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Scotch Creek Ventures (XCNQ:SCV) Interest Coverage

: No Debt (1) (As of Sep. 2023)
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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. Scotch Creek Ventures's Operating Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was C$-0.21 Mil. Scotch Creek Ventures's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was C$0.00 Mil. Scotch Creek Ventures has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Scotch Creek Ventures Inc 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 Scotch Creek Ventures's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

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


XCNQ:SCV's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
99.78% of 1341 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs XCNQ:SCV: 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.


Scotch Creek Ventures Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Scotch Creek Ventures'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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Scotch Creek Ventures Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only - - N/A - No Debt

Scotch Creek Ventures Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
Interest Coverage 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only No Debt No Debt No Debt No Debt No Debt

Competitive Comparison

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Scotch Creek Ventures'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.


Scotch Creek Ventures Interest Coverage Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Scotch Creek Ventures's Interest Coverage falls into.



Scotch Creek Ventures 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.

Scotch Creek Ventures'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, Scotch Creek Ventures's Interest Expense was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$-3.80 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.00 Mil.

Scotch Creek Ventures had no debt (1).

Scotch Creek Ventures's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Sep. 2023, Scotch Creek Ventures's Interest Expense was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$-0.21 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.00 Mil.

Scotch Creek Ventures 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.


Scotch Creek Ventures  (XCNQ:SCV) 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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Scotch Creek Ventures (XCNQ:SCV) Business Description

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Address
625 Howe Street, Suite 1140, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 2T6
Scotch Creek Ventures Inc is a mineral exploration company, focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of lithium projects located in tier-one North American mining jurisdictions. Its projects include Highlands West Project, Nevada, USA, Macallan East Project, Nevada, USA, and Cupz Project, Nevada, USA. Its segment is mining exploration and development which is carried out in USA and Canada with majority of the revenue from USA.

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