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Tertiary Minerals (LSE:TYM) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Tertiary 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. Tertiary Minerals's Operating Income for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was £-0.18 Mil. Tertiary Minerals's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.00 Mil. Tertiary Minerals has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Tertiary Minerals PLC 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 Tertiary Minerals's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

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


LSE:TYM's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
99.85% of 1346 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs LSE:TYM: 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.


Tertiary Minerals Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tertiary 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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Tertiary Minerals Interest Coverage Chart

Tertiary Minerals Annual Data
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Tertiary Minerals Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Tertiary Minerals's Interest Coverage

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Tertiary 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.


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

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

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



Tertiary 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.

Tertiary Minerals's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023, Tertiary Minerals's Interest Expense was £0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was £-0.43 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.00 Mil.

Tertiary Minerals had no debt (1).

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

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

Tertiary Minerals 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.


Tertiary Minerals  (LSE:TYM) 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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Tertiary Minerals (LSE:TYM) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Queens Avenue, Silk Point, Macclesfield, Cheshire, GBR, SK10 2BB
Tertiary Minerals PLC is involved in the identification, acquisition, exploration and development of mineral deposits including precious metals, base metals, and industrial minerals in Nevada, the USA, and Northern Europe. The company has one reporting segment, the management of exploration projects, which is supported by a Head Office function. Its projects include Konkola West Copper Project, Mukai Copper Project, Mushima North Copper Project, Jacks Copper Project, Lubuila Project, Mupala Project, Brunton Pass Copper-Gold Project, Storuman Fluorspar Project, Lassedalen Fluorspar Project.

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