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Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (Labrador Iron Ore Royalty) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Labrador Iron Ore Royalty 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. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $30.8 Mil. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.0 Mil. Labrador Iron Ore Royalty has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp has no debt.

(1) 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.

The historical rank and industry rank for Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

LIFZF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: No Debt   Med: No Debt   Max: No Debt
Current: No Debt


LIFZF's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
99.57% of 467 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 6.08 vs LIFZF: No Debt

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


Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Labrador Iron Ore Royalty'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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Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Interest Coverage Chart

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's Interest Coverage

For the Steel subindustry, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty'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.


Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's Interest Coverage falls into.



Labrador Iron Ore Royalty 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.

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty'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, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's Interest Expense was $0.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $112.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.0 Mil.

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty had no debt (1).

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty's Interest Expense was $0.0 Mil. Its Operating Income was $30.8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.0 Mil.

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty had no debt (1).

* 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.


Labrador Iron Ore Royalty  (OTCPK:LIFZF) 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 .


Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (Labrador Iron Ore Royalty) Business Description

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Address
235 Water Street, P.O. Box 610, Suite 1000, Scotia Centre, St. John’s, NL, CAN, A1C 5L3
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corporation is a Canadian corporation. The company generates all of its revenue from its equity investment in Iron Ore Company of Canada, (IOC) and its IOC royalty and commission interests. IOC operates a major iron mine near Labrador City, Newfoundland, and Labrador on lands leased from LIORC. Directly and through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hollinger-Hanna, LIORC owns an equity interest in IOC and receives gross overriding royalty on all iron ore products produced from the leased lands that are sold and shipped by IOC and commission on IOC's sales of iron ore. IOC is a Canadian producer of iron ore pellets and concentrate, serving customers worldwide.

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