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Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (NSE:RCF) Interest Coverage : 0.57 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers 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. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹276 Mil. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₹-484 Mil. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.57. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

NSE:RCF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 3.48   Max: 7.83
Current: 3.21


NSE:RCF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
74.58% of 177 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 7.44 vs NSE:RCF: 3.21

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


Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers'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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Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Interest Coverage Chart

Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers 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 2.16 2.00 3.35 7.36 7.83

Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers 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 5.49 - 1.86 1.13 0.57

Competitive Comparison of Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Coverage

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers'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.


Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Coverage falls into.



Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers 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.

Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers'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, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Expense was ₹-1,772 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹13,880 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹10,442 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2023 )
=-1*13880.2/-1772.2
=7.83

Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers's Interest Expense was ₹-484 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹276 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*276/-484.1
=0.57

* 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.


Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers  (NSE:RCF) 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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Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (NSE:RCF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Mahul Road, Administrative Building, Chembur, Mumbai, MH, IND, 400074
Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of fertilizers and industrial chemicals. It produces urea, complex fertilizers, bio-fertilizers, micro-nutrients, water-soluble fertilizers, soil conditioners, and a wide range of industrial chemicals and also manufactures basic chemicals. It is also engaged in the production of SSP and sale of imported fertilizer inputs such as DAP, MOP, and NPK fertilizers. the company products also include methanol, Gypsum, Chalk etc. The companies operate into two segments; Fertilizers and Industrial Products. It generates a majority of its revenue from Fertilizers. Geographically, it operates within India and outside India and generates a majority of its revenue from India.

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