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Paramount Communications (BOM:530555) Interest Coverage : 17.26 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Paramount Communications 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. Paramount Communications's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹245 Mil. Paramount Communications's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹-14 Mil. Paramount Communications's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 17.26. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

BOM:530555' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.15   Med: 3.84   Max: 13.53
Current: 13.53


BOM:530555's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
51.28% of 1568 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.685 vs BOM:530555: 13.53

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


Paramount Communications Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Paramount Communications'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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Paramount Communications Interest Coverage Chart

Paramount Communications Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.38 1.15 1.70 5.39 13.53

Paramount Communications Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 5.08 8.11 12.81 18.21 17.26

Competitive Comparison of Paramount Communications's Interest Coverage

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Paramount Communications'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.


Paramount Communications's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Paramount Communications's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Paramount Communications's Interest Coverage falls into.



Paramount Communications 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.

Paramount Communications's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024, Paramount Communications's Interest Expense was ₹-59 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹799 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹156 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*799.262/-59.054
=13.53

Paramount Communications's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Paramount Communications's Interest Expense was ₹-14 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹245 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹156 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*245.439/-14.218
=17.26

* 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.


Paramount Communications  (BOM:530555) 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 .


Paramount Communications Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Paramount Communications (BOM:530555) Business Description

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Address
KH-433, Maulsari Avenue, Westend Greens, New Delhi, IND, 110037
Paramount Communications Ltd is a wire and cable manufacturing company. Its product portfolio consists of low-voltage and high-voltage power cables, aerial bunch cables (ABC), control and instrumentation cables, thermocouple extension and compensating cables, fire performance cables, and others. Its products are used in the power, railways, telecom and information technology (IT), petrochemicals, construction, and defense industries. The sale of power cables generates maximum revenue for the company.

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