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Headway Advanced Material Co (TPE:1776) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Headway Advanced Material Co Financial Strength?

Headway Advanced Material Co 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.

Headway Advanced Material Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 3.68. Headway Advanced Material Co's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.38. As of today, Headway Advanced Material Co's Altman Z-Score is 2.54.


Competitive Comparison of Headway Advanced Material Co's Financial Strength

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* 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.


Headway Advanced Material Co's Financial Strength Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Headway Advanced Material Co's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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Headway Advanced Material 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:

Headway Advanced Material Co's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$-3 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$11 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$311 Mil.

Headway Advanced Material Co'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*10.696/-2.909
=3.68

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

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

Headway Advanced Material 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
=(179.43 + 310.557) / 1283.976
=0.38

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.

Headway Advanced Material Co has a Z-score of 2.54, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Headway Advanced Material Co 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 2.54 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.


Headway Advanced Material Co  (TPE:1776) 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.

Headway Advanced Material Co has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Headway Advanced Material Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 71, Guangfu Road, Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hukou Township, Hsinchu, TWN, 303
Headway Advanced Material Co Ltd is engaged in business including the manufacture, processing, and sale of polyurethane curing agents, processing agents, coatings, resins for coatings, adhesives, flatting agents, and related raw materials.

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