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First Gen (PHS:FGENG.PFD) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is First Gen Financial Strength?

First Gen 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.

First Gen's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.82. First Gen's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.89. As of today, First Gen's Altman Z-Score is 1.52.


Competitive Comparison of First Gen's Financial Strength

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, First Gen'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.


First Gen's Financial Strength Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, First Gen's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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First Gen 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:

First Gen's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₱-1,521.92 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₱8,857.93 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₱95,123.97 Mil.

First Gen'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*8857.929/-1521.917
=5.82

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

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

First Gen'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
=(30350.97 + 95123.972) / 140441.612
=0.89

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.

First Gen has a Z-score of 1.52, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.52 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.


First Gen  (PHS:FGENG.PFD) 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.

First Gen has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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First Gen (PHS:FGENG.PFD) Business Description

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Ortigas Avenue, 6th Floor, Rockwell Business Center, Tower 3, Pasig, PHL, 1604
First Gen Corporation is an independent electric utility company operating in the Philippines. First Gen develops, finances, builds, bids for, and operate power generation projects. The company generates a significant amount of Filipino energy needs through its portfolio of natural gas, wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal power plants located in the country. Most of the power generated by First Gen is produced through natural gas and geothermal fuel sources. It operates in six segments: FGPC, FGP, EDC and Subsidiaries, FG Hydro, FNPC, and Prime Meridian.

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