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Westjet Airlines (FRA:WC41) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Sep. 2019)


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What is Westjet Airlines Financial Strength?

Westjet Airlines 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.

Westjet Airlines's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was 10.31. Westjet Airlines's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was 0.42. As of today, Westjet Airlines's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Westjet Airlines's Financial Strength

For the Airlines subindustry, Westjet 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.


Westjet Airlines's Financial Strength Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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Westjet 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:

Westjet Airlines's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2019 was €-12 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2019 was €129 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was €1,282 Mil.

Westjet Airlines's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2019 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2019 )
=-1*128.74/-12.49
=10.31

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

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

Westjet Airlines's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2019 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(322.381 + 1282.374) / 3820.824
=0.42

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.

Westjet Airlines 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.


Westjet Airlines  (FRA:WC41) 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.

Westjet Airlines has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Westjet Airlines (FRA:WC41) Business Description

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22 Aerial Place N.E., Calgary, AB, CAN, T2E 3J1
WestJet is a Canadian airline based in Calgary, Alberta. WestJet operates WestJet Vacations, which provides air, hotel, car, and excursion packages and in 2013 launched WestJet Encore, a regional airline that operates Q400 turboprops, servicing smaller destinations. It also plans to launch an ultra-low-cost carrier (branded Swoop) in 2018. WestJet services over 100 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Europe. The carrier generated roughly CAD 4.5 billion in revenue in 2017.

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