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General Finance (General Finance) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Mar. 2021)


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What is General Finance Financial Strength?

General Finance has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.

Warning Sign:

General Finance Corp 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.

General Finance's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was 2.90. General Finance's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was 1.24. As of today, General Finance's Altman Z-Score is 1.28.


Competitive Comparison of General Finance's Financial Strength

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, General Finance'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.


General Finance's Financial Strength Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, General Finance's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where General Finance's Financial Strength falls into.



General Finance 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:

General Finance's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2021 was $-5.21 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2021 was $15.11 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was $448.08 Mil.

General Finance's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2021 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2021 )
=-1*15.111/-5.212
=2.90

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

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies interest coverage is at least 5. General Finance Corp interest coverage is 2.37, which is low.

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

General Finance's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2021 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0 + 448.078) / 360.024
=1.24

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.

General Finance has a Z-score of 1.28, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.28 is in distress zone. 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.


General Finance  (NAS:GFNCP.PFD) 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.

General Finance has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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General Finance (General Finance) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
39 East Union Street, Pasadena, CA, USA, 91103
General Finance Corp is a specialty rental services company. The company offers portable storage, modular space, and liquid containment solutions, with a diverse and expanding lease fleet of 78,605 units. The company serves a diverse range of customers across a broad range of industries, including the commercial, construction, transportation, industrial, energy, manufacturing, mining, retail, education and government sectors. The company is organized geographically across two principal operating segments, North America and Asia-Pacific.