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Frontier Transport Holdings (JSE:FTH) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Frontier Transport Holdings Financial Strength?

Frontier Transport Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

Frontier Transport Holdings Ltd shows strong financial strength.

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.

Frontier Transport Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 18.58. Frontier Transport Holdings's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.09. As of today, Frontier Transport Holdings's Altman Z-Score is 3.80.


Competitive Comparison of Frontier Transport Holdings's Financial Strength

For the Railroads subindustry, Frontier Transport Holdings'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.


Frontier Transport Holdings's Financial Strength Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Frontier Transport Holdings's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Frontier Transport Holdings's Financial Strength falls into.



Frontier Transport Holdings 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:

Frontier Transport Holdings's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was R-11 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was R195 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was R142 Mil.

Frontier Transport Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*195.198/-10.504
=18.58

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

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

Frontier Transport Holdings's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(79.025 + 141.8) / 2494.632
=0.09

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.

Frontier Transport Holdings has a Z-score of 3.80, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 3.8 is strong.

* 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.


Frontier Transport Holdings  (JSE:FTH) 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.

Frontier Transport Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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Frontier Transport Holdings (JSE:FTH) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
103 Bofors Circle, Epping Industria, Cape Town, WC, ZAF, 7460
Frontier Transport Holdings Ltd, formerly Hosken Passenger Logistics And Rail Ltd through its subsidiary provide a scheduled commuter bus operator in the Cape Metropole. It is engaged in the provision of passenger transport services within South Africa. The company operates in the luxury and semi-luxury coach markets.

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