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New China Life Insurance Co (STU:NCL) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is New China Life Insurance Co Financial Strength?

New China Life Insurance Co has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

Warning Sign:

New China Life Insurance Co Ltd 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.

New China Life Insurance Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 1.34. New China Life Insurance Co's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.16. Altman Z-Score does not apply to banks and insurance companies.


New China Life Insurance Co 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:

New China Life Insurance Co's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was €-4,292 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was €0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €3,977 Mil.

New China Life Insurance Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is

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. New China Life Insurance Co Ltd interest coverage is 1.23, which is low.

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

New China Life Insurance Co's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0 + 3976.573) / 25622.728
=0.16

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.

Altman Z-Score does not apply to banks and insurance companies.

* 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.


New China Life Insurance Co  (STU:NCL) 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.

New China Life Insurance Co has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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New China Life Insurance Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
A12 Jianguomenwai Avenue, New China Insurance Tower, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN, 100022
New China Life Insurance, or NCI, was headquartered in Beijing and founded by SOEs and private firms in 1996. The company is the fourth-largest life insurer in China in terms of total assets. Huijin Investment, the government's investment company owns 31% shares of New China Life. The company was listed on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchanges in 2011. New China Life offers comprehensive life insurance products and services to individual customers and institutional customers through nationwide distributional networks and diversified marketing channels, manages and deploys insurance funds through its subsidiaries, including Asset Management Company and Asset Management Company (Hong Kong).