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Comstock (Comstock) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Comstock Financial Strength?

Comstock has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Comstock did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Comstock's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 6.89. As of today, Comstock's Altman Z-Score is -2.72.


Competitive Comparison of Comstock's Financial Strength

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Comstock's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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 Financial Strength Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Comstock's Financial Strength falls into.



Comstock Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). 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.

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:

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

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

Comstock did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Comstock's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(3.346 + 8.403) / 1.704
=6.89

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Comstock has a Z-score of -2.72, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -2.72 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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.


Comstock  (AMEX:LODE) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Comstock has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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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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