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Highlight Communications AG (XTER:HLG) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2022)


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What is Highlight Communications AG Financial Strength?

Highlight Communications AG 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.

Highlight Communications AG's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was 0.45. Highlight Communications AG's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was 0.32. As of today, Highlight Communications AG's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Highlight Communications AG's Financial Strength

For the Entertainment subindustry, Highlight Communications AG'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.


Highlight Communications AG's Financial Strength Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Highlight Communications AG's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Highlight Communications AG's Financial Strength falls into.



Highlight Communications AG 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:

Highlight Communications AG's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2022 was €-5.9 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2022 was €2.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was €34.1 Mil.

Highlight Communications AG's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2022 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2022 )
=-1*2.612/-5.851
=0.45

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

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

Highlight Communications AG's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2022 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(130.06 + 34.083) / 518
=0.32

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.

Highlight Communications AG 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.


Highlight Communications AG  (XTER:HLG) 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.

Highlight Communications AG has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Highlight Communications AG (XTER:HLG) Business Description

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Netzibodenstrasse 23b, Pratteln, CHE, 4133
Highlight Communications AG is a Switzerland-based financial holding company. The company is a film production and license company in German-speaking countries. Its combined operating segments include Film, Sports, and Sports-and Event-Marketing. In the Film segment, the company along with its subsidiaries is a producer and distributor of cinema, video, and TV films. In addition to owning and co-producing, it acquires the exploitation rights to third-party productions. The sports segment mainly comprises activities in the TV and digital areas with the umbrella brand SPORT1 and in the area of production, content solutions services, and content marketing with PLAZAMEDIA. In the Sports- and Event-Marketing segment, the company is engaged in the marketing of international events.

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