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GPH Ispat (DHA:GPHISPAT) Interest Coverage : 1.89 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is GPH Ispat 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. GPH Ispat's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was BDT1,861 Mil. GPH Ispat's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was BDT-984 Mil. GPH Ispat's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.89. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

DHA:GPHISPAT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.47   Med: 2.19   Max: 2.84
Current: 1.78


DHA:GPHISPAT's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
80.09% of 467 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 6.08 vs DHA:GPHISPAT: 1.78

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


GPH Ispat Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for GPH Ispat'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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GPH Ispat Interest Coverage Chart

GPH Ispat Annual Data
Trend Apr13 Apr14 Apr15 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.40 1.47 2.84 2.61 2.18

GPH Ispat 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 1.68 3.66 1.51 0.98 1.89

Competitive Comparison of GPH Ispat's Interest Coverage

For the Steel subindustry, GPH Ispat'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.


GPH Ispat's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, GPH Ispat's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where GPH Ispat's Interest Coverage falls into.



GPH Ispat 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.

GPH Ispat's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, GPH Ispat's Interest Expense was BDT-2,945 Mil. Its Operating Income was BDT6,408 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was BDT22,133 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*6407.842/-2945.101
=2.18

GPH Ispat's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, GPH Ispat's Interest Expense was BDT-984 Mil. Its Operating Income was BDT1,861 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was BDT22,130 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1860.887/-983.786
=1.89

* 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.


GPH Ispat  (DHA:GPHISPAT) 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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GPH Ispat (DHA:GPHISPAT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Crown Chamber, 325 Asadgonj, Chattogram, BGD, 4000
GPH Ispat Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing and trading of iron products and steel. It also produces low and medium carbon and low alloy steel billets. The company products include Billet and Rebar which include Deformed bar and Plain bar.

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