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Quebec Rare Earth Elements (XCNQ:QREE) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Quebec Rare Earth Elements Financial Strength?

Quebec Rare Earth Elements has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

Quebec Rare Earth Elements Corp shows strong financial strength.

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.

Quebec Rare Earth Elements has no long-term debt (1). As of today, Quebec Rare Earth Elements's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.

(1) Note: An indication of "no long-term 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.


Competitive Comparison of Quebec Rare Earth Elements's Financial Strength

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Quebec Rare Earth Elements'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.


Quebec Rare Earth Elements's Financial Strength Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Quebec Rare Earth Elements's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Quebec Rare Earth Elements's Financial Strength falls into.



Quebec Rare Earth Elements 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:

Quebec Rare Earth Elements's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jan. 2024 was C$0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jan. 2024 was C$-0.08 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was C$0.00 Mil.

Quebec Rare Earth Elements's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is

Quebec Rare Earth Elements had no long-term debt (1).

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

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Quebec Rare Earth Elements Corp has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

Quebec Rare Earth Elements's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jan. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0.011 + 0) / 0
=N/A

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.

Quebec Rare Earth Elements has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy 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.


Quebec Rare Earth Elements  (XCNQ:QREE) 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.

Quebec Rare Earth Elements has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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Quebec Rare Earth Elements (XCNQ:QREE) Business Description

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Address
217 Queen Street West, Suite 401, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5V 0R2
Quebec Rare Earth Elements Corp is a junior exploration company targeting gold, silver, platinum, and palladium in some of the most active exploration districts in Canada. Its flagship asset, the Starr Project, is host to multiple high-grade gold and silver discoveries that have been identified through trenching, bulk sampling, and diamond drilling. In addition, the company is one of the landholders in the rapidly advancing Marathon/Thunder Bay North area mining districts where Generation Mining and Clean Air Metals are advancing their sizable high grade platinum-palladium +/- copper-nickel-silver-gold projects. The company also holds sizable land positions in British Columbia's Golden Triangle.
Executives
John Warren Jentz 10% Security Holder, Director

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