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Kwong Fong Industries (TPE:1416) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Kwong Fong Industries Financial Strength?

Kwong Fong Industries has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

Warning Sign:

Kwong Fong Industries Corp 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.

Kwong Fong Industries's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.14. Kwong Fong Industries's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 3.07. As of today, Kwong Fong Industries's Altman Z-Score is 1.63.


Competitive Comparison of Kwong Fong Industries's Financial Strength

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Kwong Fong Industries'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.


Kwong Fong Industries's Financial Strength Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Kwong Fong Industries's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kwong Fong Industries's Financial Strength falls into.



Kwong Fong Industries 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:

Kwong Fong Industries's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$-4.2 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$0.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$689.0 Mil.

Kwong Fong Industries's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-1*0.578/-4.202
=0.14

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. Kwong Fong Industries Corps earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

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

Kwong Fong Industries'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
=(339.746 + 689.009) / 334.684
=3.07

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.

Kwong Fong Industries has a Z-score of 1.63, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.63 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.


Kwong Fong Industries  (TPE:1416) 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.

Kwong Fong Industries has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Kwong Fong Industries Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Section 2, Dunhua South Road, 28th Floor, No. 97, Daan District, Taipei, TWN
Kwong Fong Industries Corp is engaged in the textile industry importing and exporting home textiles and sales business. The company focuses on housing and building development and rental, real estate business, mall management, information software services, and electronic information supply services.

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