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Rackspace Hosting (Rackspace Hosting) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Sep. 2016)


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What is Rackspace Hosting Financial Strength?

Rackspace Hosting 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.

Rackspace Hosting's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was 6.88. Rackspace Hosting's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was 0.31. As of today, Rackspace Hosting's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Rackspace Hosting's Financial Strength

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Rackspace Hosting'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.


Rackspace Hosting's Financial Strength Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Rackspace Hosting's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Rackspace Hosting's Financial Strength falls into.



Rackspace Hosting 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:

Rackspace Hosting's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2016 was $-10 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2016 was $70 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was $644 Mil.

Rackspace Hosting's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2016 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2016 )
=-1*70.2/-10.2
=6.88

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

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

Rackspace Hosting's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2016 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0.3 + 644.3) / 2064.8
=0.31

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.

Rackspace Hosting has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy 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.


Rackspace Hosting  (NYSE:RAX) 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.

Rackspace Hosting has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Rackspace Hosting (Rackspace Hosting) Business Description

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Rackspace Hosting Inc was incorporated in Delaware in March 2000. The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, is a provider of cloud computing services, managing web-based IT systems for small and medium-sized businesses as well as large enterprises. It offers a portfolio of integrated IT solutions for common business needs, including for ecommerce, web content management, website hosting, data services, office mail and collaboration, and private clouds. It also offers advisory services for technology strategy, security and compliance, application assessment and migration, and DevOps automation. It offers its solutions across a variety of IT form factors, including multi-tenant public cloud, dedicated single-tenant servers, private cloud, and hybrid cloud - all delivered with a commitment to open and standard technologies. Its marketing activities include web-based paid and natural search, participation in technology trade shows, conferences and customer events, advertisements in traditional and electronic (web and email-based) media, and targeted regional public relations activities. Its trademark includes Rackspace, Fanatical Support, and RackConnect. The Company is subject to U.S. federal income tax and various state, local, and international income taxes in numerous jurisdictions.
Executives
Alex Pinchev officer: EVP, Global Sales & Marketing BMC SOFTWARE INC, 2101 CITYWEST BLVD, HOUSTON TX 77042
Lila Tretikov director 149 NEW MONTGOMERY STREET, FLOOR 6, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
John E Harper director 2300 WEST PLANO PARKWAY, PLANO TX 75075
Joseph Saporito officer: Chief Accounting Officer
Kevin Costello director C/O ARIBA INC, 807 11TH AVENUE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Graham M Weston director, 10 percent owner 425 SOLEDAD SUITE 500, SAN ANTONIO TX 78205
Eugene V Defelice officer: SVP, General Counsel 1506 COVENTRY LANE SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Michael S Gilliland director 3720 BEVERLY DRIVE, DALLAS TX 75205
Still George J Jr director NORWEST VENTURE PARTNERS, 525 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SUITE 800, PALO ALTO CA 94301
A Lanham Napier director, officer: CEO 701 W. CASTANO, SAN ANTONIO TX 78209
Palmer L Moe director 5000 WALZEM SAN ANTONIO TX 78218
Wells Fargo & Company/mn 10 percent owner 420 MONTGOMERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94163
Promod Haque 10 percent owner C/O NORWEST VENTURE PARTNERS, 525 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SUITE 800, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Norwest Venture Partners Viii Lp 10 percent owner C/O NORWEST VENTURE PARTNERS 525 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SUITE 800 PALO ALTO CA 94301
James J Goetz 10 percent owner C/O SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL RD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025

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