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Simplex Castings (BOM:513472) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Simplex Castings Financial Strength?

Simplex Castings 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:

Simplex Castings Ltd 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.

Simplex Castings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.38. Simplex Castings's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.57. As of today, Simplex Castings's Altman Z-Score is 1.89.


Competitive Comparison of Simplex Castings's Financial Strength

For the Metal Fabrication subindustry, Simplex Castings'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.


Simplex Castings's Financial Strength Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Simplex Castings's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Simplex Castings 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:

Simplex Castings's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹-19 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹27 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹246 Mil.

Simplex Castings'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*26.597/-19.23
=1.38

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. Simplex Castings Ltd interest coverage is 1.02, which is low.

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

Simplex Castings'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
=(471.171 + 246.394) / 1258.86
=0.57

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.

Simplex Castings has a Z-score of 1.89, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Simplex Castings is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may faces bankrupcy risk.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.89 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

* 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.


Simplex Castings  (BOM:513472) 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.

Simplex Castings 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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Simplex Castings (BOM:513472) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
G.E. Road, Plot No. 32, Shivnath Complex, Supela, Durg District, Bhilai, CT, IND, 490023
Simplex Castings Ltd is an India-based company operating in the steel castings industry. It manufactures and sells iron cast equipment, fabricated equipment, steel, SG iron, special alloy cast equipment, forging quality ingots, and other related products. It has only one reportable segment which is Manufacturing of SG lron, Steel, Special Alloy Castings, C.l. Castings and Equipments. The company serves various industrial sectors like steel, railways, power, mining, cement, sugar, chemicals, earthmovers, machine tools, shipbuilding, oil and gas, and defense. Also, the firm offers work contract services. Some of its products include Coke Oven Doors & Assemblies, Sinter & Pallet Cars, Railway bogies, and Mould. The group sells its products in India and also exports internationally.

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