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Piramal Pharma (NSE:PPLPHARMA) Interest Coverage : 3.07 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Piramal Pharma 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. Piramal Pharma's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹3,182 Mil. Piramal Pharma's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹-1,037 Mil. Piramal Pharma's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 3.07. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NSE:PPLPHARMA' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.02   Med: 1.49   Max: 1.93
Current: 1.49


NSE:PPLPHARMA's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
88.85% of 655 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 12.05 vs NSE:PPLPHARMA: 1.49

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


Piramal Pharma Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Piramal Pharma'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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Piramal Pharma Interest Coverage Chart

Piramal Pharma Annual Data
Trend Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Interest Coverage
N/A 1.93 - 1.02 1.49

Piramal Pharma Quarterly Data
Mar21 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 2.92 0.19 1.39 1.36 3.07

Competitive Comparison of Piramal Pharma's Interest Coverage

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Piramal Pharma'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.


Piramal Pharma's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Piramal Pharma's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Piramal Pharma's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Piramal Pharma 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.

Piramal Pharma'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, Piramal Pharma's Interest Expense was ₹-4,216 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹6,285 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹33,132 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*6284.9/-4215.9
=1.49

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Piramal Pharma's Interest Expense was ₹-1,037 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹3,182 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹33,132 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*3182.3/-1036.8
=3.07

* 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.


Piramal Pharma  (NSE:PPLPHARMA) 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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Piramal Pharma Business Description

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Address
Kamani Junction, LBS Marg, Ground Floor, Piramal Ananta, Agastya Corporate Park, Opposite Fire Brigade, Kurla (West), Mumbai, MH, IND, 400070
Piramal Pharma Ltd is a pharmaceutical company, providing end-to-end pharma services to customers and a portfolio of differentiated pharma products across a domestic and international distribution network. It operates under three business verticals; an integrated contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) business providing Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), Finished dosage forms (FDFs), biologics, and vaccines among other products; the other two business verticals include a complex hospital generics business, and an India consumer healthcare business, selling over-the-counter products in India. Geographically, the company generates maximum revenue from North America and the rest from Europe, India, Japan, and other markets.

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