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Fluxys Belgium (XBRU:FLUX) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Fluxys Belgium Financial Strength?

Fluxys Belgium 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:

Fluxys Belgium SA 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.

Fluxys Belgium's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.34. Fluxys Belgium's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.69. As of today, Fluxys Belgium's Altman Z-Score is 1.23.


Competitive Comparison of Fluxys Belgium's Financial Strength

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Fluxys Belgium's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

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Fluxys Belgium's Financial Strength Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Fluxys Belgium's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fluxys Belgium's Financial Strength falls into.



Fluxys Belgium 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:

Fluxys Belgium's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was €-34.9 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was €46.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,070.3 Mil.

Fluxys Belgium'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*46.642/-34.919
=1.34

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. Fluxys Belgium SA interest coverage is 1.71, which is low.

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

Fluxys Belgium'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
=(55.336 + 1070.311) / 665.524
=1.69

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.

Fluxys Belgium has a Z-score of 1.23, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.23 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.


Fluxys Belgium  (XBRU:FLUX) 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.

Fluxys Belgium 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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Fluxys Belgium (XBRU:FLUX) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Avenue des Arts 31, Brussels, BEL, B-1040
Fluxys Belgium SA is engaged as an operator of the natural gas transmission grid and storage infrastructure in Belgium. The company provides transmission and hub services which include transmitting natural gas to distribution system operators, power stations, and industrial end-users, and also buying and selling on Belgian gas trading places, and storage services which include enabling customers to use buffer capacity according to their use, and LNG terminalling which include loading and unloading LNG carriers, storing LNG, and regasifying it for transmission on the network. Its operating segment includes Transmission; Storage, and Terminalling. The company generates maximum revenue from the Transmission segment.