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BCHT (Birchtech) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Birchtech 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. Birchtech's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $-0.35 Mil. Birchtech's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was $-0.01 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


BCHT's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 16.015
* 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.


Birchtech Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Birchtech'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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Birchtech Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Birchtech's Interest Coverage

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Birchtech'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.


Birchtech's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Birchtech's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Birchtech 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.

Birchtech's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Birchtech's Interest Expense was $-0.27 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-7.12 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.26 Mil.

Birchtech did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2024, Birchtech's Interest Expense was $-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.35 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.26 Mil.

Birchtech did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Birchtech  (OTCPK:BCHT) 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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Birchtech Business Description

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Address
1810 Jester Drive, Corsicana, TX, USA, 75109
Birchtech Corp is a provider of specialty activated carbon technologies, delivering solutions for air and water purification. It provides patented and proprietary Sorbent Enhancement Additive (SEA) technologies for mercury emissions capture to the coal-fired utility sector, and is developing water purification technologies with a specialization on forever chemicals such as PFAS and PFOS. Geographically, the company derives all of its revenue from the United States.
Executives
Fiona Fitzmaurice officer: Chief Financial Officer 145 WELLINGTON ST W, TORONTO A6 M5W 4J8
Troy J Grant director 749 SHORE DRIVE, BEDFORD A5 BA4 2E2
Gregory R Powell officer: Chief Financial Officer 1140 - 3280 BLOOR STREET WEST, CENTRE TOWER 11TH FLOOR, TORONTO A6 M8X 2X3
Christopher Greenberg director 14554 EAST LUPINE DRIVE, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85259
Richard Macpherson director, 10 percent owner, officer: Pres., Sec., Treas. 1810 JESTER DRIVE, CORSICANA TX 75109
Jami L. Satterthwaite officer: Chief Accounting Officer 108 SE COUNTY ROAD 3148, CORSICANA TX 75109
Zijl Frederick Van director C/O ALCENTRA CAPITAL CORPORATION, 200 PARK AVENUE, 7TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10166
Allan T Grantham director 1160 SHORE DRIVE, BEDFORD A5 B4A2E5
Alterna Core Capital Assets Fund Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O ALTERNA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC, 10 CORPORATE DRIVE, SUITE 2204, BEDFORD NH 03110
Brian Lee Johnson director 654 VINEYARD DRIVE, GRAND FORKS ND 58201
Christopher Joel Lee director 6127 27TH ST S, FARGO ND 58104
John Pavlish officer: Senior VP/Chief Tech Officer 2517 KINCAID PL, THE VILLAGES FL 32163
Keith R Mcgee officer: Senior VP Bus Dev/Inv Rel 103 EAST END AVENUE, SHREWSBURY NJ 07702
Eric M. Press 10 percent owner C/O ALTERNA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC, 15 RIVER ROAD, SUITE 320, WILTON CT 06897
Alterna General Partner Ii Llc 10 percent owner C/O ALTERNA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC, 15 RIVER ROAD, SUITE 320, WILTON CT 06897