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Know Labs (Know Labs) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Know Labs Financial Strength?

Know Labs has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

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.

Know Labs did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. As of today, Know Labs's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Know Labs's Financial Strength

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Know Labs'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.


Know Labs's Financial Strength Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Know Labs's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Know Labs's Financial Strength falls into.



Know Labs 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:

Know Labs's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.72 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-4.73 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.63 Mil.

Know Labs's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Know Labs 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.

Know Labs'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
=(3.834 + 1.63) / 0
=N/A

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.

Know Labs has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy 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.


Know Labs  (AMEX:KNW) 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.

Know Labs has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Know Labs (Know Labs) Business Description

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Address
500 Union Street, Suite 810, Seattle, WA, USA, 98101
Know Labs Inc is a medical diagnostic. The company is focused on the development, marketing, and sales of proprietary technologies that are capable of uniquely identifying or authenticating almost any substance or material using electromagnetic energy to record, detect, and identify the signature of the substance or material known as Bio-RFID and ChromaID technologies. It is developing a wearable device that will measure blood glucose without fingersticks or microneedles.
Executives
Todd Baszucki 10 percent owner 519 LOMA ALTA ROAD, CARMEL CA 93923
Jessica English officer: Chief Marketing Officer 34 GRANADA DRIVE, CORTE MADERA CA 94925
Leonardo Mouta Trautwein officer: Chief Marketing Officer PO BOX 2021, PARK CITY UT 84060
Takesako Ichiro John Paul director 500 UNION STREET, SUITE 420, SEATTLE WA 98101
Peter J Conley officer: Chief Financial Officer 3658 PRICE HILLS DRIVE, SAINT GEORGE UT 84790
Steven T Kent officer: Chief Product Officer 185 CHANNEL ST, APT 545, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
William Arthur Owens director C/O CENTURYLINK, INC., 100 CENTURYLINK DRIVE, MONROE LA 71203
Ronald P Erickson director, officer: Chairman 9437 NE CORAL COURT, BAINBRIDGE ISLAND WA 98110
Jon Pepper director 500 UNION STREET, SUITE 810, SEATTLE WA 98101
Phillip Bosua director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO and President 500 UNION STREET, SUITE 810, SEATTLE WA 98101
Jeff T Wilson officer: CFO
Jeffrey Richard Kruse other: Pres. of TransTech Systems Inc 12142 NE SKY LANE, SUITE 130, AURORA OR 97002
Todd Martin Sames officer: V.P. of Business Development 500 UNION STREET, SUITE 420, SEATTLE WA 98101
Richard Mander officer: VP Product Mgmnt & Technology 500 UNION STREET, STE 406, SEATTLE WA 98101
Bonderson Paul R Jr director

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