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Awa Paper & Technological Co (TSE:3896) Financial Strength : 2 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Awa Paper & Technological Co Financial Strength?

Awa Paper & Technological Co has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Awa Paper & Technological Co Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

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.

Awa Paper & Technological Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.18. Awa Paper & Technological Co's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.42. As of today, Awa Paper & Technological Co's Altman Z-Score is 1.09.


Competitive Comparison of Awa Paper & Technological Co's Financial Strength

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Awa Paper & Technological Co'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.


Awa Paper & Technological Co's Financial Strength Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

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Awa Paper & Technological Co 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:

Awa Paper & Technological Co's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円-15 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円153 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円1,955 Mil.

Awa Paper & Technological Co'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*152.748/-15.01
=10.18

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

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

Awa Paper & Technological Co'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
=(5039.634 + 1955.425) / 16665.968
=0.42

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.

Awa Paper & Technological Co has a Z-score of 1.09, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.09 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.


Awa Paper & Technological Co  (TSE:3896) 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.

Awa Paper & Technological Co has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Awa Paper & Technological Co (TSE:3896) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
3-10-18, Minamiyasocho, Tokushima-shi, Tokushima, JPN, 770-0005
Awa Paper & Technological Co Inc is engaged in manufacturing and selling papers worldwide. The company provides air filter media, polyolefin sheets, base papers, cabin filter media, heat radiation sheets and fins, carbon fiber reinforced plastics, ceramic sheets, and cushion papers, as well as graphitic, carbon fiber, activated carbon fiber, and activated carbon.

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