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PureBase (PureBase) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is PureBase 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. PureBase's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-0.46 Mil. PureBase's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-0.03 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


PUBC's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Agriculture industry.
Industry Median: 6.69
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


PureBase Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for PureBase'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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PureBase Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of PureBase's Interest Coverage

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, PureBase'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.


PureBase's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, PureBase's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



PureBase 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.

PureBase's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023, PureBase's Interest Expense was $-0.08 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-8.70 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.53 Mil.

PureBase did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

PureBase's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2024, PureBase's Interest Expense was $-0.03 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.46 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.10 Mil.

PureBase did not have earnings to cover the 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


PureBase  (OTCPK:PUBC) 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 .


PureBase Interest Coverage Related Terms

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PureBase (PureBase) Business Description

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Address
8631 State Highway, 124 lone, P.O. Box 757, Ione, CA, USA, 95640
PureBase Corp is a diversified, industrial mineral and natural resource company. It provides new and improved, and environmentally sound solutions to a wide range of industries including cornerstone markets of agriculture and construction. The company focuses on the acquisition, development, mining developing, and marketing of natural mineral properties in California, Nevada, and the United States. It provides minerals such as silica sand, kaolin, bentonite, leonardite, potassium silicate sulfate, pozzolan, and limestone. Geographically all the business activity of the firm is operated through the region of the United States.
Executives
Bradford Charles Barto director 2461 CRESTVIEW DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92663
Jeffrey J Guzy director 3130 19TH STREET, NORTH, ARLINGTON VA 22201
Kimberly Erin Kurtis director 805 ADAIR AVE NE, ATLANTA GA 30306
Craig C Barto 10 percent owner 14761 BENTLEY CIRCLE, TUSTIN CA 92680
Michael Joseph Fay officer: Chief Financial Officer 39270 PASEO PADRE PKWY, #459, FREMONT CA 94538
John A Bremer director, 10 percent owner 10490 DAWSON CANYON ROAD, CORONA CA 92883
David Earl Jenkins director 1110 W. MARLETTE STREET, IONE CA 95640
Thomas Michael Swett director 3125 PETTY LANE, CARMICHAEL CA 95608
A Scott Dockter director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO 3090 BOEING ROAD, CAMERON PARK CA 95682
Alfred Joseph Calvanico officer: CFO 8625 HIGHWAY 124, PO BOX 757, IONE CA 95640
Amy Clemens officer: CFO & Secretary 1670 SIERRA AVENUE, STE. 402, YUBA CITY CA 95993
Calvin Lim director 6580 HAVEN SIDE DRIVE, SACRAMENTO CA 95831
John Gingerich director 237 WEDGEWOOD DRIVE, WOODSTOCK A6 N4T 0J1
Bay Street Capital Corp 10 percent owner SEA MEADOW HOUSE, BLACKBURNE HIGHWAY, PO BOX 116, ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA D8 00000

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