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Smiths Group (LSE:SMIN) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Smiths Group Financial Strength?

Smiths Group has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.

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.

Smiths Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 7.45. Smiths Group's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.22. As of today, Smiths Group's Altman Z-Score is 3.45.


Competitive Comparison of Smiths Group's Financial Strength

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Smiths 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.


Smiths Group's Financial Strength Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Smiths Group's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Smiths 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:

Smiths Group's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jan. 2024 was £-33 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jan. 2024 was £246 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was £633 Mil.

Smiths Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*246/-33
=7.45

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

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

Smiths Group's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jan. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(40 + 633) / 3014
=0.22

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.

Smiths Group has a Z-score of 3.45, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 3.45 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.


Smiths Group  (LSE:SMIN) 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.

Smiths Group has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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Smiths Group (LSE:SMIN) Business Description

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Address
11-12 St James’s Square, 4th Floor, London, GBR, SW1Y 4LB
With its start as a London jeweler in the 19th century, Smiths Group has for most of its history operated as a company operating disparate but economically attractive businesses. Thematically, it runs businesses that manufacture niche products in security- or safety-sensitive industries. Today, the business is split across four divisions: mechanical seals, weapons detection, electrical connectors, and specialized hoses. The end customers for these products include airports, NASA, government security or defense departments, and hospitals.