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GSM Foils (NSE:GSMFOILS) Interest Coverage : 19.56 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is GSM Foils 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. GSM Foils's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was ₹39.7 Mil. GSM Foils's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was ₹-2.0 Mil. GSM Foils's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 19.56. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NSE:GSMFOILS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.24   Med: 5.62   Max: 19.56
Current: 19.56


NSE:GSMFOILS's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
53.97% of 441 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 16.68 vs NSE:GSMFOILS: 19.56

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


GSM Foils Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for GSM Foils'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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GSM Foils Interest Coverage Chart

GSM Foils Annual Data
Trend Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
5.24 5.62 7.54

GSM Foils Quarterly Data
Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Dec23 Sep24 Dec24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial N/A N/A N/A N/A 19.56

Competitive Comparison of GSM Foils's Interest Coverage

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, GSM Foils'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.


GSM Foils's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, GSM Foils's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where GSM Foils's Interest Coverage falls into.


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GSM Foils 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.

GSM Foils's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023, GSM Foils's Interest Expense was ₹-3.6 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹26.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹11.4 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*26.898/-3.566
=7.54

GSM Foils's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2024, GSM Foils's Interest Expense was ₹-2.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹39.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹0.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*39.712/-2.03
=19.56

* 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.


GSM Foils  (NSE:GSMFOILS) 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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GSM Foils Business Description

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Address
Gala No 06, 106, 206, 306, Sapphire Building, Diamond Industrial Estate, Vasai East IE, Thane, MH, IND, 401208
GSM Foils Ltd is engaged in the business of manufacturing Blister Foils and Aluminium Pharma Foils (also known as "Strip Foils") which is used in packing of pharmaceutical medicines which includes capsules and tablets both. It products includes plain and printed aluminium foils and strip foils along with alu alu base foils and it ranges from 0.020/ 0.025/ 0.030/ 0.040 micron for coated /ploy laminated/ blister/ strip printed foils. Aluminium Foil or Strip Foils are one of the packaging options for highly sensitive pharmaceutical products that protects the medicines from oxygen, moisture, and other environmental influences. Blister Foils are commonly used as unit-dose packaging for pharmaceutical tablets.

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