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Gladstone Land (Gladstone Land) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Gladstone Land Financial Strength?

Gladstone Land has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

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.

Gladstone Land's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.51. Gladstone Land's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.87. As of today, Gladstone Land's Altman Z-Score is 0.47.


Competitive Comparison of Gladstone Land's Financial Strength

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, Gladstone Land's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

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Gladstone Land's Financial Strength Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Gladstone Land's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gladstone Land's Financial Strength falls into.



Gladstone Land 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:

Gladstone Land's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-5.83 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.81 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $573.91 Mil.

Gladstone Land's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*8.813/-5.83
=1.51

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

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

Gladstone Land's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0.2 + 573.911) / 97.808
=5.87

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.

Gladstone Land has a Z-score of 0.47, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.47 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy 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.


Gladstone Land  (NAS:LAND) 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.

Gladstone Land has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Gladstone Land (Gladstone Land) Business Description

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Address
1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, VA, USA, 22102
Gladstone Land Corp is an externally-managed, agricultural REIT. It is mainly in the business of owning and leasing farmland. It manages operations in one reporting segment. It is focused on the ownership of high-quality farms and farm-related properties that are leased on a triple-net basis to tenants with a strong operating history and deep farming resources. The farmland is predominantly concentrated in locations where farmers are able to grow either fresh produce annual row crops (e.g., certain berries and vegetables), which are typically planted and harvested annually, or certain permanent crops (e.g., almonds, blueberries, pistachios, and wine grapes). To a much lesser extent, it also own farms that grow certain commodity crops (e.g., corn and beans).
Executives
Paula Novara director 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Caren D Merrick director 1521 WESTBRANCH, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michela A English director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michael Licalsi other: Internal Counsel and Secretary 1521 WESTBRANCH DR., MCLEAN VA 22102
Lewis Parrish officer: CFO 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Paul W Adelgren director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
David Gladstone director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Jay Beckhorn officer: Treasurer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Walter H Wilkinson director C/O RF MICRO DEVICES, INC., 7628 THORNDIKE ROAD, GREENSBORO NC 27409
John Dellafiora other: Chief Compliance Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Jennifer A Smith officer: Valuation Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Terry Earhart director 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
John Reilly director 1521 WESTBRANCH DR., STE. 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Anthony W Parker director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
John H Outland director