Ivanhoe MinesIVPAF +1.90%36 Interest Coverage is 0.50 as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates IVPAF with a GF Score™ of 36/100. The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,317 Metals & Mining companies, Ivanhoe Mines ranks worse than 75930.07% on this metric.
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. Ivanhoe Mines's
Operating Income
for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $2.0 Mil. Ivanhoe Mines's Interest Expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was $-4.1 Mil.
Ivanhoe Mines's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was 0.50.
The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.
The historical rank and industry rank for Ivanhoe Mines's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:
IVPAF's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: No Debt * Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.
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 .
Ivanhoe Mines Interest Coverage Related Terms
Ivanhoe Mines Interest Coverage Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Ivanhoe Mines'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.
For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Ivanhoe Mines'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.
Ivanhoe Mines Interest Coverage vs Metals & Mining Industry
For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Ivanhoe Mines's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ivanhoe Mines's Interest Coverage falls into.
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:
* 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.
Ivanhoe Mines (IVPAF) has a Interest Coverage of 0.50 as of Mar. 2026. Interest Coverage measures a company's capability to pay interest expenses on its debt. View historical data on Ivanhoe Mines and its competitors. According to the industry distribution chart, Ivanhoe Mines ranks #999999 out of 1317 companies in the Metals & Mining industry.
Is Ivanhoe Mines' Interest Coverage too high?
Ivanhoe Mines' current Interest Coverage is 0.50. The Metals & Mining industry median Interest Coverage is 10,000.00. Ivanhoe Mines' value of 0.50 is 100% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Ivanhoe Mines ranks #999999 out of 1317 companies in the Metals & Mining industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. Overall, Ivanhoe Mines has a GF Score™ of 36/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Ivanhoe Mines' Interest Coverage compare to competitors?
According to the Metals & Mining industry distribution chart, Ivanhoe Mines ranks #999999 out of 1317 companies for Interest Coverage. This places Ivanhoe Mines in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Interest Coverage is 10,000.00. Ivanhoe Mines' value of 0.50 is 100% below this benchmark. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Interest Coverage for a Metals & Mining company?
The median Interest Coverage among Metals & Mining companies is 10,000.00, based on 1,317 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Interest Coverage significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Interest Coverage should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Ivanhoe Mines's current Interest Coverage of 0.50 is 100% below the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Interest Coverage mean?
A high Interest Coverage can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Interest Coverage measures a company's capability to pay interest expenses on its debt. View historical data on Ivanhoe Mines and its competitors. For the Metals & Mining industry, the median Interest Coverage is 10,000.00 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Ivanhoe Mines's current Interest Coverage is 0.50. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Ivanhoe Mines stock overvalued right now?
Ivanhoe Mines (IVPAF) has a current Interest Coverage of 0.50. The current Interest Coverage is 0.50 and 100% below the Metals & Mining industry median of 10,000.00. Ivanhoe Mines' overall GF Score™ is 36/100 with 5 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Interest Coverage calculated?
Interest Coverage is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Ivanhoe Mines (IVPAF), the current Interest Coverage is 0.50 as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd is a diversified mining company focused on advancing its four principal projects in Southern Africa namely the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex, a large, high-grade, stratiform copper deposit, Platreef Project, where the Company discovered thick and high-grade palladium, nickel, platinum, rhodium, copper and gold deposit, The Kipushi Project, a past-producing, high-grade underground zinc-copper-germanium-silverlead mine, The Western Foreland Exploration Project, a group of exploration licences. The Company has four reportable segments, including the Platreef property, Kamoa Holding joint venture, Kipushi properties, and the Company's treasury offices.
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