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Med Life (BSE:M) Interest Coverage : 2.07 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Med Life 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. Med Life's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was lei45 Mil. Med Life's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was lei-22 Mil. Med Life's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 2.07. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BSE:M' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.23   Med: 2.51   Max: 8.2
Current: 1.65


BSE:M's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
82.71% of 428 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 8.09 vs BSE:M: 1.65

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


Med Life Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Med Life'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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Med Life Interest Coverage Chart

Med Life Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.16 8.20 2.89 1.23 1.61

Med Life 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 1.89 1.55 1.40 1.65 2.07

Competitive Comparison of Med Life's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Med Life'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.


Med Life's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Med Life's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Med Life 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.

Med Life's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Med Life's Interest Expense was lei-94 Mil. Its Operating Income was lei152 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was lei1,488 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*151.613/-93.969
=1.61

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Med Life's Interest Expense was lei-22 Mil. Its Operating Income was lei45 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was lei1,537 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*45.474/-21.954
=2.07

* 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.


Med Life  (BSE:M) 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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Med Life Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Calea Grivitei, No. 365, District 1, Bucharest, ROU
Med Life SA is a healthcare provider in Romania. The Company's activity resides in the performance of healthcare services activities through medical centres with national coverage. It is engaged in the provision of rendering of medical services, rental of medical facilities and acquisition of materials and commodities. The company provides medical service through Hyper clinics in Arad, Bucharest, Braila, Brasov, Cluj, Constanta, Craiova, Galati, Iasi, Oradea, Ploiesti, Sibiu and Timisoara; Clinics, hospitals located in Bucharest, Arad, Sibiu, Brasov, Cluj and Ploiesti, Laboratories, Pharmacies and Dental Clinics.