CSSV (Caspian Services) Financial Strength: 0 (As of Jun. 2016)


What is Caspian Services Financial Strength?

Caspian Services has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and 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.
4. Other debt related ratios.

A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Caspian Services's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was 0.44. Caspian Services's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was 4.37. As of today, Caspian Services's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Caspian Services  (OTCPK:CSSV) Financial Strength Explanation

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Caspian Services has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


Caspian Services Financial Strength Related Terms


CSSV vs GLRI, TIRTZ, GLFH: Financial Strength Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Caspian Services'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.


Caspian Services Financial Strength vs Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Caspian Services's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Caspian Services's Financial Strength falls into.



Caspian Services 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:

Caspian Services's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jun. 2016 was $-2.47 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jun. 2016 was $1.09 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was $0.00 Mil.

Caspian Services's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2016 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2016 )
=-1*1.091/-2.471
=0.44

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

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

Caspian Services's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jun. 2016 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(87.691 + 0) / 20.044
=4.37

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.

Caspian Services has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy 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.


Caspian Services Business Description

Industry EnergyOil & Gas
Address 2319 Foothill Drive, Suite 160, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 84109
Caspian Services Inc provides oilfield services to oil & gas industry in Kazakhstan. The company operates in three reportable segments including Vessel operations, Geophysical services, and Marine base services. Vessel operations consist of chartering a fleet of shallow draft offshore support vessels to customers performing oil and gas exploration activities in the Caspian Sea. Geophysical services consist of providing seismic data acquisition services to oil and gas companies operating onshore in Kazakhstan. Marine base service consists of operating a marine base with a boat repair and drydocking services yard located at the port of Bautino on the North Caspian Sea. It generates the majority of the revenue from Vessel operations segment.