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Dragon Oil (LSE:DGO) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Jun. 2015)


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What is Dragon Oil Financial Strength?

Dragon Oil 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.

Dragon Oil's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 93.34. Dragon Oil's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 0.00. As of today, Dragon Oil's Altman Z-Score is 4.85.


Competitive Comparison of Dragon Oil's Financial Strength

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Dragon Oil'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.


Dragon Oil's Financial Strength Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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Dragon Oil 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:

Dragon Oil's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jun. 2015 was £-1.2 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jun. 2015 was £115.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was £0.0 Mil.

Dragon Oil's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2015 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2015 )
=-1*115/-1.232
=93.34

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

Good Sign:

Dragon Oil PLC has no debt.

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

Dragon Oil's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jun. 2015 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0 + 0) / 577.634
=0.00

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.

Dragon Oil has a Z-score of 4.85, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score 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.


Dragon Oil  (LSE:DGO) 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.

Dragon Oil has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Dragon Oil (LSE:DGO) Business Description

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Dragon Oil PLC is an independent oil and gas exploration, development and production company. The Company's producing asset is the Cheleken Contract Area, in the eastern section of the Caspian Sea, offshore Turkmenistan. It has exploration blocks offshore Tunisia (the Bargou Exploration Permit), in Iraq (Block 9), Afghanistan (Sanduqli and Mazar-i-Sharif blocks), offshore the Philippines (Service Contract 63) in partnership with other companies and Block 19 in Egypt. The Company develops the hydrocarbon reserves in the Cheleken Contract Area in accordance with the terms of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA). As at 31 December 2014 the Company had probably oil reserves of 663 million barrels of oil and condensate, gas 2P reserves and contingent gas resources of c. 2.7 TCF. The Bargou Exploration Permit contains prospective resources, while Block 9, Sanduqli and Mazar-i-Sharif blocks and Block 19 are at an early stage of exploration. The Company is subject to the international laws and regulations that it operates in.

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