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Lightbridge (Lightbridge) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Lightbridge 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. Lightbridge's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.63 Mil. Lightbridge's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. Lightbridge has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Lightbridge 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 Lightbridge's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

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


LTBR's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
99.57% of 2301 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 13.79 vs LTBR: 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.


Lightbridge Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lightbridge'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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Lightbridge Interest Coverage Chart

Lightbridge Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
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Lightbridge Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Lightbridge's Interest Coverage

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Lightbridge'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.


Lightbridge's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Lightbridge's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lightbridge 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.

Lightbridge'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, Lightbridge's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-9.04 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Lightbridge had no debt (1).

Lightbridge's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Lightbridge's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-2.63 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Lightbridge 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.


Lightbridge  (NAS:LTBR) 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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Lightbridge (Lightbridge) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
11710 Plaza America Drive, Suite 2000, Reston, VA, USA, 20190
Lightbridge Corp is a United States-based nuclear fuel technology company. The business activity of the firm is functioned through Nuclear Fuel Technology segment. The Nuclear Fuel Technology segment develops next generation nuclear fuel technology that increases the power output of commercial reactors and reduces the cost of generating electricity. Geographically, its operations are functioned through the region of Unites States.
Executives
Sherri Goodman director C/O LIGHTBRIDGE CORPORATION, 11710 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE, SUITE 2000, RESTON VA 20190
Ak Jensen Investment Management Ltd 10 percent owner 1 CORNHILL, LONDON X0 EC3V 3ND
Mark Robert Tobin director C/O LIGHTBRIDGE CORPORATION, 11710 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE, SUITE 2000, RESTON VA 20190
Sweta Chakraborty director C/O LIGHTBRIDGE CORPORATION, 11710 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE, SUITE 2000, RESTON VA 20190
Jesse L. Funches director C/O LIGHTBRIDGE CORPORATION, 11710 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE, SUITE 2000, RESTON VA 20190
Thomas Jr Graham director, officer: Chairman C/O LIGHTBRIDGE CORPORATION, 11710 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE, SUITE 2000, RESTON VA 20190
Larry Goldman officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O LIGHTBRIDGE CORPORATION, 11710 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE, SUITE 2000, RESTON VA 20190
Seth Grae director, officer: CEO and President C/O LIGHTBRIDGE CORPORATION, 11710 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE, SUITE 2000, RESTON VA 20190
Andrey Mushakov officer: EVP, Nuclear Operations C/O LIGHTBRIDGE CORPORATION, 11710 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE, SUITE 2000, RESTON VA 20190
Linda Joan Zwobota officer: Interim CFO 102 HARBOUR SOUND DRIVE, CHESTER MD 21619
Xingping Hou director SUITE 1501, PLAZA B, JIANWAI SOHU, NO. 39, EASTERN THREE RING MIDDLE ROAD, BEIJING F4 100020
Awm Investment Company, Inc. 10 percent owner 527 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 2600, NEW YORK NY 10022
Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M 10 percent owner C/O SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUNDS, 527 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 2600, NEW YORK NY 10022
Kathleen Townsend director C/O LIGHTBRIDGE CORPORATION, 11710 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE, SUITE 2000, RESTON VA 20190
James Guerra officer: COO and CFO 423 CUMNOR ROAD, KENILWORTH IL 60043

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