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Metsa Board Oyj (OHEL:METSB) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Metsa Board Oyj Financial Strength?

Metsa Board Oyj 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.

Metsa Board Oyj's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 36.75. Metsa Board Oyj's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.23. As of today, Metsa Board Oyj's Altman Z-Score is 2.77.


Competitive Comparison of Metsa Board Oyj's Financial Strength

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Metsa Board Oyj'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.


Metsa Board Oyj's Financial Strength Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Metsa Board Oyj's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Metsa Board Oyj's Financial Strength falls into.



Metsa Board Oyj 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:

Metsa Board Oyj's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-1 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was €29 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €422 Mil.

Metsa Board Oyj'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*29.4/-0.8
=36.75

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

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

Metsa Board Oyj'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
=(19.8 + 421.7) / 1934.8
=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.

Metsa Board Oyj has a Z-score of 2.77, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Metsa Board Oyj 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 2.77 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.


Metsa Board Oyj  (OHEL:METSB) 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.

Metsa Board Oyj has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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Metsa Board Oyj (OHEL:METSB) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Revontulenpuisto 2, Espoo, FIN, 02100
Metsa Board Oyj manufactures and sells a variety of fibre-based products. Its product portfolio includes pulp, boxboard, and linerboard, which are used in foodservice and consumer goods packaging. The company's customers are typically boxboard printers, carton board manufacturers in the food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries, and manufacturers of branded goods and wholesalers. It operates fiber mills that produce its fiber-based products from timber. Most of the revenue is generated in Europe. It also operates in the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region.

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