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Castleview Property Fund (JSE:CVW) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Castleview Property Fund Financial Strength?

Castleview Property Fund 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:

Castleview Property Fund Ltd 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.

Castleview Property Fund's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.46. Castleview Property Fund's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 4.91. As of today, Castleview Property Fund's Altman Z-Score is 25.41.


Competitive Comparison of Castleview Property Fund's Financial Strength

For the REIT - Retail subindustry, Castleview Property Fund'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.


Castleview Property Fund's Financial Strength Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Castleview Property Fund's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Castleview Property Fund's Financial Strength falls into.



Castleview Property Fund 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:

Castleview Property Fund's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was R-448 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was R205 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was R8,248 Mil.

Castleview Property Fund'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*205.27/-447.668
=0.46

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. Castleview Property Fund Ltds earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

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

Castleview Property Fund'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
=(1969.695 + 8247.999) / 2080.27
=4.91

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.

Castleview Property Fund has a Z-score of 25.41, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 25.41 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.


Castleview Property Fund  (JSE:CVW) 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.

Castleview Property Fund 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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Castleview Property Fund (JSE:CVW) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
13 Hudson Street, De Waterkant, Woodstock, Cape Town, WC, ZAF, 8001
Castleview Property Fund Ltd is a property holding and investment company in South Africa. Principally, it invests in a diversified portfolio of retail properties situated in South Africa. The company also invests in regional shopping centers like Pier 14 Shopping Centre located in the Eastern Cape.

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