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GFL Environmental (GFL Environmental) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is GFL Environmental Financial Strength?

GFL Environmental 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.

GFL Environmental's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.14. GFL Environmental's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.33. As of today, GFL Environmental's Altman Z-Score is 1.07.


Competitive Comparison of GFL Environmental's Financial Strength

For the Waste Management subindustry, GFL Environmental'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.


GFL Environmental's Financial Strength Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, GFL Environmental's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



GFL Environmental 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:

GFL Environmental's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-113 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $16 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $7,045 Mil.

GFL Environmental'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*16.105/-113.032
=0.14

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

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

GFL Environmental'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
=(54.078 + 7044.77) / 5323.288
=1.33

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.

GFL Environmental has a Z-score of 1.07, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.07 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.


GFL Environmental  (NYSE:GFL) 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.

GFL Environmental has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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GFL Environmental (GFL Environmental) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
100 New Park Place, Suite 500, Vaughan, ON, CAN, L4K 0H9
GFL Environmental Inc is an environmental services company. Its offerings include non-hazardous solid waste management, infrastructure, soil remediation, and liquid waste management services. Its solid waste management business line, which generates the majority of the revenue, consists of the collection, transportation, transfer, recycling, and disposal of non-hazardous solid waste. Its Environmental Services business line includes liquid waste and soil remediation. GFL's geographical segments are Canada and the United States.