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SilverCrest Mines (SilverCrest Mines) Interest Coverage : 26.92 (As of Jun. 2015)


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What is SilverCrest Mines 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. SilverCrest Mines's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was $5.33 Mil. SilverCrest Mines's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was $-0.20 Mil. SilverCrest Mines's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 26.92. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


SVLC'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.


SilverCrest Mines Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for SilverCrest Mines'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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SilverCrest Mines Interest Coverage Chart

SilverCrest Mines Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only N/A 7.73 No Debt 113.67 -

SilverCrest Mines Quarterly Data
Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15
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 13.34 3.97 - 23.20 26.92

Competitive Comparison of SilverCrest Mines's Interest Coverage

For the Gold subindustry, SilverCrest Mines'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.


SilverCrest Mines's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where SilverCrest Mines's Interest Coverage falls into.



SilverCrest Mines 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.

SilverCrest Mines's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014, SilverCrest Mines's Interest Expense was $-0.55 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.28 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

SilverCrest Mines did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

SilverCrest Mines's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jun. 2015, SilverCrest Mines's Interest Expense was $-0.20 Mil. Its Operating Income was $5.33 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $15.00 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2015 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2015 )
=-1*5.331/-0.198
=26.92

* 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.


SilverCrest Mines  (AMEX:SVLC) 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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SilverCrest Mines (SilverCrest Mines) Business Description

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SilverCrest Mines Inc was incorporated on May 22, 1973 under the laws of Ontario as Equitable Mines Limited and changed its name to Magic Foods Inc. on July 24, 1985. The Company was continued on May 15, 1998 under the laws of British Columbia as "Lucre Ventures Ltd. The name of the Company was changed to "Strathclair Ventures Ltd." on September 5, 2001 and to "SilverCrest Mines Inc." on May 23, 2003. The Company is a Canadian precious metals producer with a silver and gold asset base and an operating mine located in Mexico. The Company's principal property is the 100% owned Santa Elena Project, which includes the Santa Elena Mine, located 150 kilometres northeast of Hermosillo, near Banamichi in the State of Sonora, Mexico. The Santa Elena Mine is a high-grade, epithermal silver and gold deposit that is currently being operated as an open pit heap leach operation. The Company's other principal property is the La Joya Property in Durango state, Mexico which contains a large polymetallic deposit that is being explored with the aim of developing silver, copper, gold and tungsten resources. The Company also has a portfolio of other mineral properties, which comprise of the Cruz de Mayo Project (Mexico), the Ermitano Property (Mexico), the Silver Angel Project (Mexico) and the El Zapote Project (El Salvador).

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