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Lindsay Australia (ASX:LAU) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Lindsay Australia Financial Strength?

Lindsay Australia has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

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.

Lindsay Australia's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.22. Lindsay Australia's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.30. As of today, Lindsay Australia's Altman Z-Score is 2.52.


Competitive Comparison of Lindsay Australia's Financial Strength

For the Trucking subindustry, Lindsay Australia'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.


Lindsay Australia's Financial Strength Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Lindsay Australia's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lindsay Australia 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:

Lindsay Australia's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-6.9 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$29.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$195.1 Mil.

Lindsay Australia'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*28.975/-6.873
=4.22

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

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

Lindsay Australia'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
=(51.599 + 195.057) / 826.538
=0.30

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.

Lindsay Australia has a Z-score of 2.52, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Lindsay Australia is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may faces bankrupcy risk.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 2.52 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

* 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.


Lindsay Australia  (ASX:LAU) 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.

Lindsay Australia has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Lindsay Australia (ASX:LAU) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
152 Postle Street, Acacia Ridge, Brisbane, QLD, AUS, 4110
Lindsay Australia Ltd is an integrated transport, logistics and rural supply company that has a specific focus on servicing customers in the food processing, food services, fresh produce and horticulture sectors. It includes transportation of general and refrigerated products and the sale and distribution of agricultural supply products. It operates through Transport and Rural segments. The Transport segment is involved in the cartage of general and refrigerated products, and ancillary sales. The Rural segment sells and distributes a range of agricultural supply products. The company generates maximum revenue from the Transport segment.

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