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Refractory Shapes (NSE:REFRACTORY) Interest Coverage : 13.78 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Refractory Shapes 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. Refractory Shapes's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹38.5 Mil. Refractory Shapes's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹-2.8 Mil. Refractory Shapes's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 13.78. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NSE:REFRACTORY' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.08   Med: 3.22   Max: 13.78
Current: 13.78


NSE:REFRACTORY's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
66.23% of 302 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 6.195 vs NSE:REFRACTORY: 13.78

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


Refractory Shapes Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Refractory Shapes'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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Refractory Shapes Interest Coverage Chart

Refractory Shapes Annual Data
Trend Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
3.22 7.54 3.08

Refractory Shapes Semi-Annual Data
Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Sep23 Sep24
Interest Coverage N/A N/A N/A 4.87 13.78

Competitive Comparison of Refractory Shapes's Interest Coverage

For the Building Materials subindustry, Refractory Shapes'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.


Refractory Shapes's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Refractory Shapes's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Refractory Shapes 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.

Refractory Shapes'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, Refractory Shapes's Interest Expense was ₹-9.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹28.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹92.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*28.184/-9.136
=3.08

Refractory Shapes's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2024, Refractory Shapes's Interest Expense was ₹-2.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹38.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹107.7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*38.459/-2.791
=13.78

* 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.


Refractory Shapes  (NSE:REFRACTORY) 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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Refractory Shapes Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Andheri-Kurla Road, B 201, Rustomjee Central Park Chakala, Andheri (East), Mumbai, MH, IND, 400069
Refractory Shapes Ltd is primarily engaged in the manufacturing of various types of bricks, castables, high alumina catalysts, and ceramic balls, including pre-cast & pre-fired blocks (PCPF), burner blocks, special-shaped refractory bricks, dense and insulating castables, and mortars.

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