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Alexion Pharmaceuticals (Alexion Pharmaceuticals) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Mar. 2021)


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What is Alexion Pharmaceuticals Financial Strength?

Alexion Pharmaceuticals has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.

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.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was 30.48. Alexion Pharmaceuticals's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was 0.41. As of today, Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score is 5.10.


Competitive Comparison of Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Alexion Pharmaceuticals'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.


Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength falls into.



Alexion Pharmaceuticals 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:

Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2021 was $-27 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2021 was $826 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was $2,560 Mil.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2021 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2021 )
=-1*825.9/-27.1
=30.48

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

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

Alexion Pharmaceuticals's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2021 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(143.2 + 2559.6) / 6546
=0.41

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.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals has a Z-score of 5.10, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 5.1 is strong.

* 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.


Alexion Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:ALXN) 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.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Alexion Pharmaceuticals (Alexion Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

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Address
121 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA, USA, 02210
Alexion Pharmaceuticals specializes in developing and marketing drugs for rare, life-threatening medical conditions. Its blockbuster product, Soliris, is approved for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). Next-generation Ultomiris is approved in PNH and aHUS. Strensiq and Kanuma target ultrarare metabolic diseases. Alexion's pipeline targets rare diseases with high unmet need in hematology, nephrology, metabolic diseases, neurology, cardiology, and other areas.
Executives
Daniel Bazarko officer: SVP, Controller, CAO C/O ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 121 SEAPORT BOULEVARD BOSTON MA 02210
Tanisha Carino officer: EVP & CCAO C/O ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 121 SEAPORT BOULEVARD, BOSTON MA 02210
Anne-marie Law officer: EVP, Chief Experience Officer C/O BAXALTA INCORPORATED, 1200 LAKESIDE DRIVE, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
Brian Goff officer: EVP & Chief Commercial Officer C/O ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC, 100 COLLEGE STREET, NEW HAVEN CT 06510
John J Orloff officer: EVP, Research & Development C/O BAXALTA INCORPORATED 1200 LAKESIDE DRIVE BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
Indrani Lall Franchini officer: EVP, Chief Compliance Officer C/O ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC, 100 COLLEGE STREET, NEW HAVEN CT 06510
John T Mollen director 176 SOUTH STREET HOPKINTON MA 01748
David R Brennan director C/O INSMED INCORPORATED, 10 FINDERNE AVENUE, BRIDGEWATER NJ 08807
Baker Bros. Advisors (gp) Llc director 860 WASHINGTON STREET, 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
L.p. 667, director 860 WASHINGTON STREET, 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
Andreas Rummelt director C/O ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 352 KNOTTER DRIVE CHESHIRE CT 06410
Francois Nader director 550 HILLS DRIVE, BEDMINSTER NJ 07921
Baker Brothers Life Sciences Lp director 860 WASHINGTON STREET, 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
Deborah Dunsire director C/O ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL INC., 60 LEVERONI COURT, NOVATO CA 94949
Judith A Reinsdorf director C. R. BARD, INC., 730 CENTRAL AVENUE, MURRAY HILL NJ 07974

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