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CommScope Holding Co (CommScope Holding Co) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is CommScope Holding Co Financial Strength?

CommScope Holding Co 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:

CommScope Holding Co 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.

CommScope Holding Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.83. CommScope Holding Co's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.63. As of today, CommScope Holding Co's Altman Z-Score is 0.06.


Competitive Comparison of CommScope Holding Co's Financial Strength

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, CommScope Holding Co's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

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CommScope Holding Co's Financial Strength Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, CommScope Holding Co's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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CommScope Holding Co 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:

CommScope Holding Co's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-171 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $142 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $9,247 Mil.

CommScope Holding Co'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*142.4/-170.9
=0.83

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. CommScope Holding Co Incs earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

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

CommScope Holding Co'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
=(68.5 + 9246.6) / 1079.2
=8.63

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.

CommScope Holding Co has a Z-score of 0.06, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.06 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.


CommScope Holding Co  (NAS:COMM) 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.

CommScope Holding Co 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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CommScope Holding Co (CommScope Holding Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1100 CommScope Place, South East, Hickory, NC, USA, 28602
CommScope Holding Co Inc is a provider of infrastructure solutions for communication, data center and entertainment networks. The company provides solutions for wired and wireless networks to enable service providers, including cable, telephone, data center and digital broadcast satellite operators and media programmers, to deliver media, voice, Internet Protocol (IP) data services and Wi-Fi to their subscribers and allow enterprises to experience constant wireless and wired connectivity across complex and varied networking environments. The company is into digital video and IP television (IPTV) distribution systems, broadband access infrastructure platforms and equipment that delivers data and voice networks to homes.
Executives
Linde Koen Ter officer: SVP & President, CCS COMMSCOPE HOLDING COMPANY, INC., 3642 US 70, CLAREMONT NC 28610
Watts Claudius E. Iv director THE CARLYLE GROUP, 101 S. TRYON STREET, 25TH FLOOR, CHARLOTTE NC 28280
Justin C Choi officer: SVP, Chief Legal Officer & Sec ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., 2301 PATRIOT BLVD., GLENVIEW IL 60026
Kyle David Lorentzen officer: EVP & CFO 9968 GLASGOW COURT, DUBLIN OH 43017
Timothy T Yates director ONE SYMBOL PLAZA, HOLTSVILLE NY 11742
Charles L. Treadway director, officer: President and CEO 8155 T&B BOULEVARD, MEMPHIS TN 38125
John R. Carlson officer: SVP & Chief Commercial Officer C/O COMMSCOPE HOLDING COMPANY, INC., 1100 COMMSCOPE PLACE, SE, HICKORY NC 28602
Bartolomeo Giordano officer: SVP & President, NICS 1100 COMMSCOPE PL SE, C/O COMMSCOPE HOLDING COMPANY, INC., HICKORY NC 28602
Joanne M Maguire director 6801 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE, BETHESDA MD 20817
Farid Firouzbakht officer: SVP & President, OWN 3790 VIA DE LA VALLE, SUITE 311, DEL MAR CA 92014
Laurie S. Oracion officer: SVP & CAO C/O COMMSCOPE HOLDING COMPANY, INC., 1100 COMMSCOPE PLACE SE, HICKORY NC 28602
Frank M Drendel director, officer: Chairman of Board NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC, 2001 EDMUND HALLEY DRIVE, RESTON VA 20191
Mindy Mackenzie director 510 LAKE COOK ROAD, DEERFIELD IL 60015
Markus R. Ogurek officer: SVP & President, NICS C/O COMMSCOPE HOLDING COMPANY, INC., 1100 COMMSCOPE PLACE SE, HICKORY NC 28602
Guy Sucharczuk officer: SVP & President, ANS C/O COMMSCOPE HOLDING COMPANY, INC., 1100 COMMSCOPE PLACE SE, HICKORY NC 28602