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Chinese Maritime Transport (TPE:2612) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Chinese Maritime Transport Financial Strength?

Chinese Maritime Transport has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Chinese Maritime Transport Ltd 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.

Chinese Maritime Transport's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.05. Chinese Maritime Transport's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.61. As of today, Chinese Maritime Transport's Altman Z-Score is 1.21.


Competitive Comparison of Chinese Maritime Transport's Financial Strength

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Chinese Maritime Transport'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.


Chinese Maritime Transport's Financial Strength Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Chinese Maritime Transport's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chinese Maritime Transport's Financial Strength falls into.



Chinese Maritime Transport 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:

Chinese Maritime Transport's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-104 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$110 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$6,804 Mil.

Chinese Maritime Transport'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*109.969/-104.359
=1.05

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. Chinese Maritime Transport Ltds earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

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

Chinese Maritime Transport'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
=(3814.308 + 6803.892) / 4062.576
=2.61

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.

Chinese Maritime Transport has a Z-score of 1.21, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.21 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.


Chinese Maritime Transport  (TPE:2612) 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.

Chinese Maritime Transport has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Chinese Maritime Transport (TPE:2612) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 15, Jinan Road, 4th Floor, Section 1, Chinese Maritime Building, Taipei, TWN, 10051
Chinese Maritime Transport Ltd provides goods transportation services. The company provides container transportation, warehousing and freight agent for Saudi Arabian Airlines. It generates maximum revenue from container hauling and logistics.

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