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NILIF (Surge Battery Metals) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Surge Battery Metals 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. Surge Battery Metals's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $-1.41 Mil. Surge Battery Metals's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.00 Mil. Surge Battery Metals has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Surge Battery Metals Inc 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 Surge Battery Metals's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

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


NILIF's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
99.93% of 1335 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs NILIF: 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.


Surge Battery Metals Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Surge Battery Metals'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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Surge Battery Metals Interest Coverage Chart

Surge Battery Metals Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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Surge Battery Metals Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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Competitive Comparison of Surge Battery Metals's Interest Coverage

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Surge Battery Metals'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.


Surge Battery Metals's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Surge Battery Metals's Interest Coverage falls into.



Surge Battery Metals 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.

Surge Battery Metals's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Surge Battery Metals's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-6.78 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Surge Battery Metals had no debt (1).

Surge Battery Metals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Surge Battery Metals's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-1.41 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.

Surge Battery Metals 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.


Surge Battery Metals  (OTCPK:NILIF) 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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Surge Battery Metals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
300 – 1455 Bellevue Avenue, West Vancouver, BC, CAN, V7T 1C3
Surge Battery Metals Inc is an exploration stage company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties carried out in Canada and USA. Its project include Nevada North Lithium Project, San Emidio Lithium Project and Nickel Project.