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Altex Industries (Altex Industries) Interest Coverage : N/A (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Altex Industries 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. Altex Industries's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.05 Mil. Altex Industries's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. GuruFocus does not calculate 's interest coverage with the available data. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Altex Industries Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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


ALTX's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 6.74
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Interest Coverage only.

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


Altex Industries Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Altex Industries'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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Altex Industries Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Altex Industries's Interest Coverage

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Altex Industries'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.


Altex Industries's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Altex Industries's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Altex Industries's Interest Coverage falls into.



Altex Industries 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.

Altex Industries's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023, Altex Industries's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.24 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.02 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Altex Industries's interest coverage with the available data.

Altex Industries's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Altex Industries's Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-0.05 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.01 Mil.

GuruFocus does not calculate Altex Industries's interest coverage with the available data.

* 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.


Altex Industries  (OTCPK:ALTX) 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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Altex Industries (Altex Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
700 Colorado Boulevard, Suite 273, Denver, CO, USA, 80206-4084
Altex Industries Inc is a US-based holding company. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, it owns interests in productive onshore oil and gas properties, has bought and sold producing oil and gas properties, and has participated in the drilling of exploratory and development wells, and completion of existing wells in Utah and Wyoming. The Company's revenue is from sales of oil and gas production, interest income, and, occasionally, bonus payments for mineral leases.
Executives
Jeffrey S Chernow director PO BOX 1057, BRECKENRIDGE CO 80424
Stephen Fante director PO BOX 1057, BRECKENRIDGE CO 80424

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