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Fixstars (TSE:3687) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Fixstars Financial Strength?

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

Good Sign:

Fixstars Corp 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.

Fixstars's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1,054.27. Fixstars's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.11. As of today, Fixstars's Altman Z-Score is 20.54.


Competitive Comparison of Fixstars's Financial Strength

For the Software - Application subindustry, Fixstars'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.


Fixstars's Financial Strength Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Fixstars's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Fixstars 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:

Fixstars's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was 円-1 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was 円655 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 円103 Mil.

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

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*654.7/-0.621
=1,054.27

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

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Fixstars Corp has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

Fixstars'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
=(795.996 + 103.353) / 8208.688
=0.11

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.

Fixstars has a Z-score of 20.54, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 20.54 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.


Fixstars  (TSE:3687) 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.

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


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Fixstars (TSE:3687) Business Description

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1-11-1 Ohsaki, Shinagawa-Ku, Gate City Ohsaki West Tower 18Floor, Tokyo, JPN, 141-0032
Fixstars Corp is a Japan based software company. It offers multicore processors and application acceleration for the next generation of memory technology that delivers high speed IO as well as power savings. The solutions offered by the company are quantum computing, IoT, machine learning and FPGA. It operates in the business areas of Automotive, Flash storage, Industrial equipment, Finance, Healthcare and HPC. The company's products are M-cubed, Geometric Performance Primitives, FlashAir and Yellow Dog Appliance Server.

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