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Lara Exploration (TSXV:LRA) Profitability Rank : 2 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Lara Exploration Profitability Rank?

Lara Exploration has the Profitability Rank of 2. It has had trouble to make a profit.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

Lara Exploration's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was %. As of today, Lara Exploration's Piotroski F-Score is 3.


Competitive Comparison of Lara Exploration's Profitability Rank

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Lara Exploration's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank 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.


Lara Exploration's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Lara Exploration's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lara Exploration's Profitability Rank falls into.



Lara Exploration Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Lara Exploration has the Profitability Rank of 2. It has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Lara Exploration's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-0.723 / 0
= %

* 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.

2. Piotroski F-Score

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Lara Exploration has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Lara Exploration (TSXV:LRA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
543 Granville Street, Suite 501, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 1X8
Lara Exploration Ltd is engaged in the business of exploration. It operates in a single reportable segment, the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in South America. It also has exploration and evaluation properties in Brazil, Peru, and Chile. The company projects include the Planalto Copper Project, the Liberdade Copper Project and others.
Executives
Christopher Jones Director

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