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Neo Performance Materials (TSX:NEO) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Neo Performance Materials Financial Strength?

Neo Performance Materials has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.

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.

Neo Performance Materials's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 55.14. Neo Performance Materials's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.11. As of today, Neo Performance Materials's Altman Z-Score is 2.06.


Competitive Comparison of Neo Performance Materials's Financial Strength

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Neo Performance Materials'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.


Neo Performance Materials's Financial Strength Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Neo Performance Materials's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Neo Performance Materials's Financial Strength falls into.



Neo Performance Materials 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:

Neo Performance Materials's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was C$-0.1 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was C$8.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$63.9 Mil.

Neo Performance Materials'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*8.051/-0.146
=55.14

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

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

Neo Performance Materials'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
=(9.125 + 63.895) / 661.072
=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.

Neo Performance Materials has a Z-score of 2.06, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Neo Performance Materials 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 2.06 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.


Neo Performance Materials  (TSX:NEO) 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.

Neo Performance Materials has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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Neo Performance Materials (TSX:NEO) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
121 King Street West, Suite 1740, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5H 3T9
Neo Performance Materials Inc is engaged in the innovation, development, processing, and manufacturing of rare earth and rare metal-based functional materials. Its operating segments include Magnequench, Chemicals & Oxides, Rare Metals, and Corporate. The Magnequench segment produces magnetic powders used in bonded and hot-deformed, fully dense neodymium-iron-boron magnets. The Chemicals & Oxides segment manufactures and distributes a broad range of industrial materials. The Rare Metals segment produces specialty metals and their compounds, such as tantalum, niobium, hafnium, rhenium, gallium, and indium. Its geographical segments are Asia, North America, Europe, and Others.
Executives
Rahim Suleman Director, Senior Officer