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BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust (LSE:BRGS) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Aug. 2023)


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What is BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust Financial Strength?

BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

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.

GuruFocus does not calculate BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust's interest coverage with the available data. BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 0.94. Altman Z-Score does not apply to banks and insurance companies.


BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust 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:

BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust's Interest Expense for the months ended in Aug. 2023 was £-0.76 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Aug. 2023 was £0.00 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was £27.62 Mil.

BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is

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

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

BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Aug. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0 + 27.617) / 29.518
=0.94

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.

Altman Z-Score does not apply to banks and insurance companies.

* 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.


BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust  (LSE:BRGS) 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.

BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust (LSE:BRGS) Business Description

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Address
12 Throgmorton Avenue, Drapers Gardens, London, GBR, EC2N 2DL
BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust PLC is a investment trust. Its primary objective is to achieve capital growth, primarily through investment in a focused portfolio constructed from a combination of the European securities of large, mid and small capitalization. It has the flexibility to invest in any country which is included in the FTSE World Europe ex UK Index as well as other developing countries not included in the Index and which is considered as a part of Europe. Its investment policy is to invest in a diverse portfolio of approximately 30-70 securities in larger capitalization companies. The company may also invest nearly 20% of the portfolio in debt securities, such as convertible bonds and corporate bonds.