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Hester Biosciences (NSE:HESTERBIO) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Hester Biosciences Financial Strength?

Hester Biosciences has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

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.

Hester Biosciences's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.54. Hester Biosciences's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.73. As of today, Hester Biosciences's Altman Z-Score is 4.56.


Competitive Comparison of Hester Biosciences's Financial Strength

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Hester Biosciences'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.


Hester Biosciences's Financial Strength Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Hester Biosciences's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hester Biosciences's Financial Strength falls into.



Hester Biosciences 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:

Hester Biosciences's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹-59 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹150 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹1,599 Mil.

Hester Biosciences's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*149.59/-58.86
=2.54

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

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

Hester Biosciences's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(841.26 + 1598.96) / 3347.68
=0.73

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.

Hester Biosciences has a Z-score of 4.56, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 4.56 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.


Hester Biosciences  (NSE:HESTERBIO) 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.

Hester Biosciences has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Hester Biosciences Business Description

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Motilal Hirabhai Road, Pushpak, 1st Floor, Panchvati Circle, Ahmedabad, GJ, IND, 380006
Hester Biosciences Ltd is an India based animal healthcare company. The company's operating segment includes Poultry Healthcare, Animal Healthcare, Petcare and Others. It generates maximum revenue from the Poultry Healthcare segment. The company's products are used to cure poultry diseases such as Fowl Pox, Newcastle Disease, Infectious Bronchitis and others. Geographically, it sells the products in India and also exports them to other countries, of which key revenue is derived from India.

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