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Hikari Tsushin (Hikari Tsushin) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Hikari Tsushin Financial Strength?

Hikari Tsushin has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Hikari Tsushin Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

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.

Hikari Tsushin's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.39. Hikari Tsushin's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.32. As of today, Hikari Tsushin's Altman Z-Score is 1.84.


Competitive Comparison of Hikari Tsushin's Financial Strength

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Hikari Tsushin'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.


Hikari Tsushin's Financial Strength Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Hikari Tsushin's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hikari Tsushin's Financial Strength falls into.



Hikari Tsushin 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:

Hikari Tsushin's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-25 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $133 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $4,446 Mil.

Hikari Tsushin'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*133.468/-24.777
=5.39

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

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Hikari Tsushin Inc interest coverage is 4.41, which is low.

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

Hikari Tsushin'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
=(1043.836 + 4446.09) / 4145.28
=1.32

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.

Hikari Tsushin has a Z-score of 1.84, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Hikari Tsushin is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may faces bankrupcy risk.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.84 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

* 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.


Hikari Tsushin  (GREY:HKTGF) 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.

Hikari Tsushin has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Hikari Tsushin (Hikari Tsushin) Business Description

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Hikari West Gate Building, 1-4-10, Nishi Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 171-0021
Hikari Tsushin Inc is a Japanese company that provides services such networking and automation products offers individual insurance plans for small and medium-size enterprises. The company has three reporting segments: corporate, shop and insurance. The corporate segment offers products such as Wi-Fi routers, SIM cards, water coolers and LED lighting. Revenue is evenly split between the corporate and shop segments with insurance adding a small portion. The company earns the vast majority of its revenue in Japan.

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