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Belo Sun Mining (TSX:BSX) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Belo Sun Mining 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. Belo Sun Mining's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was C$-1.76 Mil. Belo Sun Mining's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was C$0.00 Mil. Belo Sun Mining has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Belo Sun Mining Corp 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 Belo Sun Mining's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

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


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


Belo Sun Mining Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Belo Sun Mining'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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Belo Sun Mining Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Belo Sun Mining's Interest Coverage

For the Gold subindustry, Belo Sun Mining'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.


Belo Sun Mining's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Belo Sun Mining's Interest Coverage falls into.



Belo Sun Mining 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.

Belo Sun Mining'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, Belo Sun Mining's Interest Expense was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$-6.47 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.00 Mil.

Belo Sun Mining had no debt (1).

Belo Sun Mining's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2024, Belo Sun Mining's Interest Expense was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$-1.76 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.00 Mil.

Belo Sun Mining 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.


Belo Sun Mining  (TSX:BSX) 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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Belo Sun Mining Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
198 Davenport Road, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5R 1J2
Belo Sun Mining Corp is a Canada-based gold exploration and development company. It operates in Canada where its head office is located and in Brazil where its exploration and development properties are located. The company owns and operates the Volta Grande Gold Project.
Executives
Rui Botica Santos Director
Mark Price Eaton Director, Senior Officer
Carol Fries Director
Ian Pritchard Senior Officer
Stéphane Amireault Senior Officer
Peter Wilson Tagliamonte Director
Joe Milbourne Senior Officer
Ryan Jeffery Ptolemy Senior Officer