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Dialog Axiata (COL:DIAL.N0000) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Dialog Axiata Financial Strength?

Dialog Axiata has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

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.

Dialog Axiata's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.78. Dialog Axiata's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.74. As of today, Dialog Axiata's Altman Z-Score is 1.42.


Competitive Comparison of Dialog Axiata's Financial Strength

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Dialog Axiata'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.


Dialog Axiata's Financial Strength Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Dialog Axiata's Financial Strength falls into.



Dialog Axiata 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:

Dialog Axiata's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was රු-3,358 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was රු2,635 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was රු60,775 Mil.

Dialog Axiata's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*2635.295/-3358.464
=0.78

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

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

Dialog Axiata'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
=(67766.403 + 60775.16) / 172671.004
=0.74

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.

Dialog Axiata has a Z-score of 1.42, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.42 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.


Dialog Axiata  (COL:DIAL.N0000) 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.

Dialog Axiata has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Dialog Axiata (COL:DIAL.N0000) Business Description

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Address
No. 475, Union Place, Colombo, LKA, 02
Dialog Axiata PLC operates a mobile telecommunications network. It mainly offers the provision of mobile services, data services, international direct dialing services, leasing of passive infrastructure, provision of interconnect services, pay television transmission services, provision of other data services, and digital services. The company serves its customer-facing technology and service delivery infrastructures spanning mobile, fixed line, broadband, digital television, and digital services sectors. Its segments include Mobile operation; Fixed telephony and broadband operation; and Television operation. The company generates maximum revenue from Mobile operation segment.

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