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Heritage Foods (NSE:HERITGFOOD) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Heritage Foods Financial Strength?

Heritage Foods has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

Heritage Foods Ltd shows strong financial strength.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.
4. Other debt related ratios.

A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Heritage Foods's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 14.99. Heritage Foods's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.04. As of today, Heritage Foods's Altman Z-Score is 7.30.


Competitive Comparison of Heritage Foods's Financial Strength

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Heritage Foods's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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.


Heritage Foods's Financial Strength Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Heritage Foods's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Heritage Foods's Financial Strength falls into.


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Heritage Foods Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

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

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:

Heritage Foods's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹-42 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹627 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was ₹1,461 Mil.

Heritage Foods's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*627.27/-41.84
=14.99

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Heritage Foods's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2025 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(283.41 + 1461.4) / 41938.64
=0.04

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Heritage Foods has a Z-score of 7.30, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 7.3 is strong.

* 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.


Heritage Foods  (NSE:HERITGFOOD) Financial Strength Explanation

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Heritage Foods has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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Heritage Foods Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Road No-1 & 65, Jubilee Hills, Road No-1 & 65, Jubilee Hills, Plot No. 1286, Hyderabad, TG, IND, 500033
Heritage Foods Ltd is engaged in the food-related and renewable energy business. The company's operating segments are Dairy Vertical, Renewable energy vertical, and Feed vertical. Dairy Vertical is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of milk, curd, buttermilk, lassi, ice cream, paneer, table butter, milk powder, and others. Renewable energy vertical produces power for captive consumption through its solar and wind power plants, and the Feed vertical is engaged in the manufacturing of cattle and fish feeds. It generates a majority of its revenue from the Dairy Vertical segment. Geographically, the company derives a majority of its revenue from its business in India.

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