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Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services (COL:CTEA.N0000) Interest Coverage : 4.21 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services 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. Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was රු161 Mil. Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was රු-38 Mil. Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 4.21. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

COL:CTEA.N0000' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.29   Med: 13.57   Max: 55885.27
Current: 6.9


COL:CTEA.N0000's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
54.31% of 1473 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.36 vs COL:CTEA.N0000: 6.90

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


Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services'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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Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services Interest Coverage Chart

Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.29 5.14 18.62 6.28 6.90

Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services 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 15.75 6.94 7.72 8.87 4.21

Competitive Comparison of Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services's Interest Coverage

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services'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.


Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services 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.

Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services'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, Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services's Interest Expense was රු-148 Mil. Its Operating Income was රු1,024 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was රු1,133 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*1024.188/-148.341
=6.90

Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services's Interest Expense was රු-38 Mil. Its Operating Income was රු161 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was රු1,133 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*160.707/-38.218
=4.21

* 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.


Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services  (COL:CTEA.N0000) 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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Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 111, Negombo Road, Peliyagoda, LKA
Dilmah Ceylon Tea Services PLC is engaged in the manufacturing, export, and marketing of tea under the Dilmah brand. The company's operating segments are tea bags, tea packets, and others. It generates a majority of its revenue from the tea bags segment. Some of the firm's products are Dilmah Watte Boutique Tea, Dilmah Gourmet Tea, Natural Green Tea, Dilmah Organic, Dilmah Real Tea Cordial, Dilmah Premium Ceylon, Dilmah Ceylon Gold, and Premium Ceylon Golden Pekoe among others.

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