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Forum Energy Metals (TSXV:FMC) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Feb. 2025)


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What is Forum Energy 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. Forum Energy Metals's Operating Income for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was C$-1.61 Mil. Forum Energy Metals's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2025 was C$0.00 Mil. Forum Energy Metals has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Forum Energy Metals 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 Forum Energy Metals's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

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


TSXV:FMC's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
99.77% of 1320 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs TSXV:FMC: 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.


Forum Energy Metals Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Forum Energy 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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Forum Energy Metals Interest Coverage Chart

Forum Energy Metals Annual Data
Trend Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23 Nov24
Interest Coverage
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Forum Energy Metals Quarterly Data
May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
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Competitive Comparison of Forum Energy Metals's Interest Coverage

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Forum Energy 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.


Forum Energy Metals's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

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


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Forum Energy 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.

Forum Energy Metals's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2024, Forum Energy Metals's Interest Expense was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$-13.52 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.00 Mil.

Forum Energy Metals had no debt (1).

Forum Energy Metals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Feb. 2025, Forum Energy Metals's Interest Expense was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$-1.61 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.00 Mil.

Forum Energy 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.


Forum Energy Metals  (TSXV:FMC) 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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Forum Energy Metals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
800 West Pender Street, Suite 615, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 2V6
Forum Energy Metals Corp is a Canadian-based mineral resource company focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of energy metals: copper, cobalt, uranium, and palladium. Its projects include Fir Island uranium property, Henday Lake uranium property, Janice Lake Sedimentary Copper Project, Love Lake Copper-Nickel-Palladium Project, Quartz Gulch Cobalt Project, Idaho, Key Lake Road uranium project, Maurice Point uranium project, and North West Athabasca among others.
Executives
Richard James Mazur Director, Senior Officer
Daniel O'brien Senior Officer
Anthony David Nettleton Balme Director
Brian James Christie Director
Michael Albert Steeves Director
Kenneth Lewis Wheatley Senior Officer
Paul Dennison Director
David John Cowan Director
Burns Singh Tennent-bhohi Director
Larry Minoru Okada Director