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Australian Critical Minerals (ASX:ACM) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Australian Critical Minerals 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. Australian Critical Minerals's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-1.05 Mil. Australian Critical Minerals's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.00 Mil. Australian Critical Minerals has no debt. 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. Australian Critical Minerals Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

(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 Australian Critical Minerals's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

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


ASX:ACM's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
99.77% of 1329 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs ASX:ACM: 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.


Australian Critical Minerals Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Australian Critical Minerals'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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Australian Critical Minerals Interest Coverage Chart

Australian Critical Minerals Annual Data
Trend Jun22 Jun23
Interest Coverage
No Debt No Debt

Australian Critical Minerals Semi-Annual Data
Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Interest Coverage No Debt N/A No Debt No Debt

Competitive Comparison of Australian Critical Minerals's Interest Coverage

For the Other Precious Metals & Mining subindustry, Australian Critical Minerals'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.


Australian Critical Minerals's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Australian Critical Minerals's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Australian Critical Minerals's Interest Coverage falls into.



Australian Critical Minerals 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.

Australian Critical Minerals's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, Australian Critical Minerals's Interest Expense was A$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$-1.62 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$0.00 Mil.

Australian Critical Minerals had no debt (1).

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Australian Critical Minerals's Interest Expense was A$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$-1.05 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$0.00 Mil.

Australian Critical Minerals 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.


Australian Critical Minerals  (ASX:ACM) 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 .


Australian Critical Minerals Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Australian Critical Minerals (ASX:ACM) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
168 Stirling Highway, Nedlands, Perth, WA, AUS, 6009
Australian Critical Minerals Ltd is an exploration company with a focus on critical minerals, including lithium, tantalum, iron ore, gold, kaolin halloysite and rare earth elements. Its projects include Cooletha and Shaw Projects; Kojonup Project; Pilbara - Iron Ore & Gold; Rankin Dome - Rare Earths; Kondinin Project; and Beverley Project. The Company has also entered into a farm-in agreement with Kula Gold Limited under which it has acquired a right to earn up to a 51% joint venture interest in the Rankin Dome Project.