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Harbor Star Shipping Services, (PHS:TUGS) Financial Strength : 2 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Harbor Star Shipping Services, Financial Strength?

Harbor Star Shipping Services, has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Harbor Star Shipping Services, Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

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.

Harbor Star Shipping Services,'s Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.34. Harbor Star Shipping Services,'s debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.25. As of today, Harbor Star Shipping Services,'s Altman Z-Score is 0.73.


Competitive Comparison of Harbor Star Shipping Services,'s Financial Strength

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Harbor Star Shipping Services,'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.


Harbor Star Shipping Services,'s Financial Strength Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Harbor Star Shipping Services,'s Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Harbor Star Shipping Services,'s Financial Strength falls into.



Harbor Star Shipping Services, 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:

Harbor Star Shipping Services,'s Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₱-74 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was ₱99 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₱3,334 Mil.

Harbor Star Shipping Services,'s Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*98.672/-73.863
=1.34

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

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Harbor Star Shipping Services, Inc interest coverage is 1.49, which is low.

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

Harbor Star Shipping Services,'s Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(266.856 + 3334.285) / 2889.932
=1.25

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.

Harbor Star Shipping Services, has a Z-score of 0.73, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.73 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.


Harbor Star Shipping Services,  (PHS:TUGS) 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.

Harbor Star Shipping Services, has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Harbor Star Shipping Services, (PHS:TUGS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
2224 A. Bonifacio Street, Corner Pres. Sergio Osmena Highway, Bangkal, Makati, PHL, 1233
Harbor Star Shipping Services, Inc is an integrated maritime service provider. The service lines include harbor assistance, lighterage, towing, ship salvage, marine construction, repair, and maintenance works, wreck removal, firefighting, oil spill abatement and recovery, handling hazardous chemical, ship and crew management, diving and underwater marine works. Other marine services include oil and chemical spill response, diving and underwater work, and ship and crew management.

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