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Arqit Quantum (Arqit Quantum) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Arqit Quantum Financial Strength?

Arqit Quantum has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

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.

Arqit Quantum did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Arqit Quantum's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 6.76. As of today, Arqit Quantum's Altman Z-Score is -4.36.


Competitive Comparison of Arqit Quantum's Financial Strength

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Arqit Quantum'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.


Arqit Quantum's Financial Strength Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Arqit Quantum 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:

Arqit Quantum's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-0.12 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-40.95 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $6.28 Mil.

Arqit Quantum's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Arqit Quantum 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.

Arqit Quantum'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
=(2.118 + 6.284) / 1.242
=6.76

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.

Arqit Quantum has a Z-score of -4.36, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -4.36 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.


Arqit Quantum  (NAS:ARQQ) 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.

Arqit Quantum has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Arqit Quantum (Arqit Quantum) Business Description

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Nova North, 11 Bressenden Place, 7th floor, London, GBR, SW1E 5BY
Arqit Quantum Inc is a cybersecurity company that has pioneered a symmetric key agreement technology which makes the communications links of any networked device or data at rest secure against current and future forms of cyber attack - even an attack from a quantum computer. Arqit delivers its symmetric key agreement technology via its QuantumCloud. Its product, QuantumCloud, enables any device to download a lightweight software agent, which can create keys in partnership with any other device. The firm operates in one segment that is, the provision of cybersecurity services via satellite and terrestrial platforms. Key revenue comes from the UK.