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Nortel Inversora (BUE:NORT6) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Sep. 2017)


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What is Nortel Inversora Financial Strength?

Nortel Inversora has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.

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.

Nortel Inversora's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was 10.66. Nortel Inversora's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was 0.16. As of today, Nortel Inversora's Altman Z-Score is 2.11.


Competitive Comparison of Nortel Inversora's Financial Strength

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Nortel Inversora'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.


Nortel Inversora's Financial Strength Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Nortel Inversora's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nortel Inversora's Financial Strength falls into.



Nortel Inversora 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:

Nortel Inversora's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2017 was ARS-294 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2017 was ARS3,134 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was ARS8,995 Mil.

Nortel Inversora's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2017 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2017 )
=-1*3134/-294
=10.66

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

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

Nortel Inversora's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2017 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(1461 + 8995) / 66964
=0.16

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.

Nortel Inversora has a Z-score of 2.11, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Nortel Inversora is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may faces bankrupcy 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.


Nortel Inversora  (BUE:NORT6) 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.

Nortel Inversora has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Nortel Inversora (BUE:NORT6) Business Description

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Nortel Inversora SA is a holding company. The company provides fixed-line public telecommunications services and basic telephone services. Nortel operates through the following segments: Fixed Services; Personal Mobile Services; and Nucleo Mobile Services. The Fixed Services division provides a local area, national long-distance and international communications, supplementary services, data transmission, internet services, IT solution outsourcing and sales of equipment. Personal Mobile Services and Nucleo Mobile Services division offerings include voice communications, high-speed mobile internet content and applications download, multimedia messaging services, among others; and sale of mobile communication devices.

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