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York Timber Holdings (JSE:YRK) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is York Timber Holdings Financial Strength?

York Timber Holdings 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.

York Timber Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.11. York Timber Holdings's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.23. As of today, York Timber Holdings's Altman Z-Score is 0.85.


Competitive Comparison of York Timber Holdings's Financial Strength

For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, York Timber 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.


York Timber Holdings's Financial Strength Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, York Timber Holdings's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where York Timber Holdings's Financial Strength falls into.



York Timber 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:

York Timber Holdings's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was R-27 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was R56 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R163 Mil.

York Timber Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*56.152/-26.664
=2.11

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

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

York Timber Holdings'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
=(251.402 + 163.109) / 1764.686
=0.23

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.

York Timber Holdings has a Z-score of 0.85, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.85 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.


York Timber Holdings  (JSE:YRK) 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.

York Timber Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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York Timber Holdings (JSE:YRK) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
3 Main Road, York Corporate Office, P.O. Box 1191, Sabie, MP, ZAF, 1260
York Timber Holdings Ltd is an integrated forestry company. The company's operating segment includes Processing plants; Wholesale, Forestry and Fleet and Agriculture. It generates maximum revenue from the Processing plants segment. The processing plants segment is divided into two divisions namely Sawmilling and Plywood. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from South Africa and also has a presence in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the United Kingdom, Belgium, China, and the United States of America.

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