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Questerre Energy (TSX:QEC) Interest Coverage : N/A (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Questerre Energy 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. Questerre Energy's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was C$-0.50 Mil. Questerre Energy's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was C$0.00 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Questerre Energy Corp has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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


TSX:QEC's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 6.575
* 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.


Questerre Energy Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Questerre Energy'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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Questerre Energy Interest Coverage Chart

Questerre Energy Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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Questerre Energy Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Questerre Energy's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Questerre Energy'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.


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

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

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



Questerre Energy 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.

Questerre Energy'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, Questerre Energy's Interest Expense was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$0.54 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.13 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Questerre Energy's interest coverage with the available data.

Questerre Energy's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Questerre Energy's Interest Expense was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$-0.50 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.12 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Questerre Energy's interest coverage with the available data.

* 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.


Questerre Energy  (TSX:QEC) 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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Questerre Energy (TSX:QEC) Business Description

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Address
801 Sixth Avenue S.W, Suite 1650, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 3W2
Questerre Energy Corp serves the oil and gas sector. The Canada-based company is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and gas projects. It operates non-conventional projects such as tight oil, oil shale, shale oil and shale gas. The segments of the group are Western Canada; Quebec ; and Corporate and others. Western Canada segment involves exploration and development activities in Western Canada including Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba with the existing production of natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids. Quebec segment consists the development of natural gas discovery in the province with a focus on securing social acceptability and regulatory approvals for a clean technology energy project.
Executives
Hans Jacob Holden Director

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