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Star Bulk Carriers (STU:4FAP) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Star Bulk Carriers Financial Strength?

Star Bulk Carriers 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.

Star Bulk Carriers's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.43. Star Bulk Carriers's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.16. As of today, Star Bulk Carriers's Altman Z-Score is 1.80.


Competitive Comparison of Star Bulk Carriers's Financial Strength

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Star Bulk Carriers'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.


Star Bulk Carriers's Financial Strength Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Star Bulk Carriers's Financial Strength falls into.



Star Bulk Carriers 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:

Star Bulk Carriers's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-19.0 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was €84.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €929.4 Mil.

Star Bulk Carriers'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*84.369/-19.045
=4.43

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

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

Star Bulk Carriers'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
=(180.544 + 929.4) / 954.556
=1.16

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.

Star Bulk Carriers has a Z-score of 1.80, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.8 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.


Star Bulk Carriers  (STU:4FAP) 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.

Star Bulk Carriers has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Star Bulk Carriers (STU:4FAP) Business Description

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C/o Star Bulk Management Inc, 40 Agiou Konstantinou Street, Maroussi, Athens, GRC, 15124
Star Bulk Carriers Corp provides seaborne transportation solutions in the dry bulk sector. The company owns and operates dry bulk carrier vessels, which are used to transport bulk, such as iron ore, coal, grains, bauxite, fertilizers, and steel products. It owns a fleet of vessels that consists of Newcastlemax, Capesize, Post Panamax, Kamsarmax, Panamax, Panamax, and Supramax. It generates revenues through the voyages it carries out.

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