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Atlas Pipeline Partners LP (FRA:AT3) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Sep. 2014)


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What is Atlas Pipeline Partners LP Financial Strength?

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.

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.

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 3.40. Atlas Pipeline Partners LP's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 0.58. As of today, Atlas Pipeline Partners LP's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Atlas Pipeline Partners LP's Financial Strength

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Atlas Pipeline Partners LP's Financial Strength Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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Atlas Pipeline Partners LP 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:

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2014 was €-18 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2014 was €59 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was €1,361 Mil.

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2014 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2014 )
=-1*59.481/-17.501
=3.40

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

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

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2014 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0.213 + 1361.176) / 2362.708
=0.58

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.

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy 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.


Atlas Pipeline Partners LP  (FRA:AT3) 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.

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Atlas Pipeline Partners LP (FRA:AT3) Business Description

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Atlas Pipeline Partners LP is a publicly-traded Delaware limited partnership formed in 1999. The Company is a provider of natural gas gathering, processing and treating services primarily in the Anadarko, Arkoma and Permian Basins located in the southwestern and mid-continent regions of the United States. It is also a provider of natural gas gathering services in the Appalachian Basin in the northeastern region of the United States and NGL transportation services provider in the southwestern region of the United States. The Company conducts its business in the midstream segment of the natural gas industry through two reportable segments: Gathering and Processing; and Transportation, Treating and other. The Gathering and Processing segment consists of: the Arkoma, WestOK, WestTX and Velma operations, which are comprised of natural gas gathering and processing assets servicing drilling activity in the Anadarko, Arkoma and Permian Basins; natural gas gathering assets located in the Barnett Shale play in Texas and the Appalachian Basin in Tennessee. The principal facilities consist of fourteen natural gas processing plants; eighteen gas treating facilities; approximately 11,200 miles of active 2 inch to 30 inch diameter natural gas gathering lines; and approximately 2,200 miles of NGL transportation pipeline. In Gathering and Processing segment, the Company competes for the acquisition of well connections with several other gathering/processing operations. These operations include plants and gathering systems operated by Access Midstream Partners, LP; Caballo Energy, LLC; Carrera Gas Company; Crosstex Energy Services, L.P., among others. In Transportation and Treating segment, it competes with other intrastate and interstate pipeline companies that transport NGLs in the southwestern region of the United States. These operations include NGL pipelines operated by DCP; Enterprise Partners, L.P.; Lonestar NGL, LLC; and ONEOK Partners, L.P. The Company's operations are in substantial compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations and compliance with existing federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations.

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