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NSFDF (NXT Energy Solutions) Interest Coverage : 34.02 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is NXT Energy Solutions 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. NXT Energy Solutions's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $5.95 Mil. NXT Energy Solutions's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-0.18 Mil. NXT Energy Solutions's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 34.02. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. NXT Energy Solutions Inc interest coverage is 3.18, which is low.

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

NSFDF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 3.18
Current: 3.18


NSFDF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
68.76% of 717 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 5.96 vs NSFDF: 3.18

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


NXT Energy Solutions Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for NXT Energy Solutions'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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NXT Energy Solutions Interest Coverage Chart

NXT Energy Solutions Annual Data
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NXT Energy Solutions Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of NXT Energy Solutions's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, NXT Energy Solutions'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.


NXT Energy Solutions's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, NXT Energy Solutions's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where NXT Energy Solutions's Interest Coverage falls into.


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NXT Energy Solutions 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.

NXT Energy Solutions'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, NXT Energy Solutions's Interest Expense was $-0.53 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-5.13 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4.54 Mil.

NXT Energy Solutions did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

NXT Energy Solutions's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, NXT Energy Solutions's Interest Expense was $-0.18 Mil. Its Operating Income was $5.95 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3.76 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*5.954/-0.175
=34.02

* 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.


NXT Energy Solutions  (OTCPK:NSFDF) 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 .


NXT Energy Solutions Interest Coverage Related Terms

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NXT Energy Solutions Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3320 -17th Avenue SW, Suite 302, Calgary, AB, CAN, T3E 0B4
NXT Energy Solutions Inc is a Canadian company which offers geophysical service to the upstream oil and gas industry using its gravity-based Stress Field Detection (SFD) remote-sensing survey system. The SFD is an airborne survey system that is used in the oil and natural gas exploration industry to help in identifying areas with hydrocarbon reservoir potential. The SFD system is used to accelerate onshore and offshore exploration over any terrain with the objective of reducing the total time, cost and risk of the exploration cycle, with no environmental footprint or community impact.
Executives
George Liszicasz director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO C/O NXT ENERGY EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES, 750 840 7TH AVE SW CALGARY CANADA, ALBERTA A1 T2G 4A2
Brian Paul Kohlhammer director 6612 SILVERVIEW DRIVE NW, CALGARY A0 T3B 3K8
Jarmila Marie Manasek officer: Vice-President Finance C/O SUITE 700, 840-7 AVENUE SW, CALGARY A0 T2G 0T7
Bin Ali Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi His Highness Sheikh Al Hassan director C/O SUITE 700, 840-7 AVENUE SW, CALGARY A0 T2P 3G2
Stephens Group Inc 10 percent owner 111 CENTER ST, STE 2300, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Sfd Investment Llc 10 percent owner 111 CENTER STREET SUITE 2500, LITTLE ROCK AR 72201
Donald E Foulkes director
Caneghan Robert Van director 123 RADCLIFF RD, STATEN ISLAND NY 10305
Douglas James Rowe director 246 ARTIST VIEW WAY, CALGARY A1 T3Z 3NI
Dennis Hunter director PO BOX 9069, LAS ANGELES CA 95405
Scott John Schrammar officer: Secretary