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Telia Company AB (Telia Company AB) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Telia Company AB Financial Strength?

Telia Company AB has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

Warning Sign:

Telia Company AB displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

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.

Telia Company AB's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.78. Telia Company AB's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.24. As of today, Telia Company AB's Altman Z-Score is 0.86.


Competitive Comparison of Telia Company AB's Financial Strength

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Telia Company 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.


Telia Company AB's Financial Strength Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Telia Company AB's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Telia Company AB's Financial Strength falls into.



Telia Company 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:

Telia Company AB's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-121 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $216 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $9,327 Mil.

Telia Company 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*216.015/-121.118
=1.78

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

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Telia Company AB interest coverage is 1.29, which is low.

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

Telia Company 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
=(844.755 + 9327.269) / 8173.812
=1.24

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.

Telia Company AB has a Z-score of 0.86, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.86 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy 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.


Telia Company AB  (OTCPK:TLSNY) 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.

Telia Company AB has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Telia Company AB (Telia Company AB) Business Description

Address
Stjarntorget 1, Solna, Stockholm, SWE, 169 94
Telia is the incumbent telecommunications operator in Sweden but is also present in Norway, Finland, Denmark, and the Baltic countries. In the past five years, Telia has been narrowing its business focus, divesting businesses in Asia and focusing on its core markets. In 2022 Telia had revenue of more than SEK 90 billion, with the majority of it coming from the Nordic markets.

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