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Engro Fertilizers (KAR:EFERT) Interest Coverage : 99.38 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Engro 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. Engro Fertilizers's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₨15,950 Mil. Engro Fertilizers's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₨-160 Mil. Engro Fertilizers's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 99.38. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

KAR:EFERT' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.91   Med: 7.22   Max: 36.57
Current: 36.57


KAR:EFERT's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
77.4% of 177 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 7.12 vs KAR:EFERT: 36.57

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


Engro Fertilizers Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Engro 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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Engro Fertilizers Interest Coverage Chart

Engro Fertilizers Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.26 7.18 19.62 11.35 26.03

Engro Fertilizers 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 14.98 10.52 31.29 87.91 99.38

Competitive Comparison of Engro Fertilizers's Interest Coverage

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Engro 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.


Engro Fertilizers's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Engro Fertilizers's Interest Coverage falls into.



Engro 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.

Engro Fertilizers's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Engro Fertilizers's Interest Expense was ₨-1,848 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₨48,098 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₨3,267 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*48098.456/-1848.038
=26.03

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Engro Fertilizers's Interest Expense was ₨-160 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₨15,950 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₨3,271 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*15949.514/-160.49
=99.38

* 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.


Engro Fertilizers  (KAR:EFERT) 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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Engro Fertilizers (KAR:EFERT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Plot No HC No-3, Marine Drive, Block 4, 7th & 8th Floor, The Harbor Front Building, Scheme Number 5, Clifton, Karachi, SD, PAK, 75600
Engro Fertilizers Ltd is a Pakistan-based company mainly involved in the manufacturing, purchasing, and marketing of fertilizers, seeds, and pesticides and providing logistics services. It operates in five segments: Urea, Phosphates, Specialty Fertilizers Business, Crop Sciences division, and E-logistics. The company offers different ranges of products under brand names such as Engro Urea, Engro DAP, Engro NP, Engro Envy, Engro Zarkhez, Engro MOP, and Zingro.

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