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Yellow Pages (FRA:YMI) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Yellow Pages Financial Strength?

Yellow Pages has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.

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.

Yellow Pages's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 18.91. Yellow Pages's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.20. As of today, Yellow Pages's Altman Z-Score is 3.26.


Competitive Comparison of Yellow Pages's Financial Strength

For the Publishing subindustry, Yellow Pages'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.


Yellow Pages's Financial Strength Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Yellow Pages's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Yellow Pages's Financial Strength falls into.



Yellow Pages 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:

Yellow Pages's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-0.4 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was €8.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €26.5 Mil.

Yellow Pages's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*8.168/-0.432
=18.91

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

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

Yellow Pages's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(2.728 + 26.48) / 149.448
=0.20

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.

Yellow Pages has a Z-score of 3.26, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 3.26 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.


Yellow Pages  (FRA:YMI) 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.

Yellow Pages has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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Yellow Pages (FRA:YMI) Business Description

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1751 Richardson Street, Suite 2.300, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3K 1G6
Yellow Pages Ltd is a media and marketing solutions company in Canada, It offers local and national businesses access to digital and print media and marketing solutions to reach consumers in all the provinces and territories of Canada.

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