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Sarthak Metals (NSE:SMLT) Interest Coverage : 7.31 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Sarthak Metals 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. Sarthak Metals's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹13 Mil. Sarthak Metals's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹-2 Mil. Sarthak Metals's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 7.31. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NSE:SMLT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.56   Med: 3.72   Max: 40.31
Current: 10.72


NSE:SMLT's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
56.04% of 2259 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 14.52 vs NSE:SMLT: 10.72

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


Sarthak Metals Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sarthak Metals'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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Sarthak Metals Interest Coverage Chart

Sarthak Metals Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Interest Coverage
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Sarthak Metals Quarterly Data
Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 70.69 5.80 - 9.18 7.31

Competitive Comparison of Sarthak Metals's Interest Coverage

For the Metal Fabrication subindustry, Sarthak Metals'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.


Sarthak Metals's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

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



Sarthak Metals 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.

Sarthak Metals'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, Sarthak Metals's Interest Expense was ₹-5 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹180 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*179.609/-5.123
=35.06

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

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Sarthak Metals's Interest Expense was ₹-2 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹13 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*13.131/-1.797
=7.31

* 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.


Sarthak Metals  (NSE:SMLT) 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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Sarthak Metals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
B.B.C. Colony, G.E. Road, Near Bhilai ITI, Khursipar, Bhilai, CT, IND, 490011
Sarthak Metals Ltd focuses on precision metallurgy, enhancing steel manufacturing processes, and providing industrial welding consumables. The company is engaged in the manufacturing and selling of a wide variety of cored wires, ferroalloys, and aluminum flipping coils, providing products and solutions that are targeted to attaining precision in metallurgy and fine-tuning of steel manufacturing. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the sale of products within India.

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