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AQ Group AB (OSTO:AQ) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is AQ Group AB Financial Strength?

AQ Group AB has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

AQ Group AB shows strong financial strength.

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.

AQ Group AB's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 74.33. AQ Group AB's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.07. As of today, AQ Group AB's Altman Z-Score is 6.38.


Competitive Comparison of AQ Group AB's Financial Strength

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, AQ Group AB'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.


AQ Group AB's Financial Strength Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, AQ Group AB's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



AQ Group AB 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:

AQ Group AB's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr-3 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr223 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr419 Mil.

AQ Group AB'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*223/-3
=74.33

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

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

AQ Group AB'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
=(195 + 419) / 8900
=0.07

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.

AQ Group AB has a Z-score of 6.38, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 6.38 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.


AQ Group AB  (OSTO:AQ) 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.

AQ Group AB has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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AQ Group AB (OSTO:AQ) Business Description

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Address
Regattagatan 29, Vasteras, SWE, 723 48
AQ Group AB is a supplier of manufacturing and assembling tool-bound sheet metal and thermoplastic parts to demanding industrial customers. The company's business consists of the System and Component segments. The System segment includes Electric Cabinets and System Products business areas. The Component segment encompasses business areas of Precision stamping and Injection Molding, Inductive Components, Wiring Systems, Sheet Metal Processing as well as Special Technologies and Engineering. Majority of the revenue is derived from Component segment. It operates around the globe with majority revenue from Sweden.

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