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RMC Switchgears (BOM:540358) Interest Coverage : 4.71 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is RMC Switchgears 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. RMC Switchgears's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹184 Mil. RMC Switchgears's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹-39 Mil. RMC Switchgears's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 4.71. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:540358' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.96   Med: 1.28   Max: 6.32
Current: 6.32


BOM:540358's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
68.86% of 2299 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 15.98 vs BOM:540358: 6.32

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


RMC Switchgears Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for RMC Switchgears'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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RMC Switchgears Interest Coverage Chart

RMC Switchgears 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 1.23 1.18 1.19 4.62 5.73

RMC Switchgears Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 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 3.22 8.17 4.10 9.23 4.71

Competitive Comparison of RMC Switchgears's Interest Coverage

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, RMC Switchgears'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.


RMC Switchgears's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, RMC Switchgears's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where RMC Switchgears's Interest Coverage falls into.


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RMC Switchgears 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.

RMC Switchgears'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, RMC Switchgears's Interest Expense was ₹-68 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹389 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹157 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*389.267/-67.883
=5.73

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

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2024, RMC Switchgears's Interest Expense was ₹-39 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹184 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹148 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*184.392/-39.109
=4.71

* 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.


RMC Switchgears  (BOM:540358) 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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RMC Switchgears Business Description

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Address
B-11 (B&C), Malviya Industrial Area, Jaipur, RJ, IND, 302017
RMC Switchgears Ltd designs and manufactures electronic energy meters, enclosures for energy metering, distribution boxes, panels, sheet moulding compounds, bulk moulding compounds, and solar power equipment, and provides turnkey contracts. The company operates in two segments: primary and secondary. The primary segment is engaged in "Switch Gear Engineering" and "Construction contracts for the power distribution/transmission sector." The secondary segment operates mainly within the geographical limits of India.

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