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AGF Management (AGF Management) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is AGF Management Financial Strength?

AGF Management has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

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.

AGF Management's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 11.76. AGF Management's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.27. As of today, AGF Management's Altman Z-Score is 2.23.


Competitive Comparison of AGF Management's Financial Strength

For the Asset Management subindustry, AGF Management'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.


AGF Management's Financial Strength Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, AGF Management's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AGF Management's Financial Strength falls into.



AGF Management 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:

AGF Management's Interest Expense for the months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-1.1 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Feb. 2024 was $13.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $86.7 Mil.

AGF Management's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*13.367/-1.137
=11.76

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

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

AGF Management's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Feb. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(4.413 + 86.678) / 335.984
=0.27

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.

AGF Management has a Z-score of 2.23, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that AGF Management is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may faces bankrupcy risk.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 2.23 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

* 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.


AGF Management  (OTCPK:AGFMF) 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.

AGF Management has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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AGF Management (AGF Management) Business Description

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Address
81 Bay Street, Suite 3900, CIBC SQUARE, Tower One, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 0G1
AGF Management is a Canada-based asset manager with operations and investments in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Asia. At the end of September, the firm had CAD 41.0 billion in total assets under management. Its funds are weighted more heavily toward equities, with close to three fourths of retail AUM being equity-related. That said, the company does use fundamental, quantitative, and alternative strategies to manage its investment funds. AGF Management has a more meaningful portion of its business tied to institutional clients than its peers, with one fourth of its total AUM derived from institutional and subadvised accounts. The company derives 17% of its managed assets from high-net-worth clients.

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