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Netlist (Netlist) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Netlist Financial Strength?

Netlist 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 Netlist's interest coverage with the available data. Netlist's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.04. As of today, Netlist's Altman Z-Score is -2.92.


Competitive Comparison of Netlist's Financial Strength

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Netlist'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.


Netlist's Financial Strength Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Netlist's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Netlist 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:

Netlist's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-13.75 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.21 Mil.

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

GuruFocus does not calculate Netlist's interest coverage with the available data.

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

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Netlist Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

Netlist'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
=(3.844 + 1.213) / 133.732
=0.04

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.

Netlist has a Z-score of -2.92, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -2.92 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.


Netlist  (OTCPK:NLST) 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.

Netlist has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Netlist (Netlist) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
111 Academy, Suite 100, Irvine, CA, USA, 92617
Netlist Inc is involved in the business of designing and manufacturing modular memory subsystems and also cloud service providers. Its products include Storage class memory, nonvolatile memory, specialty DIMMs and embedded flash. The company's products are based on its proprietary technologies such as Presight technology, Distributed buffer architecture, IC design, PCB designs, Thermal management designs.
Executives
Gail Misako Itow officer: Vice President and CFO C/O NETLIST, INC., 51 DISCOVERY, STE 150, IRVINE CA 92618
Chun K Hong director, 10 percent owner, officer: President,CEO & Chairman C/O NETLIST, INC., 51 DISCOVERY, STE 150, IRVINE CA 92618
Kiho Choi director 3435 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 2240, LOS ANGELES CA 90010
Jeff Benck director BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS, INC., 56 SOUTH ROCKFORD DRIVE, TEMPE AZ 85281
Vince Sheeran director 175 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, IRVINE CA 92618
Jun Cho director C/O NETLIST, INC., 475 GODDARD, IRVINE CA 92618
Blake Welcher director 5220 LAS VIRGENES ROAD, CALABASAS CA 91302
Charles F Cargile director C/O SUNWORKS, INC., 1010 WINDING CREEK ROAD, SUITE 100, ROSEVILLE CA 95678
Hk Desai director 26650 ALISO VIEJO PARKWAY, ALISO VIEJO CA 92656
Claude M Leglise director 875 MAHLER RD, STE 280, BURLINGAME CA 94010
Richard Char director 45 WEST 36TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10018
Thomas F Lagatta director MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., 5488 MARVELL LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Alan H Portnoy director C/O NETLIST, INC., 475 GODDARD, IRVINE CA 92618
Nam Ki Hong director C/O NETLIST, INC., 475 GODDARD, IRVINE CA 92618
James Patrick Perrott officer: SVP of Sales and Marketing 51 DISCOVERY, IRVINE CA 92618

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