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SDI Group (LSE:SDI) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Oct. 2023)


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What is SDI Group Financial Strength?

SDI Group 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.

SDI Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was 4.52. SDI Group's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was 0.33. As of today, SDI Group's Altman Z-Score is 2.40.


Competitive Comparison of SDI Group's Financial Strength

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, SDI Group'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.


SDI Group's Financial Strength Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, SDI Group's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SDI Group's Financial Strength falls into.



SDI Group 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:

SDI Group's Interest Expense for the months ended in Oct. 2023 was £-0.75 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Oct. 2023 was £3.41 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was £20.74 Mil.

SDI Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Oct. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Oct. 2023 )
=-1*3.409/-0.754
=4.52

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

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

SDI Group's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Oct. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0.78 + 20.739) / 64.43
=0.33

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.

SDI Group has a Z-score of 2.40, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that SDI Group 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 2.4 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.


SDI Group  (LSE:SDI) 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.

SDI Group has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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SDI Group (LSE:SDI) Business Description

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Address
Nuffield Road, Beacon House, Cambridge, GBR, CB4 1TF
SDI Group PLC designs and manufactures scientific and technology products for use by the life science, healthcare, astronomy, consumer manufacturing and art conservation markets through Synoptics, the Artemis, the Opus instruments, and Astles Control systems brands. The Digital Imaging segment incorporates the Synoptics brands Syngene, Synbiosis, Synoptics Health and Fistreem, the Atik brands Atik Cameras, Opus and Quantum Scientific Imaging, and the Graticules Optics business. The Sensors & Control segment combines our Sentek, Astles Control Systems, Applied Thermal Control, Thermal Exchange, MPB Industries and Chell Instruments businesses. It operates in the UK, Europe, America, Rest of Asia, and Rest of the world segments. It derives most of its revenues from America segment.