GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Basic Materials » Metals & Mining » Eastern Platinum Ltd (OTCPK:ELRFF) » Definitions » Interest Coverage

Eastern Platinum (Eastern Platinum) Interest Coverage : 2.71 (As of Sep. 2023)


View and export this data going back to 2005. Start your Free Trial

What is Eastern Platinum 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. Eastern Platinum's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $3.58 Mil. Eastern Platinum's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-1.32 Mil. Eastern Platinum's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 2.71. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

ELRFF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 1.79
Current: 1.79


ELRFF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
94.8% of 1345 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs ELRFF: 1.79

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Eastern Platinum Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Eastern Platinum'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.

* Premium members only.

Eastern Platinum Interest Coverage Chart

Eastern Platinum Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - - -

Eastern Platinum Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 2.76 7.69 2.71

Competitive Comparison of Eastern Platinum's Interest Coverage

For the Other Precious Metals & Mining subindustry, Eastern Platinum'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.


Eastern Platinum's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Eastern Platinum's Interest Coverage falls into.



Eastern Platinum 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.

Eastern Platinum's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022, Eastern Platinum's Interest Expense was $-5.10 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-6.45 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.44 Mil.

Eastern Platinum did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Eastern Platinum's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2023, Eastern Platinum's Interest Expense was $-1.32 Mil. Its Operating Income was $3.58 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.07 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*3.577/-1.319
=2.71

* 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.


Eastern Platinum  (OTCPK:ELRFF) 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 .


Eastern Platinum Interest Coverage Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Eastern Platinum's Interest Coverage provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Eastern Platinum (Eastern Platinum) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1188 West Georgia Street, Suite 1080, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 4A2
Eastern Platinum Ltd owns, directly and indirectly, a number of PGM and chrome assets in the Republic of South Africa. All of the company's properties are situated on the western and eastern limbs of the Bushveld Complex, the geological environment that hosts approximately 80% of the world's PGM-bearing ore. It has three segments CRM, Eastern Limb and Corporate. Operations at the Crocodile River Mine include re-mining and processing its tailings resource, with an offtake of the chrome concentrate to Union Goal from the Zandfontein UG2 tailings facility and the processing and extraction of platinum group metals.

Eastern Platinum (Eastern Platinum) Headlines

No Headlines