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Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee (TSX:SWP) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Financial Strength?

Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

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.

Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.45. Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.71. As of today, Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee's Altman Z-Score is 1.34.


Competitive Comparison of Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee's Financial Strength

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee'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.


Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee's Financial Strength Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee 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:

Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was C$-2.3 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was C$3.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$98.9 Mil.

Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*3.372/-2.326
=1.45

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

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

Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(19.06 + 98.869) / 164.948
=0.71

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.

Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee has a Z-score of 1.34, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.34 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.


Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee  (TSX:SWP) 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.

Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee (TSX:SWP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7750 Beedie Way, Delta, BC, CAN, V4G 0A5
Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Inc is a specialty coffee company, that offers green coffee decaffeination, and Seaforth Supply Chain Solutions Inc provides green coffee handling and storage services. It is a premium decaffeination of green coffee in Canadian British Columbia. It employs the proprietary Swiss Water Process to decaffeinate green coffee without the use of chemicals, leveraging science-based systems and controls to produce coffee. The company's sales are generated in a single segment of decaffeination of green coffee beans. It also operates in three geographic areas - Canada, the United States, and other international markets, and the majority of revenue comes from the United States.
Executives
Donald John Tringali Director