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Change Healthcare (Change Healthcare) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Jun. 2022)


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What is Change Healthcare Financial Strength?

Change Healthcare 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:

Change Healthcare Inc 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.

Change Healthcare's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was 0.54. Change Healthcare's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was 1.29. As of today, Change Healthcare's Altman Z-Score is 1.12.


Competitive Comparison of Change Healthcare's Financial Strength

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Change Healthcare'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.


Change Healthcare's Financial Strength Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Change Healthcare's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Change Healthcare 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:

Change Healthcare's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jun. 2022 was $-57 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jun. 2022 was $30 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $4,535 Mil.

Change Healthcare's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2022 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2022 )
=-1*30.442/-56.87
=0.54

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. Change Healthcare Incs 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.

Change Healthcare's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jun. 2022 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(24.717 + 4535.145) / 3537.876
=1.29

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.

Change Healthcare has a Z-score of 1.12, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.12 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.


Change Healthcare  (NAS:CHNG) 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.

Change Healthcare 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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Change Healthcare (Change Healthcare) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
424 Church Street, Suite 1400, Nashville, TN, USA, 37219
Change Healthcare is a spinoff of various healthcare processing and consulting services acquired by McKesson over numerous years. Recently, these processing assets were contributed to a joint venture and in June 2019 public shares were issued with McKesson retaining the majority interest. As of the end of the March 2020 quarter, McKesson distributed all its interest in the public processor. Core services consist of insurance (healthcare) claim clearinghouse for healthcare payers in addition to administrative and consulting services to assist healthcare providers improve reimbursement coding, billing, and collections.
Executives
Tracy Byers officer: SVP and GM, Enterprise Imaging C/O CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC. 424 CHURCH STREET, SUITE 1400 NASHVILLE TN 37219
Steven B. Martin officer: EVP, Enterprise Technology 3055 LEBANON PIKE SUITE 1000 NASHVILLE TN 37214
Nella Domenici director C/O ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Paul Rareshide officer: SVP, Corporate Controller C/O CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC. 3055 LEBANON PIKE, SUITE 1000 NASHVILLE TN 37214
Fredrik J Eliasson officer: EVP & CFO 500 WATER STREET, JACKSONVILLE FL 32202
De Crescenzo Neil E. director, officer: President & CEO C/O CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC. 3055 LEBANON PIKE, SUITE 1000 NASHVILLE TN 37214
Diana Mckenzie director METLIFE, 200 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10166
Roderick H. O'reilly officer: See Remarks C/O CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC., 3055 LEBANON PIKE, SUITE 1000, NASHVILLE TN 37214
August Calhoun officer: See Remarks C/O CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC. 3055 LEBANON PIKE, SUITE 1000 NASHVILLE TN 37214
Thomas Mcenery officer: EVP & Chief Marketing Officer
Bansi Nagji director MCKESSON CORPORATION, 6555 STATE HIGHWAY 161, IRVING TX 75039
Alex P. Choy officer: See Remarks C/O CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC. 3055 LEBANON PIKE, SUITE 1000 NASHVILLE TN 37214
Linda Whitley-taylor officer: EVP & Chief People Officer C/O BENSON HILL, INC., 1001 NORTH WARSON ROAD, SAINT LOUIS MO 63132
Phillip W. Roe director 20 BURTON HILLS BOULEVARD SUITE 100 NASHVILLE TN 37215
Kriten Joshi officer: See Remarks C/O CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC. 3055 LEBANON PIKE, SUITE 1000 NASHVILLE TN 37214