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Canaf Investments (TSXV:CAF) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Canaf Investments Financial Strength?

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

Good Sign:

Canaf Investments Inc 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.

Canaf Investments's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 160.33. Canaf Investments's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.00. As of today, Canaf Investments's Altman Z-Score is 5.42.


Competitive Comparison of Canaf Investments's Financial Strength

For the Coking Coal subindustry, Canaf Investments'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.


Canaf Investments's Financial Strength Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Canaf Investments's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Canaf Investments 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:

Canaf Investments's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jan. 2024 was C$-0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jan. 2024 was C$0.48 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was C$0.02 Mil.

Canaf Investments's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*0.481/-0.003
=160.33

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. Canaf Investments Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

Canaf Investments's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jan. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0.019 + 0.023) / 38.464
=0.00

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.

Canaf Investments has a Z-score of 5.42, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 5.42 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.


Canaf Investments  (TSXV:CAF) 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.

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


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Canaf Investments (TSXV:CAF) Business Description

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Address
1111 Melville Street, Suite 1100, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 3V6
Canaf Investments Inc is a Canadian company that owns and operates a coal processing plant in South Africa that processes coal and coal products into calcine, a coke substitute with high carbon content. The company, through its subsidiaries, produces calcined anthracite used in the manufacturing process of steel and manganese. The company operates in two reportable segments are Canada and South Africa, out of which the majority of revenue comes from South Africa.
Executives
Monita Faris Director