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Aqua Metals (Aqua Metals) Interest Coverage : 0 (At Loss) (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Aqua Metals 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. Aqua Metals's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-5.79 Mil. Aqua Metals's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.11 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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


AQMS's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Waste Management industry.
Industry Median: 4.875
* 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.


Aqua Metals Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aqua Metals'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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Aqua Metals Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Aqua Metals's Interest Coverage

For the Waste Management subindustry, Aqua Metals'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.


Aqua Metals's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Aqua Metals's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Aqua Metals's Interest Coverage falls into.



Aqua Metals 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.

Aqua Metals's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Aqua Metals's Interest Expense was $-0.62 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-19.64 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2.92 Mil.

Aqua Metals did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Aqua Metals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Aqua Metals's Interest Expense was $-0.11 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-5.79 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.14 Mil.

Aqua Metals did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* 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.


Aqua Metals  (NAS:AQMS) 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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Aqua Metals (Aqua Metals) Business Description

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Address
5370 Kietzke Lane, Suite 201, Reno, NV, USA, 89511
Aqua Metals Inc is a United States-based company engaged in the business of recycling Lead through a novel, proprietary and patent-pending process that it developed and named AquaRefining. The company's breakthrough, AquaRefining, delivers a product, at a higher yield, eliminates toxic waste, reduces permitting and is less expensive to build than smelting. AquaRefining process will provide for the recycling of Lead acid batteries and the production of a pure grade Lead with a significantly lower cost of production, and with fewer environmental and regulatory issues, than conventional methods of Lead production.
Executives
Vincent L Divito director 329 DOLPHIN LANE, WEST BABYLON NY 11704
Sung Yi director C/O AQUA METALS.COM, 5370 KIETZKE LN SUITE 201, RENO NV 89511
Peifang Zhang director 21640 E. BRIARWOOD DR., AURORA CO 80016
Edward J Smith director 635 HOOD ROAD, MARKHAM A6 L3R 4N6
David Kanen director 6429 NW 65TH WAY, PARKLAND FL 33067
Philotimo Fund, Lp other: Passive Investor 5850 CORAL RIDGE DRIVE, SUITE 309, CORAL SPRINGS FL 33076
Kanen Wealth Management Llc other: Passive Investor 5850 CORAL RIDGE DRIVE, SUITE 309, CORAL SPRINGS FL 33076
David Mcmurtry officer: Chief Business Officer C/O AQUA METALS.COM, 5370 KIETZKE LN SUITE 201, RENO NV 89511
Stephen Cotton officer: Chief Commercial Officer 1010 ATLANTIC AVE, ALAMEDA CA 94501
Benjamin S. Taecker officer: Chief Eng and Opr Officer C/O AQUA METALS, 2500 PERU DR., MCCARRAN NV 89437
Judd Merrill officer: Chief Financial Officer 2425 CROOKED CANYON CT., RENO NV 89521
S. Shariq Yosufzai director 171 ALPINE TERRACE, OAKLAND CA 94618
Gayle J Gibson director 2500 PERU DRIVE, MCCARRAN NV 89437
Susanne Meline director P.O. BOX 515381, #86506, LOS ANGELES CA 90051
Sushil Kapoor director AQUA METALS, INC., 1010 ATLANTIC AVE STE 101, ALAMEDA CA 94501

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