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Sabre (SABR) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Sabre Financial Strength?

Sabre has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Sabre Corp displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

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.

Sabre's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.79. Sabre's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.59. As of today, Sabre's Altman Z-Score is -0.40.


Competitive Comparison of Sabre's Financial Strength

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Sabre'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.


Sabre's Financial Strength Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Sabre's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sabre 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:

Sabre's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-125 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $98 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $4,985 Mil.

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

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*98.085/-124.747
=0.79

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

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Sabre Corps earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

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

Sabre'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
=(3.165 + 4984.627) / 3131.544
=1.59

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.

Sabre has a Z-score of -0.40, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -0.4 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.


Sabre  (NAS:SABR) 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.

Sabre has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Sabre (SABR) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3150 Sabre Drive, Southlake, TX, USA, 76092
Sabre holds the number-two air booking volume share in the global distribution system industry. The travel solutions segment represented 91% of total 2022 revenue, split between distribution (70% of segment sales) and airline IT solutions (30%) revenue. The company also has a growing hotel IT solutions division (10% of revenue). Transaction fees, which are mostly tied to volume and not price, account for the bulk of sales and profits.
Executives
Sean E Menke officer: Executive Vice President C/O IHS INC., 15 INVERNESS WAY EAST, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Joe Difonzo officer: Executive Vice President 3150 SABRE DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Gail Mandel director 22 SYLVAN WAY, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Michael O Randolfi officer: Executive Vice President, CFO C/O ORBITZ WORLDWIDE, 500 W. MADISON, SUITE 1000, CHICAGO IL 60661
Kurt Joseph Ekert officer: President MORRIS CORPORATE CENTER III, 400 INTERPACE PKWY, BLDG A, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Ann J. Bruder officer: EVP and Chief Legal Officer 6565 N. MACARTHUR BLVD., SUITE 800, IRVING TX 75039
Chadwick Ho officer: EVP and Chief Legal Officer 3150 SABRE DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Garry R Wiseman officer: EVP and Chief Product Officer C/O NAUTILUS, INC., 17750 SE 6TH WAY, VANCOUVER WA 98683
Shawn G Williams officer: EVP and Chief People Officer 3150 SABRE DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Cem Tanyel officer: EVP & Pres. Airline Solutions 3150 SABRE DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
David J Shirk officer: Executive Vice President C/O SABRE CORPORATION, 3150 SABRE DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Phyllis Newhouse director 3150 SABRE DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Wendi Christine Sturgis director C/O THE CONTAINER STORE GROUP, INC., 500 FREEPORT PARKWAY, COPPELL TX 75019
John C Siciliano director C/O BKF CAPITAL GROUP, INC., ONE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10020
Judson Wade Jones officer: Executive Vice President 3150 SABRE DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092