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Blue Star Gold (TSXV:BAU) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Blue Star Gold Financial Strength?

Blue Star Gold has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.

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.

Blue Star Gold did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. As of today, Blue Star Gold's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Blue Star Gold's Financial Strength

For the Gold subindustry, Blue Star Gold's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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.


Blue Star Gold's Financial Strength Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Blue Star Gold's Financial Strength falls into.



Blue Star Gold 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:

Blue Star Gold's Interest Expense for the months ended in Feb. 2024 was C$-0.09 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Feb. 2024 was C$-0.36 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was C$1.79 Mil.

Blue Star Gold's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is

Blue Star Gold did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

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

Blue Star Gold's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Feb. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0.124 + 1.794) / 0
=N/A

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.

Blue Star Gold has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.


Blue Star Gold  (TSXV:BAU) 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.

Blue Star Gold has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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Blue Star Gold (TSXV:BAU) Business Description

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Address
507 - 700 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 1G8
Blue Star Gold Corp is a Vancouver-based gold company focused on exploring and developing mineral projects in Canada. The company's project portfolio includes Nunavut, the Ulu gold project, and the Roma project. The company is focused on growing existing mineral resources at Ulu Property. The Hood River Property is the company's exploration stage and least explored property. The Hood River Property together with Ulu affords substantial exploration potential on confirmed known gold occurrences.
Executives
Darren Lindsay Senior Officer

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