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Giga-Tronics (Giga-Tronics) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Giga-Tronics Financial Strength?

Giga-Tronics 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:

Giga-Tronics 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.

Giga-Tronics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Giga-Tronics's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.54. As of today, Giga-Tronics's Altman Z-Score is -2.17.


Competitive Comparison of Giga-Tronics's Financial Strength

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Giga-Tronics'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.


Giga-Tronics's Financial Strength Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Giga-Tronics's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Giga-Tronics's Financial Strength falls into.



Giga-Tronics 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:

Giga-Tronics's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.15 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.35 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $13.54 Mil.

Giga-Tronics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Giga-Tronics 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.

Giga-Tronics's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(7.799 + 13.535) / 39.812
=0.54

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.

Giga-Tronics has a Z-score of -2.17, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -2.17 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.


Giga-Tronics  (OTCPK:GIGA) 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.

Giga-Tronics 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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Giga-Tronics (Giga-Tronics) Business Description

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Address
7272 E. Indian School Road, Suite 540, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 85251
Giga-tronics Inc design, manufacture, and distribute specialized precision electronic solutions, automated test solutions, power electronics, supply and distribution solutions, display solutions and radio, microwave and millimeter wave communication systems and components for a variety of applications with a focus on the global defense industry for military airborne, sea and ground applications. The company has three segments namely Precision Electronic Solutions; Power Electronics and Display and RF Solutions. It generates maximum revenue from the Precision Electronic Solutions segment.
Executives
William B. Horne director C/O AULT ALLIANCE, INC., 940 SOUTH COAST DRIVE, SUITE 200, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Timothy Long officer: Chief Operating Officer 7272 E. INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD, SUITE 540, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85251
Bitnile Holdings, Inc. 10 percent owner 11411 SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PARKWAY, SUITE 240, LAS VEGAS NV 89141
Jonathan R Read director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 6711 E. CAMELBACK RD, #32, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85251
Robert O Smith director DIGITAL POWER CORPORATION, 41920 CHRISTY STREET, FREMONT CA 94538
Jeffrey Allen Bentz director 107 E BONITA WAY, TEMPE AZ 85281
Thomas E Vickers director 2101 WEST COMMERCIAL BLVD, SUITE 3500, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Wit Cornelis F 10 percent owner 2101 WEST COMMERCIAL BLVD., SUITE 3500, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Smc Private Equity Holdings Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 650 MADISON AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Smc Private Equity Holdings, Lp 10 percent owner 650 MADISON AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Spring Mountain Capital G.p., Llc 10 percent owner C/O SPRING MOUNTAIN CAPITAL, LP, 650 MADISON AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Spring Mountain Capital, Llc 10 percent owner C/O SPRING MOUNTAIN CAPITAL, LP, 650 MADISON AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Smc Select Co-investment I Gp, Llc 10 percent owner C/O SPRING MOUNTAIN CAPITAL, LP, 650 MADISON AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Gregory P. Ho 10 percent owner C/O SPRING MOUNTAIN CAPITAL, LP, 650 MADISON AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
John Steffens 10 percent owner C/O DIGITALBRIDGE GROUP, INC., 750 PARK OF COMMERCE DRIVE SUITE 210, BOCCA RATON FL 33487

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