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Future Battery Minerals (ASX:FBM) Interest Coverage : 36.40 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Future Battery 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. Future Battery Minerals's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was A$0.18 Mil. Future Battery Minerals's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was A$-0.01 Mil. Future Battery Minerals's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 36.40. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Future Battery Minerals's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


ASX:FBM'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.


Future Battery Minerals Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Future Battery 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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Future Battery Minerals Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Future Battery Minerals's Interest Coverage

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Future Battery 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.


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

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

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


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Future Battery 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.

Future Battery Minerals's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024, Future Battery Minerals's Interest Expense was A$-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$-15.99 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$0.11 Mil.

Future Battery Minerals did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Future Battery Minerals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2024, Future Battery Minerals's Interest Expense was A$-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$0.18 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$0.07 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
=-1*0.182/-0.005
=36.40

* 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.


Future Battery Minerals  (ASX:FBM) 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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Future Battery Minerals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
38-40 Colin Street, Suite 10, West Perth, Perth, WA, AUS, 6005
Future Battery Minerals Ltd focused on exploration for key battery minerals lithium, nickel and copper in stable pro mining jurisdictions. Its projects include Saints Nickel Project; Leinster Nickel Project; Nepean Nickel Project; Nevada Lithium Project; Miriam Lithium Project; Kangaroo Hills Lithium Project and others. The Group is organised into one operating segment, being exploration in Australia and USA.

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