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Gulf & Pacific Equities (TSXV:GUF) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Gulf & Pacific Equities Financial Strength?

Gulf & Pacific Equities has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Gulf & Pacific Equities Corp 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.

Gulf & Pacific Equities's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.89. Gulf & Pacific Equities's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.82. As of today, Gulf & Pacific Equities's Altman Z-Score is 0.74.


Competitive Comparison of Gulf & Pacific Equities's Financial Strength

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Gulf & Pacific Equities'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.


Gulf & Pacific Equities's Financial Strength Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Gulf & Pacific Equities's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gulf & Pacific Equities's Financial Strength falls into.



Gulf & Pacific Equities 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:

Gulf & Pacific Equities's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was C$-0.42 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was C$0.38 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$25.32 Mil.

Gulf & Pacific Equities'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*0.377/-0.424
=0.89

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

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Gulf & Pacific Equities Corp interest coverage is 1.07, which is low.

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

Gulf & Pacific Equities'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
=(0 + 25.317) / 4.352
=5.82

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.

Gulf & Pacific Equities has a Z-score of 0.74, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.74 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.


Gulf & Pacific Equities  (TSXV:GUF) 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.

Gulf & Pacific Equities has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. 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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Gulf & Pacific Equities (TSXV:GUF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1240 Bay Street, Suite 800, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5R 2A7
Gulf & Pacific Equities Corp is a Canada-based company, which owns and operates commercial rental properties in Western Canada. It acquires, manages, and develops anchored shopping malls in rural centres in Alberta and British Columbia. The company's portfolio consists of over three properties located in Northern Alberta.
Executives
Anthony Cohen 10% Security Holder, Director, Senior Officer

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