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Cool Co (OSL:CLCO) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Cool Co Financial Strength?

Cool Co has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and 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.
4. Other debt related ratios.

A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Cool Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.07. Cool Co's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 3.39. As of today, Cool Co's Altman Z-Score is 0.46.


Competitive Comparison of Cool Co's Financial Strength

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Cool Co'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.


Cool Co's Financial Strength Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Cool Co's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cool Co 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:

Cool Co's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was kr-200 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was kr414 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was kr8,692 Mil.

Cool Co'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*413.729/-199.97
=2.07

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

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

Cool Co'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
=(2607.073 + 8692.378) / 3336.008
=3.39

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.

Cool Co has a Z-score of 0.46, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.46 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy 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.


Cool Co  (OSL:CLCO) Financial Strength Explanation

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Cool Co has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Cool Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
22 Victoria Street, Canon's Court, Pembroke, Hamilton, BMU, HM 11
Cool Co Ltd is a LNG shipping company. The company is engaged in the acquisition, ownership, operation and chartering of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers (LNGCs), and the operation of third party fleets under management agreements.

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