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Nippon Sharyo (TSE:7102) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Nippon Sharyo Financial Strength?

Nippon Sharyo has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

Warning Sign:

Nippon Sharyo Ltd 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.

Nippon Sharyo's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 17.84. Nippon Sharyo's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.59. As of today, Nippon Sharyo's Altman Z-Score is 1.99.


Competitive Comparison of Nippon Sharyo's Financial Strength

For the Railroads subindustry, Nippon Sharyo'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.


Nippon Sharyo's Financial Strength Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Nippon Sharyo's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nippon Sharyo 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:

Nippon Sharyo's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円-68 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円1,213 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円37,304 Mil.

Nippon Sharyo'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*1213/-68
=17.84

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

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

Nippon Sharyo'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
=(3209 + 37304) / 68620
=0.59

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.

Nippon Sharyo has a Z-score of 1.99, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Nippon Sharyo is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may faces bankrupcy risk.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.99 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

* 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.


Nippon Sharyo  (TSE:7102) 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.

Nippon Sharyo has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Nippon Sharyo (TSE:7102) Business Description

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Address
1-1,Sanbonmatsu-cho, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, JPN, 456-8691
Nippon Sharyo Ltd is a Japan-based company engaged in the manufacture of railway rolling stock. The company operates through three segments. Its Railway rolling stock segment consists of manufacture and sales of rolling stock. The Transportation equipment and steel structure segment include production and trade of transportation equipment such as freight cars, tank trucks, heavy-duty industrial vehicles, and roadway and railway bridges. Its Construction equipment segment comprises of pile driving rigs, crawler cranes, casing rotators, portable diesel generator sets and emergency generators.

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