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Free Battery Metal (XCNQ:FREE) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Free Battery Metal 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. Free Battery Metal's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was C$-0.03 Mil. Free Battery Metal's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was C$0.00 Mil. Free Battery Metal has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Free Battery Metal Ltd 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 Free Battery Metal's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

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


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


Free Battery Metal Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Free Battery Metal'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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Free Battery Metal Interest Coverage Chart

Free Battery Metal Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Free Battery Metal's Interest Coverage

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Free Battery Metal'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.


Free Battery Metal's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Free Battery Metal's Interest Coverage falls into.


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Free Battery Metal 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.

Free Battery Metal's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024, Free Battery Metal's Interest Expense was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$-0.08 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.00 Mil.

Free Battery Metal had no debt (1).

Free Battery Metal's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2025, Free Battery Metal's Interest Expense was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$-0.03 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.00 Mil.

Free Battery Metal 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.


Free Battery Metal  (XCNQ:FREE) 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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Free Battery Metal Business Description

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Address
833 Seymour Street, Suite 3606, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6B 0G4
Free Battery Metal Ltd is a Toronto-based exploration and development company focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties that are prospective for lithium and other metals. It has a single project being the Mound Lake Property.

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