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CTC Media (FRA:LU5) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Dec. 2015)


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What is CTC Media Financial Strength?

CTC Media 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.

CTC Media has no long-term debt (1). CTC Media's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was 0.00. As of today, CTC Media's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.

(1) Note: An indication of "no long-term debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.


Competitive Comparison of CTC Media's Financial Strength

For the Broadcasting subindustry, CTC Media'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.


CTC Media's Financial Strength Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where CTC Media's Financial Strength falls into.



CTC Media 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:

CTC Media's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2015 was €0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2015 was €-19.61 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was €0.00 Mil.

CTC Media's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 is

CTC Media had no long-term debt (1).

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

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

CTC Media's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2015 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0 + 0) / -913.092
=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.

CTC Media 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.


CTC Media  (FRA:LU5) 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.

CTC Media has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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CTC Media (FRA:LU5) Business Description

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CTC Media Inc was incorporated in 1989 and commenced television operations in May 1994, initially broadcasting from its first owned-and-operated station in St. Petersburg to 22 cities across Russia as a superstation a single station that retransmits its signal to remote locations. In December 1996, the Company launched CTC, a national network broadcasting by satellite from its center in Moscow. The Company launched Domashny in March 2005 and acquired DTV in April 2008.Its TV channels are currently distributed by means of free-to-air terrestrial broadcasting in analog format. Its signals are broadcasted by the owned-and-operated stations and unmanned repeater transmitters according to local analog broadcast licenses and universal licenses for analog frequencies in the respective regions, as well as by its independent affiliate stations and local cable operators. In exchange for the right to broadcast its signal, the company allows its affiliates to broadcast local advertising during designated time windows, from which they derive revenues. At CTC's Domashny and DTV Networks it also pays fees to some independent affiliates of these networks for broadcasting the Domashny or DTV signal. The Company has four reportable segments: CTC Network, Domashny Network, Peretz Network, and Channel 31. The Company competes with other broadcasters and other forms of media for advertising spending, and with other broadcasters for audience share, programming rights, affiliate stations and broadcast frequencies in particular VHF frequencies in key markets. The Company has registered trademarks for the "CTC", "Domashny", "DTV" and "CTC Media" name and logo in the Russian Federation.

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