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Narmada Agrobase (NSE:NARMADA) Interest Coverage : 1.58 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Narmada Agrobase 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. Narmada Agrobase's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹3.7 Mil. Narmada Agrobase's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹-2.3 Mil. Narmada Agrobase's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.58. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NSE:NARMADA' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.35   Med: 1.94   Max: 3.47
Current: 1.68


NSE:NARMADA's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
85.31% of 177 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 7.44 vs NSE:NARMADA: 1.68

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


Narmada Agrobase Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Narmada Agrobase'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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Narmada Agrobase Interest Coverage Chart

Narmada Agrobase Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.78 2.15 2.44 2.50 2.08

Narmada Agrobase Quarterly Data
Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 2.17 1.80 1.64 1.71 1.58

Competitive Comparison of Narmada Agrobase's Interest Coverage

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Narmada Agrobase'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.


Narmada Agrobase's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Narmada Agrobase's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Narmada Agrobase's Interest Coverage falls into.



Narmada Agrobase 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.

Narmada Agrobase'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, Narmada Agrobase's Interest Expense was ₹-8.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹17.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹5.3 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*17.192/-8.269
=2.08

Narmada Agrobase's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Narmada Agrobase's Interest Expense was ₹-2.3 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹3.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹0.0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3.692/-2.341
=1.58

* 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.


Narmada Agrobase  (NSE:NARMADA) 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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Narmada Agrobase (NSE:NARMADA) Business Description

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401, Silicon Tower, Above Freezeland Restaurant, Law Garden, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, GJ, IND, 390009
Narmada Agrobase Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing and processing of cotton seed meal cake, cattle feeds and soya bean meal. Its product portfolio includes Cattle Feeds; Cotton Seeds Meal Cake; Cotton Seed Meal Grinder; Delinted Cotton Seeds; Guar Meal; Cotton Linter; and Neem Cake Fertilizer. The company's only operating segment being the manufacturing of delinted cotton seeds.

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