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Asiana Airlines (XKRX:020560) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Asiana Airlines Financial Strength?

Asiana Airlines 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:

Asiana Airlines Inc 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.

Asiana Airlines's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.62. Asiana Airlines's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.87. As of today, Asiana Airlines's Altman Z-Score is 0.34.


Competitive Comparison of Asiana Airlines's Financial Strength

For the Airlines subindustry, Asiana Airlines'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.


Asiana Airlines's Financial Strength Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Asiana Airlines's Financial Strength falls into.



Asiana Airlines 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:

Asiana Airlines's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₩-102,105 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₩62,817 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₩4,489,947 Mil.

Asiana Airlines'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*62816.798/-102105.18
=0.62

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. Asiana Airlines Inc interest coverage is 1.23, which is low.

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

Asiana Airlines'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
=(2532016.286 + 4489946.601) / 8035462.1
=0.87

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.

Asiana Airlines has a Z-score of 0.34, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.34 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.


Asiana Airlines  (XKRX:020560) 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.

Asiana Airlines 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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Asiana Airlines (XKRX:020560) Business Description

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Address
Asiana Town KangseoNo 47, PO Box 98 Osae-Dong, Kangseo-ku, Seoul, KOR, 157-731
Asiana Airlines Inc is one of South Korea's major airlines. It generates revenue by transporting passengers, cargo, and by providing supplementary services related to airlines and travel industries. The company offers many different classes, or cabin experiences, for each flight. A customer may purchase tickets, check the flight status, check-in, and order/confirm other amenities on the company's website. Only a small portion of revenue is derived from domestic passengers (South Korea), with international passengers and carrying cargo constituting a majority. The majority of Asiana's revenue is from routes conducted throughout Asia.

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