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Zalaris ASA (OSTO:ZALO) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Zalaris ASA Financial Strength?

Zalaris ASA 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.

Zalaris ASA's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.85. Zalaris ASA's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.41. As of today, Zalaris ASA's Altman Z-Score is 2.57.


Competitive Comparison of Zalaris ASA's Financial Strength

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Zalaris ASA'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.


Zalaris ASA's Financial Strength Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Zalaris ASA's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Zalaris ASA 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:

Zalaris ASA's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr-12 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr33 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr498 Mil.

Zalaris ASA'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*32.986/-11.578
=2.85

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

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

Zalaris ASA'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
=(23.96 + 498.17) / 1273.236
=0.41

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.

Zalaris ASA has a Z-score of 2.57, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Zalaris ASA 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 2.57 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.


Zalaris ASA  (OSTO:ZALo) 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.

Zalaris ASA has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Zalaris ASA (OSTO:ZALO) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Hoffsveien 4, Oslo, NOR, NO-0275
Zalaris ASA is engaged in delivering full-service outsourced personnel and payroll services. The company has two reportable segments that are Managed Services and Professional Services. Managed services include payroll and HR outsourcing services, as well as related cloud system solutions and services. Professional Services include deliveries of change projects based on Zalaris templates or implementation of customer-specific functionality. Managed services contribute to the majority of the revenue. The company operates in Norway, Northern Europe, Central Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland and APAC.

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