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Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers (NSE:MANGCHEFER) Interest Coverage : 1.27 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Mangalore Chemicals & 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. Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹188 Mil. Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹-148 Mil. Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.27. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NSE:MANGCHEFER' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.57   Med: 2.8   Max: 6.16
Current: 3.22


NSE:MANGCHEFER's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
71.65% of 194 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 7.105 vs NSE:MANGCHEFER: 3.22

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


Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mangalore Chemicals & 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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Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Interest Coverage Chart

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers 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 3.30 6.16 3.76 2.90 3.22

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers 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 0.76 3.44 2.77 5.26 1.27

Competitive Comparison of Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Coverage

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Mangalore Chemicals & 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.


Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Mangalore Chemicals & 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.

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers'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, Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Expense was ₹-764 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹2,458 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹2,490 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*2457.953/-763.958
=3.22

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Expense was ₹-148 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹188 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹2,490 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*187.996/-148.015
=1.27

* 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.


Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers  (NSE:MANGCHEFER) 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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Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Vittal Mallya Road, Level-11, UB Towers, UB City Number 24, Bengaluru, KA, IND, 560001
Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd manufactures and markets chemical fertilizers in the state of Karnataka. It manufactures both Nitrogenous and Phosphatic fertilizers and is the only manufacturer of fertilizers in the state of Karnataka. About 77% of the company's products are sold in the state of Karnataka, which meets about 10% of the needs of the farmers in the State.

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