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SmartPay Holdings (NZSE:SPY) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is SmartPay Holdings Financial Strength?

SmartPay Holdings 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.

SmartPay Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 29.04. SmartPay Holdings's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.16. As of today, SmartPay Holdings's Altman Z-Score is 2.36.


Competitive Comparison of SmartPay Holdings's Financial Strength

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, SmartPay Holdings's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

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SmartPay Holdings's Financial Strength Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, SmartPay Holdings's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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SmartPay Holdings 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:

SmartPay Holdings's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was NZ$-0.19 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was NZ$5.52 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NZ$14.28 Mil.

SmartPay Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*5.518/-0.19
=29.04

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

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

SmartPay Holdings'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
=(1.694 + 14.281) / 98.728
=0.16

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.

SmartPay Holdings has a Z-score of 2.36, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that SmartPay Holdings 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 2.36 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.


SmartPay Holdings  (NZSE:SPY) 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.

SmartPay Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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SmartPay Holdings (NZSE:SPY) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
205-209 Wairau Road, Wairau Valley, Auckland, NZL, 0627
SmartPay Holdings Ltd is engaged in the provision of payment solutions. It offers an electronic funds transfer at point of sale (EFTPOS) system. Its products include EFTPOS applications, Smartpay Labs, EFTPOS terminals, and mobile EFTPOS machines. The company designs develops and implements payment solutions for customers in New Zealand and Australia. It also licenses its technologies to third parties. The firm's majority of revenue comes from New Zealand.

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