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Precot (NSE:PRECOT) Interest Coverage : 2.00 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Precot 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. Precot's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was ₹202 Mil. Precot's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2024 was ₹-101 Mil. Precot's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 2.00. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NSE:PRECOT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05   Med: 0.77   Max: 6.36
Current: 1.71


NSE:PRECOT's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
75.93% of 727 companies
in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry
Industry Median: 5.16 vs NSE:PRECOT: 1.71

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


Precot Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Precot'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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Precot Interest Coverage Chart

Precot Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.54 2.05 6.36 0.05 1.17

Precot Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24
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 - 0.95 1.56 2.74 2.00

Competitive Comparison of Precot's Interest Coverage

For the Textile Manufacturing subindustry, Precot'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.


Precot's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories Industry

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Precot's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Precot 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.

Precot's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024, Precot's Interest Expense was ₹-367 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹430 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹1,478 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*430.107/-367.37
=1.17

Precot's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2024, Precot's Interest Expense was ₹-101 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹202 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*201.571/-100.809
=2.00

* 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.


Precot  (NSE:PRECOT) 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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Precot Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Nava India Road, SF No: 559/4, D Block, 4th Floor, Hanudev Info Park, Udaiyampalayam, Coimbatore, TN, IND, 641 028
Precot Ltd operates in the textile business. The products manufactured by the group broadly fall under two categories namely Yarns and Threads; and Health and Hygiene care. Its yarn products include normal, compact, organic, slub, doubled yarn, gassed yarn, open-end yarn, polyester cotton blend yarn and polyester sewing thread. Further, its health and hygiene product line includes cosmetic make up removal pads in different shapes like round, oval, square and rectangle; roll goods in normal and organic cotton, and absorbent cotton in normal and organic.

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