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Cognor Holding (FRA:WO9) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Cognor Holding Financial Strength?

Cognor Holding has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.

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.

Cognor Holding's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.10. Cognor Holding's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.29. As of today, Cognor Holding's Altman Z-Score is 3.37.


Competitive Comparison of Cognor Holding's Financial Strength

For the Steel subindustry, Cognor Holding'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.


Cognor Holding's Financial Strength Distribution in the Steel Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Cognor Holding's Financial Strength falls into.



Cognor Holding 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:

Cognor Holding's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was €-4.6 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was €0.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was €92.4 Mil.

Cognor Holding's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*0.47/-4.563
=0.10

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

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

Cognor Holding's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(43.557 + 92.383) / 472.416
=0.29

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.

Cognor Holding has a Z-score of 3.37, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 3.37 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.


Cognor Holding  (FRA:WO9) 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.

Cognor Holding has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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Cognor Holding (FRA:WO9) Business Description

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Address
ul. Zielona 26, Kielce, POL, 25-563
Cognor Holding SA operates in the steel industry. Its activities are divided into four business segments such as; Scrap division focuses on buying, processing, refining and selling of scrap metal and nonferrous scrap. Production division which contributes major revenue is responsible for processing scrap metal into steel billets, as well as converting steel billets and nonferrous scrap into finished products. The Distribution division sells various commodities, such as steel products, steel and nonferrous scrap and steel billets. The Other division includes materials recycling, among others. The firm's products range comprises metal bars, steel sheet, plates, pipes, and rods, as well as sheet zinc and tin plates, among others. Firm's majority revenue comes from Poland.

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