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Aashka Hospitals (BOM:543346) Interest Coverage : 2.83 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Aashka Hospitals 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. Aashka Hospitals's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹29.0 Mil. Aashka Hospitals's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹-10.2 Mil. Aashka Hospitals's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.83. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:543346' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.21   Med: 1.49   Max: 2.4
Current: 2.27


BOM:543346's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
77.38% of 420 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 8.28 vs BOM:543346: 2.27

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


Aashka Hospitals Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aashka Hospitals'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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Aashka Hospitals Interest Coverage Chart

Aashka Hospitals Annual Data
Trend Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.31 2.40 2.02 0.21 1.66

Aashka Hospitals Semi-Annual Data
Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only N/A 0.43 1.50 1.83 2.83

Competitive Comparison of Aashka Hospitals's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Aashka Hospitals'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.


Aashka Hospitals's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Aashka Hospitals's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Aashka Hospitals's Interest Coverage falls into.



Aashka Hospitals 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.

Aashka Hospitals'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, Aashka Hospitals's Interest Expense was ₹-27.5 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹45.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹82.7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*45.573/-27.502
=1.66

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

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2024, Aashka Hospitals's Interest Expense was ₹-10.2 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹29.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹111.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*28.986/-10.231
=2.83

* 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.


Aashka Hospitals  (BOM:543346) 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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Aashka Hospitals Business Description

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Address
Between Sargasan & Reliance Cross Road, Sargasan, Gandhinagar, GJ, IND, 382421
Aashka Hospitals Ltd is an integrated healthcare service provider that offers the quality of healthcare facilities including prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. It serves a range of healthcare services such as Cardiology, neurology, neurosurgery, nephrology, anesthesiology, orthopedics, pediatric services, neonatology services, dermatology, radiology, dentistry, obstetrics, and gynecology, and more. The group also includes the operation of Multi-Disciplinary Private Hospital, Clinics, and Pharmacies.

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