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Deepak Chemtex (BOM:544036) Interest Coverage : 238.89 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Deepak Chemtex 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. Deepak Chemtex's Operating Income for the six months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹74.8 Mil. Deepak Chemtex's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹-0.3 Mil. Deepak Chemtex's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 238.89. 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. Deepak Chemtex Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

BOM:544036' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 50.76   Med: 136.12   Max: 200.07
Current: 136.12


BOM:544036's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
86.76% of 1186 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.72 vs BOM:544036: 136.12

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


Deepak Chemtex Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Deepak Chemtex'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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Deepak Chemtex Interest Coverage Chart

Deepak Chemtex Annual Data
Trend Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Interest Coverage
50.76 68.49 157.63 200.07 136.12

Deepak Chemtex Semi-Annual Data
Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24 Mar25
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial N/A 116.14 1,174.32 92.60 238.89

Competitive Comparison of Deepak Chemtex's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Deepak Chemtex'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.


Deepak Chemtex's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Deepak Chemtex's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Deepak Chemtex's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Deepak Chemtex 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.

Deepak Chemtex'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, Deepak Chemtex's Interest Expense was ₹-1.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹143.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹6.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*143.201/-1.052
=136.12

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

Here, for the six months ended in Mar. 2025, Deepak Chemtex's Interest Expense was ₹-0.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹74.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹6.6 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*74.772/-0.313
=238.89

* 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.


Deepak Chemtex  (BOM:544036) 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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Deepak Chemtex Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 8/7, Avenue Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai, TN, IND, 600034
Deepak Chemtex Ltd is engaged in manufacturing colorants finding applications in Food, Drug, Cosmetics, Cleaning compounds, Agriculture, and other industries. Colorants are formulations of chemical intermediates, pigments, or dyes and additives used to add color to various consumables. It also manufactures salt-free dyes used in the inkjet industry, pond dyes used in ponds, lakes, swimming pools, etc, and other colorants used in car wash products, portable sanitation cleaners, detergent & soap, fuel, oil & lubricants, smoke, seed treatment, crop protection, fertilizer indicators, floral dyes, etc.

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