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Madras Fertilizers (BOM:590134) Interest Coverage : 0.58 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Madras Fertilizers 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. Madras Fertilizers's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹86 Mil. Madras Fertilizers's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹-150 Mil. Madras Fertilizers's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.58. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Madras Fertilizers Ltd interest coverage is 3.01, which is low.

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

BOM:590134' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 1.42   Max: 4.27
Current: 3.01


BOM:590134's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
77.22% of 180 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 7.08 vs BOM:590134: 3.01

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


Madras Fertilizers Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Madras Fertilizers'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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Madras Fertilizers Interest Coverage Chart

Madras Fertilizers 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 - 1.12 3.02 4.27 1.72

Madras Fertilizers 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 0.61 0.66 6.78 3.66 0.58

Competitive Comparison of Madras Fertilizers's Interest Coverage

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Madras Fertilizers'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.


Madras Fertilizers's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Madras Fertilizers's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Madras Fertilizers's Interest Coverage falls into.



Madras Fertilizers 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.

Madras Fertilizers'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, Madras Fertilizers's Interest Expense was ₹-646 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹1,115 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*1114.7/-646.3
=1.72

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

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Madras Fertilizers's Interest Expense was ₹-150 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹86 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*86.4/-149.6
=0.58

* 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.


Madras Fertilizers  (BOM:590134) 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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Madras Fertilizers Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Post Bag No. 2, Manali, Chennai, TN, IND, 600068
Madras Fertilizers Ltd is engaged in the manufacture of ammonia, urea, and complex fertilizers. It is also engaged in manufacturing bio-fertilizers and marketing fertilizers and agrochemicals under the brand name Vijay. The company operates through the manufacture and sale of fertilizers segment. It also provides biofertilizers, including Azospirillum for paddy, plantation crops, and other crops; Rhizobium for groundnuts and pulses; and Phosphor Bacteria and NP Bio for various crops.

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