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Ashley Services Group (ASX:ASH) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Ashley Services Group Financial Strength?

Ashley Services Group 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.

Ashley Services Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.13. Ashley Services Group's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.03. As of today, Ashley Services Group's Altman Z-Score is 4.97.


Competitive Comparison of Ashley Services Group's Financial Strength

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Ashley Services Group'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.


Ashley Services Group's Financial Strength Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Ashley Services Group's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ashley Services Group's Financial Strength falls into.



Ashley Services Group 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:

Ashley Services Group's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-1.2 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$6.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$6.0 Mil.

Ashley Services Group'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*6.223/-1.212
=5.13

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

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

Ashley Services Group'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
=(13.746 + 5.993) / 581.574
=0.03

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.

Ashley Services Group has a Z-score of 4.97, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 4.97 is strong.

* 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.


Ashley Services Group  (ASX:ASH) 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.

Ashley Services Group has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Ashley Services Group (ASX:ASH) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
92 Pitt Street, Level 10, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
Ashley Services Group Ltd is engaged in staffing services. The group operates in two operating segments namely Labour hire and Training. The group derives maximum revenue from providing labour-hire services. In labour-hire division, the company has candidates who are able to start work within one hour of the request and run a year-round national operation with dedicated after-hours in-house consultants. Its labour-hire brands to include Action Workforce and Concept Engineering. The organization operates in Australia.

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