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Strategic Minerals (LSE:SML) Interest Coverage : 12.75 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is Strategic 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. Strategic Minerals's Operating Income for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was £0.05 Mil. Strategic Minerals's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was £-0.00 Mil. Strategic Minerals's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 12.75. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

LSE:SML' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.08   Med: 78.41   Max: No Debt
Current: 17.89


LSE:SML's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
74.83% of 1339 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs LSE:SML: 17.89

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


Strategic Minerals Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Strategic 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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Strategic Minerals Interest Coverage Chart

Strategic Minerals Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only No Debt 6.08 44.14 19.36 22.07

Strategic Minerals Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 94.00 - 21.80 22.00 12.75

Competitive Comparison of Strategic Minerals's Interest Coverage

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Strategic 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.


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

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

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



Strategic 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.

Strategic Minerals's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, Strategic Minerals's Interest Expense was £-0.02 Mil. Its Operating Income was £0.33 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.25 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*0.331/-0.015
=22.07

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

Here, for the six months ended in Jun. 2023, Strategic Minerals's Interest Expense was £-0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was £0.05 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.18 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2023 )
=-1*0.051/-0.004
=12.75

* 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.


Strategic Minerals  (LSE:SML) 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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Strategic Minerals (LSE:SML) Business Description

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Address
27/28 Eastcastle Street, London, GBR, W1W 8DH
Strategic Minerals PLC is a UK-based mineral production and development company. The principal business activity of the company is the exploration, development, and operation of mining projects. Its operating segments include Southern Minerals Group LLC (SMG), Head Office, Development Asset, and United Kingdom. It derives a majority of the revenue from the SMG segment that is involved in the sale of magnetite to both the US domestic market and historically transported magnetite to port for onward export sale.

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