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Sah Polymers (NSE:SAH) Interest Coverage : 0.70 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Sah Polymers 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. Sah Polymers's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹6 Mil. Sah Polymers's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹-8 Mil. Sah Polymers's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.70. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

NSE:SAH' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.7   Med: 2.49   Max: 4.86
Current: 0.7


NSE:SAH's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
94.81% of 308 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 6.925 vs NSE:SAH: 0.70

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


Sah Polymers Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sah Polymers'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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Sah Polymers Interest Coverage Chart

Sah Polymers Annual Data
Trend Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Interest Coverage
1.57 3.04 4.86 2.49 0.70

Sah Polymers Quarterly Data
Mar20 Mar21 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 1.25 1.43 0.57 0.19 0.70

Competitive Comparison of Sah Polymers's Interest Coverage

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Sah Polymers'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.


Sah Polymers's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sah Polymers's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sah Polymers's Interest Coverage falls into.



Sah Polymers 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.

Sah Polymers'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, Sah Polymers's Interest Expense was ₹-33 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹23 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹71 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (A: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*22.849/-32.586
=0.70

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Sah Polymers's Interest Expense was ₹-8 Mil. Its Operating Income was ₹6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹71 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*5.612/-7.967
=0.70

* 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.


Sah Polymers  (NSE:SAH) 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 .


Sah Polymers Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Sah Polymers (NSE:SAH) Business Description

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Address
E-260-261 Mewar Industrial Area, Opp UCCI, Madri, Udaipur, RJ, IND, 313003
Sah Polymers Ltd is engaged in manufacturing and selling Polypropylene (PP)/High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) FIBC Bags, Woven Sacks, HDPE/LLDPE/PP woven fabrics, and woven polymers. It offers customized bulk packaging solutions to business-to-business manufacturers catering to different industries such as agro pesticides industry, basic drug industry, cement industry, cattle feed industry, chemical industry, metal industry, food products industry, textile industry, fertilizer industry, tyre Industry, and many more.