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BFF Bank SpA (CHIX:BFFM) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is BFF Bank SpA Financial Strength?

BFF Bank SpA has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

Warning Sign:

BFF Bank SpA 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.

GuruFocus does not calculate BFF Bank SpA's interest coverage with the available data. BFF Bank SpA's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.33. Altman Z-Score does not apply to banks and insurance companies.


BFF Bank SpA 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:

BFF Bank SpA's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was €-96.1 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was €0.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €305.1 Mil.

BFF Bank SpA's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is

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

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. BFF Bank SpA has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

BFF Bank SpA'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
=(0 + 305.126) / 920.456
=0.33

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.

Altman Z-Score does not apply to banks and insurance companies.

* 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.


BFF Bank SpA  (CHIX:BFFm) 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.

BFF Bank SpA has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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BFF Bank SpA Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Via Domenichino 5, Milan, ITA, 20149
BFF Bank SpA is an independent specialty finance company engaged in three business units; Factoring & Lending BU, which offers products such as non-recourse factoring, lending, and credit management mainly to public sector suppliers and public administration bodies, Securities Services BU, which deals with custodian banking for investment funds and related services such as fund accounting, and transfer agents for national managers and banks and for various investment funds such as pension funds, mutual funds and alternative funds, and Payments BU, which deals with payment processing, corporate payments, and cheques and bills and has as customers medium-small Italian banks, medium-large companies and boasts a partnership with Nexi.