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Link Pharma Chem (BOM:524748) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Link Pharma Chem Financial Strength?

Link Pharma Chem 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.

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.

Link Pharma Chem's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.44. Link Pharma Chem's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.29. As of today, Link Pharma Chem's Altman Z-Score is 1.98.


Competitive Comparison of Link Pharma Chem's Financial Strength

For the Chemicals subindustry, Link Pharma Chem'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.


Link Pharma Chem's Financial Strength Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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Link Pharma Chem 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:

Link Pharma Chem's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹-1.9 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹6.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹10.6 Mil.

Link Pharma Chem's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*6.709/-1.948
=3.44

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

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

Link Pharma Chem's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(81.636 + 10.583) / 321.296
=0.29

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.

Link Pharma Chem has a Z-score of 1.98, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Link Pharma Chem 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 1.98 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.


Link Pharma Chem  (BOM:524748) 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.

Link Pharma Chem 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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Link Pharma Chem (BOM:524748) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
161 - 162, GIDC Estate, Nandesari Industrial Estate, Nandesari, Vadodara, GJ, IND, 391340
Link Pharma Chem Ltd is a chemical manufacturing company in India. The company is engaged in the manufacturing and exporting of multi-range intermediates for pharmaceuticals, agro-industries, and specialty chemicals. It is also engaged in custom synthesis/contract manufacturing for multistage synthesis for a range of companies. It operates through one single segment which is Chemical manufacturing and generates revenue from the same. The company generates the majority of its revenue from domestic sales.

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