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CARE Ratings (BOM:534804) Interest Coverage : 74.29 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is CARE Ratings 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. CARE Ratings's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹443 Mil. CARE Ratings's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹-6 Mil. CARE Ratings's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 74.29. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. CARE Ratings Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

BOM:534804' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 59.37   Med: 153.11   Max: No Debt
Current: 68.12


BOM:534804's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
60.92% of 458 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 19.755 vs BOM:534804: 68.12

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


CARE Ratings Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for CARE Ratings'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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CARE Ratings Interest Coverage Chart

CARE Ratings Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 149.92 156.30 94.48 59.37 68.12

CARE Ratings 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 57.74 41.16 107.41 49.20 74.29

Competitive Comparison of CARE Ratings's Interest Coverage

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, CARE Ratings'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.


CARE Ratings's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, CARE Ratings's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CARE Ratings's Interest Coverage falls into.


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CARE Ratings 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.

CARE Ratings'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, CARE Ratings's Interest Expense was ₹-21 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹1,436 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹205 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*1436.202/-21.082
=68.12

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, CARE Ratings's Interest Expense was ₹-6 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹443 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹205 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*443.079/-5.964
=74.29

* 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.


CARE Ratings  (BOM:534804) 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 .


CARE Ratings Interest Coverage Related Terms

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CARE Ratings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Somaiya Hospital Road, 4th Floor, Godrej Coliseum, Off Eastern Express Highway, Sion (East), Mumbai, MH, IND, 400 022
CARE Ratings Ltd is an India-based company credit rating firm. The company's operating segment includes Ratings and related services and Others. It generates maximum revenue from the Ratings and related services segment. The company provides ratings for the Corporate Sector; Financial Sector; Structured Finance; Insurance Sector; Infrastructure Sector and others.

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