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Sentry Technology (Sentry Technology) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Jun. 2011)


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What is Sentry Technology Financial Strength?

Sentry Technology has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.

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.

Sentry Technology did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Sentry Technology's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2011 was 0.81. As of today, Sentry Technology's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Sentry Technology's Financial Strength

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Sentry Technology'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.


Sentry Technology's Financial Strength Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Sentry Technology's Financial Strength falls into.



Sentry Technology 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:

Sentry Technology's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jun. 2011 was $-0.42 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jun. 2011 was $-0.18 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2011 was $0.00 Mil.

Sentry Technology's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2011 is

Sentry Technology did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

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

Sentry Technology's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2011 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jun. 2011 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(7.061 + 0) / 8.708
=0.81

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.

Sentry Technology has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy 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.


Sentry Technology  (OTCPK:SKVY) 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.

Sentry Technology has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Sentry Technology (Sentry Technology) Business Description

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Address
1881 Lakeland Avenue, Ronkonkoma, NY, USA, 11779
Sentry Technology Corp through its subsidiaries is engaged in designing, manufacturing, selling and installing a complete line of video surveillance systems, Robotic CCTV systems, Electro-Magnetic and Radio Frequency Identification based library management systems, as well as radio frequency and EM electronic article surveillance systems. The company also manufactures travelling, robotic CCTV systems servicing customers in North and South America, Africa and Australia.

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