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CIAFF (Champion Iron) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Champion Iron Financial Strength?

Champion Iron 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.

Champion Iron's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 5.14. Champion Iron's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.42. As of today, Champion Iron's Altman Z-Score is 3.12.


Competitive Comparison of Champion Iron's Financial Strength

For the Steel subindustry, Champion Iron'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.


Champion Iron's Financial Strength Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Champion Iron's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Champion Iron's Financial Strength falls into.



Champion Iron 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:

Champion Iron's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was $-6 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was $29 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $413 Mil.

Champion Iron'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*28.999/-5.645
=5.14

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

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

Champion Iron'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
=(26.267 + 412.64) / 1036.408
=0.42

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.

Champion Iron has a Z-score of 3.12, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 3.12 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.


Champion Iron  (OTCPK:CIAFF) 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.

Champion Iron has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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Champion Iron Business Description

Address
91 Evans Street, Level 1, Rozelle, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2039
Champion Iron Ltd is engaged in the exploration and development of iron ore properties in Quebec, Canada. The company projects include Fire Lake North, Powderhorn/Gullbridge, Moire, Quinto Claims, Harvey Tuttle, O'keefe-Purdy, and others. Its segment includes Iron Ore Concentrate; Exploration and Evaluation and Corporate. The company generates the maximum of its revenue from the Iron Ore Concentrate segment.

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