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Hot Chili (ASX:HCH) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Hot Chili Financial Strength?

Hot Chili has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

Hot Chili Ltd shows strong financial strength.

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.

Hot Chili did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. As of today, Hot Chili's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Hot Chili's Financial Strength

For the Copper subindustry, Hot Chili'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.


Hot Chili's Financial Strength Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Hot Chili's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Hot Chili 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:

Hot Chili's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-0.02 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-4.58 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.14 Mil.

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

Hot Chili did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

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

Hot Chili'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
=(0.139 + 0.136) / 0
=N/A

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.

Hot Chili 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.


Hot Chili  (ASX:HCH) 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.

Hot Chili has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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Hot Chili (ASX:HCH) Business Description

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Address
768 Canning Highway, First Floor, Applecross, WA, AUS, 6153
Hot Chili Ltd is a mineral exploration company with assets in Chile. It aims to build shareholder value through the growth and development of its high-quality Costa Fuego copper-gold project located in a low elevation, accessible region of northern Chile. With substantial mineral resources and an active drill program testing new targets, Hot Chili provides substantial leverage to the copper price due to the size, quality and location of its resource base. Costa Fuego has an indicated resource of 2.8Mt Cu, 2.6Moz Au and 67kt of Mo (in 725Mt) and inferred resource of 0.6 Mt Cu, 1.2 Moz Au and 13kt Mo (in 202Mt).

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