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Nelcast (NSE:NELCAST) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Nelcast Financial Strength?

Nelcast 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.

Nelcast's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 1.76. Nelcast's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.23. As of today, Nelcast's Altman Z-Score is 2.61.


Competitive Comparison of Nelcast's Financial Strength

For the Metal Fabrication subindustry, Nelcast'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.


Nelcast's Financial Strength Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

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



Nelcast 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:

Nelcast's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹-87 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹153 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ₹786 Mil.

Nelcast'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*152.75/-86.887
=1.76

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

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

Nelcast'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
=(2277.885 + 785.764) / 13216.964
=0.23

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.

Nelcast has a Z-score of 2.61, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Nelcast is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may faces bankrupcy risk.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 2.61 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

* 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.


Nelcast  (NSE:NELCAST) 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.

Nelcast has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Nelcast Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
159, T.T.K. Road, Alwarpet, Chennai, TN, IND, 600018
Nelcast Ltd is an Indian company engaged in the business of manufacturing iron castings. Through manufacturing casting components, the company has different types of products that meet the requirement of different kinds of automation used in different industries. It manufactures parts to be used in various applications in an automobile such as the engine, transmission, suspension, axle, brake, and steering. It also caters to the tractor industry for their requirement of various housing as well as engine, transmission and axle components. The company caters to the railways and the pipe fitting industries as well. Geographically, the group has a business presence in India and other countries, of which a majority of the revenue is derived from India.

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