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Incitec Pivot (ASX:IPL) Financial Strength

: 5 (As of Sep. 2023)
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Incitec Pivot has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

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.

Incitec Pivot's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 2.42. Incitec Pivot's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.35. As of today, Incitec Pivot's Altman Z-Score is 2.12.


Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Incitec Pivot'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.


Incitec Pivot Financial Strength Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Incitec Pivot's Financial Strength falls into.



Incitec Pivot 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:

Incitec Pivot's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was A$-74 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was A$179 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was A$1,904 Mil.

Incitec Pivot's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*179/-74
=2.42

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

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

Incitec Pivot's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(62.4 + 1904) / 5608.6
=0.35

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.

Incitec Pivot has a Z-score of 2.12, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Incitec Pivot 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 2.12 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.


Incitec Pivot  (ASX:IPL) 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.

Incitec Pivot has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Incitec Pivot (ASX:IPL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
28 Freshwater Place, Level 8, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 3006
Incitec Pivot is a leading global explosives company with operations in Australia, Asia, and the Americas. We estimate its share of the global commercial explosives market at about 15%. Explosives contributes around 80% of EBIT. Incitec Pivot is also a major Australian fertilizer producer and distributor and is the only Australian manufacturer of ammonium phosphates and urea. Ammonium phosphates are sold in the domestic market and exported.

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