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Al Eid Food Co (KUW:ALEID) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Al Eid Food Co Financial Strength?

Al Eid Food Co 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.

Al Eid Food Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.87. Al Eid Food Co's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.24. As of today, Al Eid Food Co's Altman Z-Score is 3.97.


Competitive Comparison of Al Eid Food Co's Financial Strength

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Al Eid Food Co'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.


Al Eid Food Co's Financial Strength Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Al Eid Food Co's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Al Eid Food Co's Financial Strength falls into.



Al Eid Food Co 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:

Al Eid Food Co's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD-0.28 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD1.64 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD0.83 Mil.

Al Eid Food Co'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*1.637/-0.279
=5.87

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

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

Al Eid Food Co'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
=(15.311 + 0.83) / 66.8
=0.24

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.

Al Eid Food Co has a Z-score of 3.97, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 3.97 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.


Al Eid Food Co  (KUW:ALEID) 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.

Al Eid Food Co has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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Al Eid Food Co (KUW:ALEID) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Al Ardiya Industrial Area, P.O. Box 41081, Building 100, Block 2, Kuwait City, KWT, 85851
Al Eid Food Co is importing, distributes, packaging, and marketing food and consumer products. It specializes in food and beverage distribution in Kuwait. Its products include Alwaha, Seara, GoldAlex, Delicio, Rahma, and Sunlite. It also provides oils, pulses, spices, rice, seafood, nuts, and meat. Operating segments of the group are distributed over the State of Kuwait, and the Gulf co-operation council, and the majority of the revenue comes from the State of Kuwait.

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