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Vishwas Agri Seeds (NSE:VISHWAS) Interest Coverage : 10.23 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Vishwas Agri Seeds 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. Vishwas Agri Seeds's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was ₹69.3 Mil. Vishwas Agri Seeds's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was ₹-6.8 Mil. Vishwas Agri Seeds's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 10.23. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


NSE:VISHWAS's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 8.77
* 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.


Vishwas Agri Seeds Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vishwas Agri Seeds'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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Vishwas Agri Seeds Interest Coverage Chart

Vishwas Agri Seeds Annual Data
Trend Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
4.58 4.13 11.50

Vishwas Agri Seeds Semi-Annual Data
Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Sep23
Interest Coverage N/A N/A N/A 10.23

Competitive Comparison of Vishwas Agri Seeds's Interest Coverage

For the Farm Products subindustry, Vishwas Agri Seeds'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.


Vishwas Agri Seeds's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Vishwas Agri Seeds's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vishwas Agri Seeds's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Vishwas Agri Seeds 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.

Vishwas Agri Seeds'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, Vishwas Agri Seeds's Interest Expense was ₹-6.9 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹78.9 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹93.5 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*78.942/-6.862
=11.50

Vishwas Agri Seeds's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Sep. 2023, Vishwas Agri Seeds's Interest Expense was ₹-6.8 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹69.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹123.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*69.336/-6.777
=10.23

* 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.


Vishwas Agri Seeds  (NSE:VISHWAS) 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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Vishwas Agri Seeds Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Gangad Road, Near Toll Tax, S. No. 460, Bhayla, Bavla, Ahmedabad, GJ, IND, 382220
Vishwas Agri Seeds Ltd seeds processing company. It produced seeds for more than 40 different field crops, vegetables that portfolio includes crop seeds for Groundnut, Soyabin, Wheat, Cumin, Green Gram, Black Gram Research Hybrid seeds for Cotton, Castol, Pearl Millet, Maize, hybrid vegitable seeds Chilli, Tomato, Brinjal, Watermelon, Sweet Corn, cabbage, Onion, Coriander Seeds, Fenugreek, Mustard, Lucern, Carrot, etc.

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