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Blue Star Foods (Blue Star Foods) Financial Strength : 2 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Blue Star Foods Financial Strength?

Blue Star Foods has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Blue Star Foods Corp displays poor financial strength. 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.

Blue Star Foods did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Blue Star Foods's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.14. As of today, Blue Star Foods's Altman Z-Score is -6.59.


Competitive Comparison of Blue Star Foods's Financial Strength

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Blue Star Foods'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.


Blue Star Foods's Financial Strength Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Blue Star Foods's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Blue Star Foods's Financial Strength falls into.



Blue Star Foods 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:

Blue Star Foods's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.34 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.84 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.61 Mil.

Blue Star Foods's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Blue Star Foods 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.

Blue Star Foods'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
=(0.634 + 0.612) / 9.04
=0.14

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.

Blue Star Foods has a Z-score of -6.59, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -6.59 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.


Blue Star Foods  (NAS:BSFC) 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.

Blue Star Foods has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. 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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Blue Star Foods (Blue Star Foods) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
3000 NW,109th Avenue, Miami, FL, USA, 33172
Blue Star Foods Corp is an international seafood company based in Miami. It imports, packages, and sells refrigerated pasteurized crab meat, and other premium seafood products. The company derives revenue from importing blue and red swimming crab meat from Indonesia, Philippines and China and distributing it in the United States and Canada under several premium brand names such as Blue Star, Oceanica, Pacifika, Crab & Go, First Choice, Good Stuff and Coastal Pride Fresh. The Company's products are sold in the United States and Canada.
Executives
Nubar Herian director 1120 NW 165TH STREET, MIAMI FL 33169
Jeffrey J Guzy director 3130 19TH STREET, NORTH, ARLINGTON VA 22201
Trond K. Ringstad director 1511 THIRD AVENUE, SUITE 788, SEATTLE WA 98101
John R Keeler director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman 3000 NW 109TH AVE, MIAMI FL 33172
Juan Carlos Dalto director 3059 TOWNSGATE ROAD, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361
Miozotis Ponce officer: Chief Operating Officer 3000 NW 109 AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33172
Silvia Sosa Alana officer: Chief Financial Officer 3000 NW 109 AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33172
Timothy Andrew Mclellan director 11016 MILL CREEK WAY, #2407, FORT MYERS FL 33913
Christopher Constable director, officer: CFO, Treasurer and Secretary 3000 NW 109TH AVE, MIAMI FL 33172
Carlos Faria director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO 3000 NW 109TH AVE, MIAMI FL 33172
Laura E Anthony director, 10 percent owner, officer: Former CFO Director+10% Holder LAURA ANTHONY, 120 S. OLIVE AVE, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401
Howard Gostfrand director, 10 percent owner, officer: Former CEO Director+10% Holder 625 N. FLAGLER DRIVE, SUITE 600, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401