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NKGen Biotech (NKGen Biotech) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is NKGen Biotech Financial Strength?

NKGen Biotech has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

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.

NKGen Biotech did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. As of today, NKGen Biotech's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of NKGen Biotech's Financial Strength

For the Biotechnology subindustry, NKGen Biotech'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.


NKGen Biotech's Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, NKGen Biotech's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where NKGen Biotech's Financial Strength falls into.



NKGen Biotech 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:

NKGen Biotech's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-1.07 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-7.62 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $10.50 Mil.

NKGen Biotech's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

NKGen Biotech 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.

NKGen Biotech'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
=(11.719 + 10.495) / 0
=N/A

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.

NKGen Biotech has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. 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.


NKGen Biotech  (NAS:NKGN) 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.

NKGen Biotech has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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NKGen Biotech (NKGen Biotech) Business Description

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Address
19700 Fairchild Road, Suite No. 300, Irvine, CA, USA, 92612
NKGen Biotech Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative autologous, allogeneic and CAR-NK natural killer cell therapies utilizing our proprietary SNK (super-activated) platform.