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Electro Rent (Electro Rent) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Feb. 2016)


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What is Electro Rent Financial Strength?

Electro Rent 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.

Electro Rent's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2016 was 7.75. Electro Rent's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2016 was 0.00. As of today, Electro Rent's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Electro Rent's Financial Strength

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, Electro Rent'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.


Electro Rent's Financial Strength Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Electro Rent's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Electro Rent's Financial Strength falls into.



Electro Rent 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:

Electro Rent's Interest Expense for the months ended in Feb. 2016 was $-0.2 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Feb. 2016 was $1.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2016 was $0.0 Mil.

Electro Rent's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2016 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2016 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2016 )
=-1*1.712/-0.221
=7.75

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

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

Electro Rent's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2016 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Feb. 2016 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0 + 0) / 157.992
=0.00

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.

Electro Rent 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.


Electro Rent  (NAS:ELRC) 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.

Electro Rent has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Electro Rent (Electro Rent) Business Description

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Electro Rent Corp was incorporated in California in 1965 and became a publicly held corporation in 1980. The Company rental, lease and sells of new and used electronic test and measurement equipment. The Company purchases that equipment from manufacturers such as Agilent and Tektronix primarily for use by its customers in the aerospace, telecommunications, defense, electronics, industrial and semiconductor industries. The Company data products division provides personal computers and servers from manufacturers including Dell, HP/Compaq, IBM, Toshiba and Apple. It has also expanded its rental, lease and sale of electrical test and inspection equipment used in the industrial industry, which includes electrical contractors and utility companies and their related support services providers. The Company's competitors in the North American T&M rental area include McGrath Rent Corp., Continental Resources, Test Equity and Microlease PLC. It competes for rental business with Microlease plc and Livingston Group Ltd. in Europe and Orix Corporation in Asia.
Executives
James S Pignatelli director 2300 E SLINGSHOT WAY, KAMAS UT 84036
Theodore E Guth director 6060 SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD, VAN NUYS CA 91411
Joseph J Kearns director C/O ELECTRO RENT CORP, 6060 SEPULVEDA BLVD, VAN NUYS CA 91411
Platinum Equity Llc 10 percent owner 360 NORTH CRESCENT DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS CA 90210
Tom Gores 10 percent owner C/O PLATINUM EQUITY, 360 NORTH CRESCENT DRIVE, SOUTH BUILDING, BEVERLY HILLS CA 90210
Platinum Equity Investment Holdings Iii, Llc 10 percent owner C/O PLATINUM EQUITY ADVISORS, LLC, 360 NORTH CRESCENT DRIVE, SOUTH BUILDING, BEVERLY HILLS CA 90210
Platinum Equity Partners Iii, Llc 10 percent owner C/O PLATINUM EQUITY ADVISORS, LLC, 360 NORTH CRESCENT DRIVE, SOUTH BUILDING, BEVERLY HILLS CA 90210
S Lee Kling director 1401 S BRENTWOOD BLVD, ST LOUIS MO 63144

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