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Perseus Mining (Perseus Mining) Financial Strength : 10 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Perseus Mining Financial Strength?

Perseus Mining has the Financial Strength Rank of 10. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

Perseus Mining Ltd shows strong financial strength.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Perseus Mining's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 63.17. Perseus Mining's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00. As of today, Perseus Mining's Altman Z-Score is 9.38.


Competitive Comparison of Perseus Mining's Financial Strength

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Perseus Mining's Financial Strength Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Perseus Mining's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Perseus Mining's Financial Strength falls into.



Perseus Mining Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

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

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:

Perseus Mining's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-3.2 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $202.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.7 Mil.

Perseus Mining's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*202.592/-3.207
=63.17

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Perseus Mining Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Perseus Mining's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(1.737 + 0.711) / 977.918
=0.00

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Perseus Mining has a Z-score of 9.38, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 9.38 is strong.

* 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.


Perseus Mining  (OTCPK:PMNXF) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Perseus Mining has the Financial Strength Rank of 10. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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Perseus Mining (Perseus Mining) Business Description

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Address
437 Roberts Road, Level 2, Subiaco, Perth, WA, AUS, 6008
Perseus Mining in an Australian-based gold miner. It sold around 540,000 ounces of gold in fiscal 2023 from its three majority-owned mines in West Africa. Founded in 2004, Perseus purchased all three of its operating mines originally as exploration licenses or development projects. Its 90%-owned Edikan mine in Ghana achieved first gold in 2011, with 86%-owned Sissingue and 90%-owned Yaoure in Ivory Coast following in 2018 and 2020, respectively. The company also purchased its 70%-owned Meyas Sand gold project in Sudan in 2022. Excluding Meyas Sand, where development is on hold due to armed conflict in Sudan, the company had about five years of reserves at the end of fiscal 2023.

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