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Saga Metals (TSXV:SAGA) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Jan. 2025)


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What is Saga 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. Saga Metals's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was C$-0.88 Mil. Saga Metals's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was C$0.00 Mil. Saga Metals has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

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

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


TSXV:SAGA's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
99.78% of 1337 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs TSXV:SAGA: 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.


Saga Metals Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Saga 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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Saga Metals Interest Coverage Chart

Saga Metals Annual Data
Trend Jul23 Jul24
Interest Coverage
No Debt No Debt

Saga Metals Quarterly Data
Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial No Debt No Debt No Debt No Debt No Debt

Competitive Comparison of Saga Metals's Interest Coverage

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Saga 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.


Saga Metals's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

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


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Saga 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.

Saga Metals's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2024, Saga Metals's Interest Expense was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$-1.17 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.00 Mil.

Saga Metals had no debt (1).

Saga Metals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2025, Saga Metals's Interest Expense was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$-0.88 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.00 Mil.

Saga 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.


Saga Metals  (TSXV:SAGA) 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 .


Saga Metals Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Saga Metals Business Description

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Address
2288 - 1177 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 2K3
Saga Metals Corp is a diversified critical mineral exploration company whose principal business is the acquisition and exploration of mineral assets that support the green energy transition. It has currently has interests in four mineral properties in Canada: Double Mer Property, a uranium exploration project, Legacy Lithium Property, a LCT spodumene pegmatite lithium exploration project, Radar Titanium-Vanadium Property, a titanium-vanadium layered mafic intrusion exploration project and North Wind Iron Project.

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