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Alkane Resources (ASX:ALK) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Alkane Resources Financial Strength?

Alkane Resources has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Alkane Resources's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 5.41. Alkane Resources's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 0.29. As of today, Alkane Resources's Altman Z-Score is 2.30.


Competitive Comparison of Alkane Resources's Financial Strength

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Alkane Resources's Financial Strength Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Alkane Resources's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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Alkane Resources Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

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

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:

Alkane Resources's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jun. 2024 was A$-1.5 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jun. 2024 was A$8.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was A$32.9 Mil.

Alkane Resources's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2024 )
=-1*7.964/-1.471
=5.41

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Alkane Resources's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jun. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(16.144 + 32.874) / 167.862
=0.29

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Alkane Resources has a Z-score of 2.30, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Alkane Resources is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may faces bankrupcy risk.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 2.3 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

* 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.


Alkane Resources  (ASX:ALK) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Alkane Resources has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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Alkane Resources Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
66 Kings Park Road, Level 4, West Perth, Perth, WA, AUS, 6005
Alkane Resources Ltd owns and operates Tomingley Gold Operations, an open pit and underground gold mining development, located 50km southwest of Dubbo. It also holds several prospective gold and copper tenements in Central West NSW, including the Boda deposit 20km north of Wellington. The initial Boda and Kaiser resource estimates suggest a genuine prospect for a large-tonnage gold-copper development.