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Welspun Enterprises (BOM:532553) Interest Coverage : 2.52 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Welspun Enterprises 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. Welspun Enterprises's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹865 Mil. Welspun Enterprises's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹-343 Mil. Welspun Enterprises's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.52. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:532553' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.56   Med: 2.46   Max: 4.38
Current: 4.29


BOM:532553's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
63.88% of 1293 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 6.79 vs BOM:532553: 4.29

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


Welspun Enterprises Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Welspun Enterprises'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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Welspun Enterprises Interest Coverage Chart

Welspun Enterprises 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 2.77 1.56 2.00 2.46 4.38

Welspun Enterprises 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 2.88 4.16 10.82 4.37 2.52

Competitive Comparison of Welspun Enterprises's Interest Coverage

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Welspun Enterprises'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.


Welspun Enterprises's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Welspun Enterprises's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Welspun Enterprises's Interest Coverage falls into.



Welspun Enterprises 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.

Welspun Enterprises'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, Welspun Enterprises's Interest Expense was ₹-910 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹3,986 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹5,636 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*3985.8/-909.5
=4.38

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

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Welspun Enterprises's Interest Expense was ₹-343 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹865 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹9,957 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*864.6/-342.8
=2.52

* 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.


Welspun Enterprises  (BOM:532553) 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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Welspun Enterprises Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Senapati Bapat Marg, Welspun House, Kamala Mills Compound, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai, MH, IND, 400 013
Welspun Enterprises Ltd is an India based company, engaged in the infrastructure (road and water) business. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates through the segments of Infrastructure and Oil and Gas. The company has developed and operates public-private partnership (PPP) projects in various sectors, such as roads, water, and urban infrastructure. The firm generates maximum revenue from the Infrastructure segment which involves undertaking of road construction and water supply projects.

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