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African Equity Empowerment Investments (JSE:AEE) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Aug. 2023)


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What is African Equity Empowerment Investments Financial Strength?

African Equity Empowerment Investments 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.

African Equity Empowerment Investments's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 2.81. African Equity Empowerment Investments's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 0.20. As of today, African Equity Empowerment Investments's Altman Z-Score is -1.06.


Competitive Comparison of African Equity Empowerment Investments's Financial Strength

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, African Equity Empowerment Investments'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.


African Equity Empowerment Investments's Financial Strength Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, African Equity Empowerment Investments's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where African Equity Empowerment Investments's Financial Strength falls into.



African Equity Empowerment Investments 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:

African Equity Empowerment Investments's Interest Expense for the months ended in Aug. 2023 was R-4.4 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Aug. 2023 was R12.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was R37.8 Mil.

African Equity Empowerment Investments's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Aug. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Aug. 2023 )
=-1*12.229/-4.359
=2.81

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

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

African Equity Empowerment Investments's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Aug. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(116.376 + 37.784) / 779.224
=0.20

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.

African Equity Empowerment Investments has a Z-score of -1.06, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -1.06 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.


African Equity Empowerment Investments  (JSE:AEE) 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.

African Equity Empowerment Investments has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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African Equity Empowerment Investments (JSE:AEE) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
3 Dock Road, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, 1st Floor, Waterway House North, Cape Town, WC, ZAF, 8001
African Equity Empowerment Investments Ltd is a black-owned and black-managed investment holding company. Its segments include Fishing and brands, Technology, Health and beauty, Events and tourism, and Corporate. It generates maximum revenue from the Technology segment. The company exports its products to African countries, India and Europe and the majority of the revenue comes from South Africa.

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