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Liberty Star Uranium & Metals (Liberty Star Uranium & Metals) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Liberty Star Uranium & Metals 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. Liberty Star Uranium & Metals's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-1.01 Mil. Liberty Star Uranium & Metals's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-0.00 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Liberty Star Uranium & Metals's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


LBSR's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: No Debt
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Liberty Star Uranium & Metals Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Liberty Star Uranium & Metals'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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Liberty Star Uranium & Metals Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Liberty Star Uranium & Metals's Interest Coverage

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Liberty Star Uranium & Metals'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.


Liberty Star Uranium & Metals's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Liberty Star Uranium & Metals's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Liberty Star Uranium & Metals's Interest Coverage falls into.



Liberty Star Uranium & Metals 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.

Liberty Star Uranium & Metals's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024, Liberty Star Uranium & Metals's Interest Expense was $-0.21 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-1.54 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.03 Mil.

Liberty Star Uranium & Metals did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Liberty Star Uranium & Metals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, Liberty Star Uranium & Metals's Interest Expense was $-0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-1.01 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.03 Mil.

Liberty Star Uranium & Metals did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Liberty Star Uranium & Metals  (OTCPK:LBSR) 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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Liberty Star Uranium & Metals (Liberty Star Uranium & Metals) Business Description

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Address
2 East Congress Street, Suite 900, Tucson, AZ, USA, 85701
Liberty Star Uranium & Metals Corp is an Arizona-based mineral exploration company. It is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Arizona and the southwest USA. The company's projects include the Tombstone Super Project and the Hay Mountain project. It explores for uranium, copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, lead, zinc, and other metals.
Executives
Pete O'heeron director 17300 EL CAMINEO REAL, SUITE 110, HOUSTON TX 77058
Brett Gross director 2 EAST CONGRESS ST., STE 900, TUCSON AZ 85701
Saleem Elmasri director 450 PARK AVE SOUTH, 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
Vann Eugene Streety director 201 MAGNOLIA RIDGE, CRAWFORDVILLE FL 32327
W. Bradley Munroe director 239 EAST VIRGINIA ST, TALLAHASSEE FL 32301
Boyd Charles Gordon director 2081 KAHALA CIRCLE, CASTLE ROCK CO 80104
Patricia Madaris officer: VP Finance 5610 E. SUTLER LANE, TUCSON AZ 85629
Bernard John Guarnera director 9213 LAS MANAITAS AVENUE, SUITE 401, LAS VEGAS NV 89144
Nicholas H. Hemmerly director 2537 RESEARCH BOULEVARD, SUITE 201, FORT COLLINS CO 80526
Charles D. Vollmer director 1645 WHITE PINE DRIVE, VIENNA VA 22182
Othon T Eduardo director, officer: VP Global Business Dev. 109 N LOOKOUT KNOB DRIVE, SAHUARITA AZ 85629
Larry Liang director, officer: VP Business Dev. China 255 WHTINEY AVENUE, APT. 15, NEW HAVEN CT 06511
Keith Brill director 250 CENTRAL AVENUE APT B204, LAWRENCE NY 11559
James A Briscoe director, officer: President, CEO Chairman 5610 E SUTLER LANE, TUCSON AZ 85712
Robert B Fields director 215 EAST 68TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10021

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