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Valiant Laboratories (NSE:VALIANTLAB) Interest Coverage : 1.65 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Valiant Laboratories 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. Valiant Laboratories's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was ₹1 Mil. Valiant Laboratories's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was ₹-1 Mil. Valiant Laboratories's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 1.65. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


NSE:VALIANTLAB's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Drug Manufacturers industry.
Industry Median: 13.03
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Valiant Laboratories Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Valiant Laboratories'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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Valiant Laboratories Interest Coverage Chart

Valiant Laboratories Annual Data
Trend Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Interest Coverage
26.57 548.01 132.15 -

Valiant Laboratories Quarterly Data
Mar21 Mar22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - - 1.65

Competitive Comparison of Valiant Laboratories's Interest Coverage

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Valiant Laboratories'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.


Valiant Laboratories's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

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

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


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Valiant Laboratories 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.

Valiant Laboratories'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, Valiant Laboratories's Interest Expense was ₹-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹-104 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹751 Mil.

Valiant Laboratories did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Valiant Laboratories's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2024, Valiant Laboratories's Interest Expense was ₹-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*1.021/-0.619
=1.65

* 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.


Valiant Laboratories  (NSE:VALIANTLAB) 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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Valiant Laboratories Business Description

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Address
Mulund Goregaon Link Road, 104, Udyog Kshetra, Mulund, MH, IND, 400080
Valiant Laboratories Ltd is an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)/Bulk Drug manufacturing company with having focus on manufacturing Paracetamol. Paracetamol is one of the widely used analgesics globally and is recommended as the first-line therapy in pain conditions by the World Health Organization. Paracetamol has several applications such as usage in the treatment of headaches, muscle aches, arthritis, backaches, toothaches, colds, and fever. It manufactures Paracetamol in various grades such as IP/BP/EP/USP, as per the pharmacopeia requirements of its customers.

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