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Gray Television (Gray Television) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Gray Television Financial Strength?

Gray Television has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Gray Television Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

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.

Gray Television's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.98. Gray Television's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.81. As of today, Gray Television's Altman Z-Score is 0.62.


Competitive Comparison of Gray Television's Financial Strength

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Gray Television'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.


Gray Television's Financial Strength Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Gray Television's Financial Strength falls into.



Gray Television 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:

Gray Television's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-116 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $114 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,214 Mil.

Gray Television's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*114/-116
=0.98

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

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Gray Television Inc interest coverage is 1.02, which is low.

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

Gray Television's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(26 + 6214) / 3456
=1.81

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.

Gray Television has a Z-score of 0.62, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.62 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy 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.


Gray Television  (NYSE:GTN) 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.

Gray Television has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Gray Television (Gray Television) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4370 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30319
Gray Television Inc is a television broadcast company. The company is engaged in owning and operating television stations. It also owns video program production, marketing, and digital business. The company has two segments namely, Broadcasting and Production companies. It generates revenue maximum revenue from the Broadcasting segment.
Executives
Richard Lee Boger director
T L Elder director 5087 PINE BARK CIRCLE, DUNWOODY GA 30338
Robin Robinson Howell director 3656 TUXEDO ROAD NW, ATLANTA GA 30305
Howell Hilton H Jr director, officer: Chairman, President & CEO 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, N.E., ATLANTA GA 30319
Sandra Breland Mcnamara officer: Executive Vice President, COO 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Harriett J Robinson director
Paul Mctear director 1451 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD, SUITE 300, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
D Patrick Laplatney director 1451 WEST CYPRUS CREEK ROAD, SUITE 300, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Cowart Jackson S Iv officer: Chief Accounting Officer 126 N WASHINGTON STREET, ALBANY GA 31701
James C Ryan officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Lorri Mcclain director 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Robert Lawrence Smith officer: SVP & COO 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, SUITE 400, ATLANTA GA 30319
Kevin Paul Latek officer: EVP Chief L & D Officer 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Spainhour Sterling A Jr. director 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Bankers Fidelity Life Insurance Co 10 percent owner 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, ATLANTA GA 30319