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Vianet Group (LSE:VNET) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Vianet Group Financial Strength?

Vianet Group has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.

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.

Vianet Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 3.09. Vianet Group's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.25. As of today, Vianet Group's Altman Z-Score is 4.06.


Competitive Comparison of Vianet Group's Financial Strength

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Vianet 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.


Vianet Group's Financial Strength Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Vianet Group's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Vianet 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:

Vianet Group's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was £-0.08 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.24 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £3.33 Mil.

Vianet Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*0.235/-0.076
=3.09

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

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

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

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0.256 + 3.333) / 14.388
=0.25

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.

Vianet Group has a Z-score of 4.06, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 4.06 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.


Vianet Group  (LSE:VNET) 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.

Vianet Group has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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Vianet Group (LSE:VNET) Business Description

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Address
One Surtees Way, Surtees Business Park, Stockton on Tees, GBR, TS18 3HR
Vianet Group PLC is a provider of actionable management information and business insight created by combining data from the smart Internet of Things solutions and external information sources. Smart Zones include Data insight and actionable data services as well as design, product development, sale and rental of fluid monitoring equipment. The business of the group is divided into two divisions: Smart Machines and Smart Zones. It generates maximum revenue from the Smart Zones segment. Geographically, it derives maximum of the revenue from the United Kingdom and has a presence in the Rest of Europe and the United States/Canada.

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