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Augustus Minerals (ASX:AUG) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Augustus 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. Augustus Minerals's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-0.73 Mil. Augustus Minerals's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.00 Mil. Augustus Minerals has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


ASX:AUG's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: No Debt
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Augustus Minerals Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Augustus 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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Augustus Minerals Interest Coverage Chart

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

Competitive Comparison of Augustus Minerals's Interest Coverage

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Augustus 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.


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

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

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



Augustus 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.

Augustus 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, Augustus Minerals's Interest Expense was A$-0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$-1.89 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$0.00 Mil.

Augustus Minerals did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Augustus Minerals's Interest Expense was A$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$-0.73 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$0.00 Mil.

Augustus 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.


Augustus Minerals  (ASX:AUG) 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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Augustus Minerals (ASX:AUG) Business Description

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Address
41 – 43 Ord Street, Level 2, West Perth, WA, AUS, 6005
Augustus Minerals Ltd is an Exploration Company exploring for Rare Earths, Lithium, Copper-Gold, and Nickel-copper-PGEs in a large tenement package located in the Gascoyne Province of Western Australia. The project covers approximately 3,905km2 of granted and under application tenements located in the Gascoyne Province, in the Shire of Upper Gascoyne and the Shire of Carnarvon. The company's projects include Crawford Bore Area, Lyons Central Area, Minnie Springs Area, and Mt Phillips Area.

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