Barkly Rare Earths (ASX:BAK) Financial Strength: 5 (As of Dec. 2025) — Near Median

Barkly Rare Earths  (ASX:BAK) Financial Strength Explanation

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Barkly Rare Earths has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

Barkly Rare Earths Financial Strength Related Terms

Barkly Rare Earths Financial Strength Competitor Comparison

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Barkly Rare Earths's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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.

Barkly Rare Earths Financial Strength vs Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Barkly Rare Earths's Financial Strength falls into.

Barkly Rare Earths 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:

Barkly Rare Earths's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2025 was A$-0.02 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2025 was A$-0.98 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was A$0.00 Mil.

Barkly Rare Earths's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 is

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

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

Barkly Rare Earths's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 is

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.

Barkly Rare Earths has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.

Barkly Rare Earths Business Description