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Wia Gold (ASX:WIA) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Wia Gold 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. Wia Gold's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-0.86 Mil. Wia Gold's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.00 Mil. Wia Gold has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Wia Gold Ltd has no debt.

(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 Wia Gold's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

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


ASX:WIA's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
99.85% of 1343 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs ASX:WIA: 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.


Wia Gold Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wia Gold'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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Wia Gold Interest Coverage Chart

Wia Gold Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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Wia Gold Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Wia Gold's Interest Coverage

For the Gold subindustry, Wia Gold'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.


Wia Gold's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Wia Gold's Interest Coverage falls into.



Wia Gold 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.

Wia Gold'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, Wia Gold's Interest Expense was A$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$-1.53 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$0.00 Mil.

Wia Gold had no debt (1).

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

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Wia Gold's Interest Expense was A$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was A$-0.86 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$0.00 Mil.

Wia Gold 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.


Wia Gold  (ASX:WIA) 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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Wia Gold (ASX:WIA) Business Description

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Address
Level 1, 1318 Hay Street, West Perth, Perth, WA, AUS, 6005
Wia Gold Ltd is a gold focused explorer with advanced exploration projects in Cote d'Ivoire and a highly prospective land package in Namibia. It explores for Gold in the Birimian greenstones of Cote d'Ivoire and the Damara belt in Namibia. The principal activities of the company were gold and base metals exploration and evaluation in Namibia and Côte d'lvoire.

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