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Great Western Mining (LSE:GWMO) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Great Western Mining 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. Great Western Mining's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £-0.40 Mil. Great Western Mining's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.00 Mil. Great Western Mining has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Great Western Mining Corp PLC has no debt.

(1) 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.

The historical rank and industry rank for Great Western Mining's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:GWMO' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: No Debt   Med: No Debt   Max: No Debt
Current: No Debt


LSE:GWMO's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
99.85% of 1342 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs LSE:GWMO: No Debt

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


Great Western Mining Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Great Western Mining'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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Great Western Mining Interest Coverage Chart

Great Western Mining Annual Data
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Interest Coverage
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Great Western Mining Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Great Western Mining's Interest Coverage

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Great Western Mining'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.


Great Western Mining's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Great Western Mining's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Great Western Mining's Interest Coverage falls into.



Great Western Mining 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.

Great Western Mining'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, Great Western Mining's Interest Expense was £0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was £-0.86 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.00 Mil.

Great Western Mining had no debt (1).

Great Western Mining's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Great Western Mining's Interest Expense was £0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was £-0.40 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.00 Mil.

Great Western Mining had no debt (1).

* 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.


Great Western Mining  (LSE:GWMO) 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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Great Western Mining (LSE:GWMO) Business Description

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Address
1 Stokes Place, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, IRL, DO2 DE03
Great Western Mining Corp PLC is an exploration company focused on copper, silver, gold, and other mineral targets in Nevada USA. The company mainly operates in the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Its projects include Black Mountain, Huntoon Group and JackSprings, Eastside Mine and others..

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