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Bens Creek Group (LSE:BEN) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Bens Creek Group Financial Strength?

Bens Creek Group has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.

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.

Bens Creek Group did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Bens Creek Group's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.68. As of today, Bens Creek Group's Altman Z-Score is -1.14.


Competitive Comparison of Bens Creek Group's Financial Strength

For the Coking Coal subindustry, Bens Creek Group'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.


Bens Creek Group's Financial Strength Distribution in the Steel Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Bens Creek Group's Financial Strength falls into.



Bens Creek Group 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:

Bens Creek Group's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was £-1.95 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was £-9.64 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £23.06 Mil.

Bens Creek Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Bens Creek Group did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

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

Bens Creek Group'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
=(2.843 + 23.055) / 38.022
=0.68

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.

Bens Creek Group has a Z-score of -1.14, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -1.14 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy 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.


Bens Creek Group  (LSE:BEN) 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.

Bens Creek Group has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Bens Creek Group (LSE:BEN) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
15 Stratton Street, London, GBR, W1J 8LQ
Bens Creek Group PLC owns and operates metallurgical coal mines in North America. Its main country of operation is the United States of America. The company is engaged in Ben's creek mining project situated in the southern part of the state of West Virginia and the eastern edge of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The company has two geographical segment, the United Kingdom and the United States of America ("USA"). Activities in the UK are mainly administrative in nature whilst the activities in the USA relate to coal production and sale of coal. Geographically the company derives the majority of its revenue from USA.