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Q-Free ASA (Q-Free ASA) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Q-Free ASA Financial Strength?

Q-Free ASA has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.

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.

Q-Free ASA's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 2.06. Q-Free ASA's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.17. As of today, Q-Free ASA's Altman Z-Score is 2.46.


Competitive Comparison of Q-Free ASA's Financial Strength

For the Infrastructure Operations subindustry, Q-Free 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.


Q-Free ASA's Financial Strength Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Q-Free ASA's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Q-Free ASA's Financial Strength falls into.



Q-Free 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:

Q-Free ASA's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-0.5 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was $1.0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $15.8 Mil.

Q-Free ASA's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*0.982/-0.477
=2.06

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

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

Q-Free ASA's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(3.435 + 15.784) / 113.732
=0.17

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.

Q-Free ASA has a Z-score of 2.46, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Q-Free 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 2.46 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.


Q-Free ASA  (OTCPK:QFREF) 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.

Q-Free ASA has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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Q-Free ASA (Q-Free ASA) Business Description

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Address
Strindfjordvegen 1, Ranheim, NOR, 7053
Q-Free ASA is engaged in the business of supplying products and solutions within Road User Charging (RUC) and Advanced Transportation Management Systems (ATMs). The company has three segments, namely Tolling, Traffic Management, and Assets held for sale. The majority of its revenue comes from the Tolling segment. Its Tolling solutions include Electronic Multi-Lane Free-Flow Toll Collection, Congestion Charging & Low-Emission Zones, Road User Charging, Enforcement, and Truck & Ferry Tolling. Its geographical segments are Europe, APMEA (Asia Pacific/Middle East/Africa), and the Americas.

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