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Great Basin Scientific (Great Basin Scientific) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Mar. 2017)


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What is Great Basin Scientific Financial Strength?

Great Basin Scientific 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.

Great Basin Scientific did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Great Basin Scientific's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was 10.02. As of today, Great Basin Scientific's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Great Basin Scientific's Financial Strength

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Great Basin Scientific'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.


Great Basin Scientific's Financial Strength Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Great Basin Scientific's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Great Basin Scientific's Financial Strength falls into.



Great Basin Scientific 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:

Great Basin Scientific's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2017 was $-11.57 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2017 was $-6.45 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $0.05 Mil.

Great Basin Scientific's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 is

Great Basin Scientific did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

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

Great Basin Scientific's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2017 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(33.246 + 0.052) / 3.324
=10.02

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.

Great Basin Scientific 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.


Great Basin Scientific  (GREY:GBSNQ) 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.

Great Basin Scientific has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Great Basin Scientific (Great Basin Scientific) Business Description

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420 East South Temple, Suite 520, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 84111
Great Basin Scientific Inc is the United States based molecular diagnostic testing company. It is focused on the development and commercialization of molecular diagnostic platform designed to test for the infectious disease, especially hospital-acquired infections. Molecular diagnostic testing reduces test time from days to hours compared to culture methods. The company's system includes an analyzer, which it provides for the customers' use without charge in the United States, and a diagnostic cartridge, which it sells to the customers. The group derives its revenue from the sale of single-use assays sold in the United States, the European Union, and New Zealand, of which majority of the revenue is generated from the United States.

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