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Plaza Wires (NSE:PLAZACABLE) Interest Coverage : 4.18 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Plaza Wires 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. Plaza Wires's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹28 Mil. Plaza Wires's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹-7 Mil. Plaza Wires's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 4.18. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NSE:PLAZACABLE' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.95   Med: 2.68   Max: 3.64
Current: 2.01


NSE:PLAZACABLE's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
89.14% of 2283 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 15.65 vs NSE:PLAZACABLE: 2.01

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


Plaza Wires Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Plaza Wires'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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Plaza Wires Interest Coverage Chart

Plaza Wires Annual Data
Trend Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2.68 3.61 3.64 1.95 2.06

Plaza Wires Quarterly Data
Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Dec21 Mar22 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 1.32 1.69 0.97 1.42 4.18

Competitive Comparison of Plaza Wires's Interest Coverage

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Plaza Wires'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.


Plaza Wires's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Plaza Wires's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Plaza Wires's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Plaza Wires 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.

Plaza Wires'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, Plaza Wires's Interest Expense was ₹-29 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹60 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹22 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*60.01/-29.19
=2.06

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Plaza Wires's Interest Expense was ₹-7 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹28 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹22 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*27.53/-6.58
=4.18

* 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.


Plaza Wires  (NSE:PLAZACABLE) 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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Plaza Wires Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
A-74 Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-2, New Delhi, IND, 110020
Plaza Wires Ltd is a company engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling of wires, and selling and marketing of LT aluminium cables and fastmoving electrical goods (FMEG) under their flagship brand PLAZA CABLES, and home brands such as Action Wires and PCG.

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