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Corus Entertainment (Corus Entertainment) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Corus Entertainment Financial Strength?

Corus Entertainment has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Corus Entertainment Inc 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.

Corus Entertainment's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.82. Corus Entertainment's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.89. As of today, Corus Entertainment's Altman Z-Score is -1.07.


Competitive Comparison of Corus Entertainment's Financial Strength

For the Entertainment subindustry, Corus Entertainment'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.


Corus Entertainment's Financial Strength Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Corus Entertainment's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Corus Entertainment's Financial Strength falls into.



Corus Entertainment 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:

Corus Entertainment's Interest Expense for the months ended in Feb. 2024 was $-21 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Feb. 2024 was $17 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $774 Mil.

Corus Entertainment's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Feb. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=-1*16.959/-20.795
=0.82

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

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Corus Entertainment Inc interest coverage is 1.45, which is low.

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

Corus Entertainment's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Feb. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(13.001 + 774.3) / 887.516
=0.89

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.

Corus Entertainment has a Z-score of -1.07, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -1.07 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.


Corus Entertainment  (OTCPK:CJREF) 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.

Corus Entertainment has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. 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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Corus Entertainment (Corus Entertainment) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
25 Dockside Drive, Corus Quay, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5A 0B5
Corus Entertainment Inc is a media and content company that operates in the diversified media industry. The company has two business segments, which includes television, and radio. The television business segment has a portfolio of television channels. The radio business segment controls a number of stations that cater to the music, news, and talk radio markets. Television segment is the key revenue driver for the group. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue in Canada.