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Dipped Products (COL:DIPD.N0000) Interest Coverage : 41.93 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Dipped Products 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. Dipped Products's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was රු1,963 Mil. Dipped Products's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was රු-47 Mil. Dipped Products's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 41.93. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

COL:DIPD.N0000' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.62   Med: 5.38   Max: 14.93
Current: 6.03


COL:DIPD.N0000's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
60.32% of 1187 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.67 vs COL:DIPD.N0000: 6.03

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


Dipped Products Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dipped Products'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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Dipped Products Interest Coverage Chart

Dipped Products Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Interest Coverage
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Dipped Products 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 4.27 4.08 5.54 2.88 41.93

Competitive Comparison of Dipped Products's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Dipped Products'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.


Dipped Products's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Dipped Products's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Dipped Products 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.

Dipped Products'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, Dipped Products's Interest Expense was රු-791 Mil. Its Operating Income was රු5,931 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was රු3,821 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*5930.662/-791.461
=7.49

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Dipped Products's Interest Expense was රු-47 Mil. Its Operating Income was රු1,963 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was රු3,821 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*1962.708/-46.806
=41.93

* 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.


Dipped Products  (COL:DIPD.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 .


Dipped Products Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Dipped Products Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
400, Deans Road, Colombo, LKA, 10
Dipped Products PLC is a glove manufacturing company based in Sri Lanka. It offers unsupported gloves, supported gloves, and disposable gloves. The company operates through two segments, namely, the Hand Protection segment, which is engaged in the manufacturing and selling of gloves; and the Plantations segment, which owns and manages tea and rubber plantations. It generates the majority of revenue from the Hand Protection segment. Geographically the company operates in Asia/Africa/Middle East, South America, Europe, and North America.

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