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Defiance Silver (TSXV:DEF) Interest Coverage : No Debt (1) (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Defiance Silver 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. Defiance Silver's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was C$-0.84 Mil. Defiance Silver's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was C$0.00 Mil. Defiance Silver has no debt. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Defiance Silver Corp 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 Defiance Silver's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

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


TSXV:DEF's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
99.85% of 1343 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs TSXV:DEF: 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.


Defiance Silver Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Defiance Silver'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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Defiance Silver Interest Coverage Chart

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Defiance Silver Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Defiance Silver's Interest Coverage

For the Other Precious Metals & Mining subindustry, Defiance Silver'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.


Defiance Silver's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

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



Defiance Silver 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.

Defiance Silver's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023, Defiance Silver's Interest Expense was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$-3.25 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.00 Mil.

Defiance Silver had no debt (1).

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

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Defiance Silver's Interest Expense was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income was C$-0.84 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.00 Mil.

Defiance Silver 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.


Defiance Silver  (TSXV:DEF) 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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Defiance Silver (TSXV:DEF) Business Description

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Address
550 Burrard Street, Suite 2900, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 0A3
Defiance Silver Corp is a Mexico-based silver, gold, copper, and polymetallic exploration and development company actively engaged in advancing two major projects in Mexico, including the Zacatecas silver projects in the historic mining region of Zacatecas, and the Tepal copper-gold project in Michoacan, Mexico.
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