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Sterling Tools (BOM:530759) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Sterling Tools Financial Strength?

Sterling Tools has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.

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.

Sterling Tools's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 9.77. Sterling Tools's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.12. As of today, Sterling Tools's Altman Z-Score is 7.28.


Competitive Comparison of Sterling Tools's Financial Strength

For the Tools & Accessories subindustry, Sterling Tools'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.


Sterling Tools's Financial Strength Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Sterling Tools's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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Sterling Tools 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:

Sterling Tools's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹-24 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹235 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹311 Mil.

Sterling Tools's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*235.357/-24.094
=9.77

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

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

Sterling Tools's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(1047.461 + 311.484) / 11359.272
=0.12

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.

Sterling Tools has a Z-score of 7.28, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 7.28 is strong.

* 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.


Sterling Tools  (BOM:530759) 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.

Sterling Tools has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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Sterling Tools Business Description

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Plot No. 4, DLF Industrial Estate, Faridabad, HR, IND, 121 003
Sterling Tools Ltd engages in the manufacture and trade of high tensile cold forged fasteners. The firm offers its products in various categories namely Standard Fasteners, Special Fasteners, Chassis Fasteners, and Engine Fasteners. Its products include bolts, nuts, screws, washers of iron and steel, and cold-forged high-tensile fasteners for automobiles, general engineering, consumer durables, railways, and the auto replacement industry. The company has five segments which include Passenger Vehicles, Commercial Vehicles, Three-Wheelers, Two-Wheelers, and Quadricycle and a majority of revenue comes from Two-Wheelers. Geographically, the majority of the revenue comes from India.

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