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Vycor Medical (Vycor Medical) Financial Strength : 1 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Vycor Medical Financial Strength?

Vycor Medical has the Financial Strength Rank of 1. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. 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.

Vycor Medical did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Vycor Medical's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.80. As of today, Vycor Medical's Altman Z-Score is -50.19.


Competitive Comparison of Vycor Medical's Financial Strength

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Vycor Medical'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.


Vycor Medical's Financial Strength Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Vycor Medical's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vycor Medical's Financial Strength falls into.



Vycor Medical 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:

Vycor Medical's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.03 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.01 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.23 Mil.

Vycor Medical's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Vycor Medical did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

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

Vycor Medical'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
=(0.852 + 0.231) / 1.348
=0.80

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.

Vycor Medical has a Z-score of -50.19, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -50.19 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.


Vycor Medical  (OTCPK:VYCO) 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.

Vycor Medical has the Financial Strength Rank of 1. 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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Vycor Medical (Vycor Medical) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
951 Broken Sound Boulevard, Suite 320, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 33487
Vycor Medical Inc is engaged in designing, developing and marketing medical devices for use in neurosurgery in the United States. It has developed ViewSite Brain Access System, which helps to reduce brain tissue trauma that arises from excessive pressure at the edges of the blade. It also provides non-invasive rehabilitation therapies for patients having disorders resulting from neurological brain damage caused by a stroke. The company operates through two segments: Vycor Medical, which focuses on devices for neurosurgery; and NovaVision, which focuses on neurostimulation therapies and diagnostic devices for the treatment and screening of visual field loss. The majority of the revenue comes from the Vycor Medical segment in the United States.
Executives
David Cantor director, officer: President 1 PORTMAN HOUSE HUE STREET, ST HELIER, JERSEY CHANNEL ISLANDS X0 00000
Adrian Liddell director, officer: Chairman ROSEMOUNT, LYNCOMBE VALE ROAD, BATH HI BA2 4LP
Peter C Zachariou director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O QUE MANAGEMENT INC, 180 VENICK 13RH FL, NEW YORK NY 10014
Lowell Rush director C/O DIRECT INSITE CORP., 500 EAST BROWARD BOULEVARD, SUITE 1550, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33394
Oscar Bronsther director 4 AUTUMNWOOD COURT, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Steven Girgenti director C/O HEALTHWORLD CORP, 100 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10013
Fountainhead Capital Management Ltd 10 percent owner PORTMAN HOUSE HUE STREET, ST HELIER, JERSEY CHANNEL ISLANDS X0 JE45RP

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