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Kirloskar Ferrous Industries (BOM:500245) Interest Coverage : 5.70 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Kirloskar Ferrous Industries 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. Kirloskar Ferrous Industries's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹1,686 Mil. Kirloskar Ferrous Industries's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹-296 Mil. Kirloskar Ferrous Industries's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.70. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:500245' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.21   Med: 8.91   Max: 22.01
Current: 6.86


BOM:500245's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
65.08% of 2297 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 13.54 vs BOM:500245: 6.86

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


Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kirloskar Ferrous Industries'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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Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Interest Coverage Chart

Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.55 9.91 15.72 22.01 7.91

Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 8.02 10.95 5.50 6.57 5.70

Competitive Comparison of Kirloskar Ferrous Industries's Interest Coverage

For the Metal Fabrication subindustry, Kirloskar Ferrous Industries'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.


Kirloskar Ferrous Industries's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Kirloskar Ferrous Industries's Interest Coverage falls into.



Kirloskar Ferrous Industries 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.

Kirloskar Ferrous Industries'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, Kirloskar Ferrous Industries's Interest Expense was ₹-901 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹7,132 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹3,755 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*7131.5/-901.4
=7.91

Kirloskar Ferrous Industries's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Kirloskar Ferrous Industries's Interest Expense was ₹-296 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹1,686 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹0 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1685.6/-295.7
=5.70

* 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.


Kirloskar Ferrous Industries  (BOM:500245) 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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Kirloskar Ferrous Industries (BOM:500245) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
13, Laxmanrao Kirloskar Road, Khadki, Pune, MH, IND, 411003
Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd is an India-based company that is engaged in manufacturing pig iron and gray iron castings. The Company's pig iron and casting products are used in various industries, such as automotive engineering, infrastructure and construction, agriculture, manufacturing, textile mills and steel industries. Its manufacturing plants are located in Bevinahalli village in Koppal district of Karnataka state and Solapur district of Maharashtra state. Its segments include Casting, Tube, and Steel of which it generates the majority of its revenue from the Casting segment.

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