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


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What is Comstock 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. Comstock's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-4.65 Mil. Comstock's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.82 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 Comstock's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:


LODE's Interest Coverage is not ranked *
in the Real Estate industry.
Industry Median: 4.05
* 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.


Comstock Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Comstock'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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Comstock Interest Coverage Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Comstock's Interest Coverage

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Comstock'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.


Comstock's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Comstock's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

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



Comstock 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.

Comstock'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, Comstock's Interest Expense was $-1.65 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-19.91 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5.36 Mil.

Comstock did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Comstock's Interest Expense was $-0.82 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-4.65 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8.40 Mil.

Comstock 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.


Comstock  (AMEX:LODE) 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 .


Comstock Interest Coverage Related Terms

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Comstock (Comstock) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
117 American Flat Road, Virginia City, NV, USA, 89440
Comstock Inc is engaged in technologies that efficiently use wasted and under-utilized natural resources to produce renewable energy and other products that contribute to balancing uses and emissions of carbon and enhance mineral and material discoveries. It has three operating segments; The renewable energy segment consists of technology and engineering services sales, licenses, royalties, demonstration plants and equipment, and research and development expenses, The mining segment consists of mining, mine development, metal processing, and environmental and reclamation operations, and The strategic and other investments segment includes all other activities, including investments in non-mining real estate and its equity method investments.
Executives
Leo M Drozdoff director 1200 AMERICAN FLAT ROAD, VIRGINIA CITY NV 89440
William Joseph Mccarthy officer: Chief Operating Officer 1200 AMERICAN FLAT ROAD, VIRGINIA CITY NV 89440
Mayaguez J Salinas director 117 AMERICAN FLAT ROAD, VIRGINIA CITY NV 89440
Kristin Slanina director 120 BROADWAY, SUITE 200, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
David Winsness officer: Chief Technology Officer 117 AMERICAN FLAT ROAD, VIRGINIA CITY NV 89440
Kevin Kreisler officer: President P.O. BOX 284, MT. ARLINGTON NJ 07856
Rahul Bobbili officer: Chief Process Engineer 1200 AMERICAN FLAT ROAD, VIRGINIA CITY NV 89440
Marting Walter A. Jr director 11055 VINCENT LANE, RENO NV 89511
William John Nance director 11620 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 350, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Judd Merrill director 2425 CROOKED CANYON CT., RENO NV 89521
John Clark Gillam director PO BOX 1118,1800 AMERICAN FLAT ROAD, VIRGINIA CITY NV 89440
Giron Juan Carlos Jr. officer: CFO and President 777 E. WISCONSIN AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Degasperis Corrado F officer: CEO, Pres., PFO, CRO C/O COMSTOCK MINING INC., 117 AMERICAN FLAT ROAD, VIRGINIA CITY NV 89440
Timothy Dwinell Smith officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1200 AMERICAN FLAT ROAD, VIRGINIA CITY NV 89440
John V Winfield director, 10 percent owner 11620 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 350, LOS ANGELES CA 90025

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