812
=0.79

Shalimar Wires Industries's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2024, Shalimar Wires Industries's Interest Expense was ₹-30 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹28 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*27.55/-30.45
=0.90

* 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.


Shalimar Wires Industries  (BOM:532455) 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 .


Shalimar Wires Industries Interest Coverage Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Shalimar Wires Industries's Interest Coverage provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Shalimar Wires Industries Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
25, Ganesh Chandra Avenue, 2nd Floor, Kolkata, WB, IND, 700013
Shalimar Wires Industries Ltd manufactures paper mill products. The product portfolio of the company includes Forming Fabric, Metallic Wire Cloth, Dandy Roll, Synthetic Woven Fabrics, and Accessories etc. The company also provides stainless steel sieve mesh used in cylinder mould paper machines, fiber cement mills, and pulp mills.

Shalimar Wires Industries Headlines

No Headlines