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Northwest Copper (TSXV:NWST) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Northwest Copper Financial Strength?

Northwest Copper has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.

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.

Northwest Copper has no long-term debt (1). As of today, Northwest Copper's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.

(1) Note: An indication of "no long-term 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.


Competitive Comparison of Northwest Copper's Financial Strength

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Northwest Copper'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.


Northwest Copper's Financial Strength Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Northwest Copper's Financial Strength falls into.



Northwest Copper 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:

Northwest Copper's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was C$-0.65 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$0.00 Mil.

Northwest Copper's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Northwest Copper had no long-term debt (1).

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

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

Northwest Copper's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0 + 0) / 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.

Northwest Copper 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.


Northwest Copper  (TSXV:NWST) 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.

Northwest Copper has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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Northwest Copper (TSXV:NWST) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1055 West Hastings Street, Suite 1900, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 2E9
Northwest Copper Corp is a mineral exploration company. It explores copper gold with an exciting pipeline of projects in British Columbia. The company's project includes Kwanika/Stardust; Lorraine and Top Cat properties and East Niv. It has a single operating segment which is the mineral exploration business in Canada.
Executives
Tyler Eric Gurney Caswell Senior Officer

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