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Arcadium Lithium (Arcadium Lithium) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Arcadium Lithium Financial Strength?

Arcadium Lithium has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.

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.

GuruFocus does not calculate Arcadium Lithium's interest coverage with the available data. Arcadium Lithium's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.30. As of today, Arcadium Lithium's Altman Z-Score is 6.45.


Competitive Comparison of Arcadium Lithium's Financial Strength

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Arcadium Lithium'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.


Arcadium Lithium's Financial Strength Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Arcadium Lithium's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Arcadium Lithium 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:

Arcadium Lithium's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.0 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was $102.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $248.6 Mil.

Arcadium Lithium's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

GuruFocus does not calculate Arcadium Lithium's interest coverage with the available data.

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

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

Arcadium Lithium's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(1.1 + 248.6) / 845.6
=0.30

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.

Arcadium Lithium has a Z-score of 6.45, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 6.45 is strong.

* 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.


Arcadium Lithium  (NYSE:ALTM) 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.

Arcadium Lithium has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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Arcadium Lithium (Arcadium Lithium) Business Description

Address
1818 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19103
Arcadium Lithium is a pure-play lithium producer that was formed in the Allkem-Livent merger in January 2024. Arcadium should benefit from increased lithium demand via higher electric vehicle adoption, as lithium is a key component of EV batteries. The company's low-cost lithium carbonate production comes from two brine resources in Argentina. Arcadium also produces spodumene, a hard rock lithium upstream concentrate, from a mine in Australia and operates downstream lithium hydroxide conversion plants in the United States and China.
Executives
Gilberto Antoniazzi officer: Vice President and CFO LIVENT CORPORATION, C/O FMC CORPORATION, 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Paul W Graves director, officer: President and CEO 1735 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Christina Lampe-onnerud director C/O FUELCELL ENERGY, INC., 3 GREAT PASTURE ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810
Pablo Marcet director C/O GEO LOGIC SA, PASCUAL, FICHERA Y, ASOC., CERRITO 1070, PISO 8, BUENOS AIRES C1 1010
Ronald B Stark officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O NRG ENERGY, INC., 211 CARNEGIE CENTER, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Nicholas Pfeiffer officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1735 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
G Peter Daloia director
Steven T Merkt director 1050 WESTLAKES DRIVE, BERWYN PA 19312
Michael F Barry director ONE QUAKER PARK, 901 HECTOR ST, CONSHOHOCHEN PA 19428
Pierre R Brondeau director ROHAM AND HAAS CO, 100 INDEPENDENCE MALL WEST, PHILADELPHIA PA 19106
Robert C Pallash director 17000 ROTUNDA DRIVE, DEARBORN MI 48120
Andrea E Utecht director 1735 MARKET ST, 15TH FL, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Fmc Corp 10 percent owner 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Sara Ponessa officer: VP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary C/O LIVENT CORP., 1818 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Thomas Schneberger officer: Vice President and COO C/O FMC CORP, 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104