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Sierra Metals (Sierra Metals) Interest Expense : $-10.2 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Sierra Metals Interest Expense?

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money. Sierra Metals's interest expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $ -2.4 Mil. Its interest expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-10.2 Mil.

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. Sierra Metals's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $ 7.2 Mil. Sierra Metals's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $ -2.4 Mil. Sierra Metals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.01. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is. Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Sierra Metals Interest Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sierra Metals's Interest Expense 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.

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Sierra Metals Interest Expense Chart

Sierra Metals Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -5.08 -4.59 -3.95 -4.97 -9.90

Sierra Metals Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Interest Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.19 -2.79 -2.62 -2.36 -2.41

Sierra Metals Interest Expense Calculation

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money.

Interest Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-10.2 Mil.

* 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.


Sierra Metals  (OTCPK:SMTSF) Interest Expense Explanation

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. 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.

Sierra Metals's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-2.4 Mil. Its Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $7.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.0 Mil.

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

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*7.236/-2.405
=3.01

* 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.


Sierra Metals (Sierra Metals) Business Description

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77 King Street West, Suite 400, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5K 0A1
Sierra Metals Inc is a precious and base metals producer in Peru and Mexico. The company acquires, explores, extracts, and produces mineral concentrates consisting of silver, copper, lead, zinc and gold. Sierra has interests in the Yauricocha Mine in Peru, and the Bolivar and Cusi Mines, Mexico. The majority of the revenue comes from selling the mineral concentrates to its customers in Peru.