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Hai Kwang Enterprise (TPE:2038) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Hai Kwang Enterprise Financial Strength?

Hai Kwang Enterprise has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Hai Kwang Enterprise 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.

Hai Kwang Enterprise's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.61. Hai Kwang Enterprise's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.42. As of today, Hai Kwang Enterprise's Altman Z-Score is 1.44.


Competitive Comparison of Hai Kwang Enterprise's Financial Strength

For the Steel subindustry, Hai Kwang Enterprise'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.


Hai Kwang Enterprise's Financial Strength Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Hai Kwang Enterprise's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hai Kwang Enterprise's Financial Strength falls into.



Hai Kwang Enterprise 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:

Hai Kwang Enterprise's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$-23 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$14 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$1,051 Mil.

Hai Kwang Enterprise'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*14.092/-23.114
=0.61

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. Hai Kwang Enterprise 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.

Hai Kwang Enterprise'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
=(3130.717 + 1051.195) / 9932.784
=0.42

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.

Hai Kwang Enterprise has a Z-score of 1.44, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.44 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.


Hai Kwang Enterprise  (TPE:2038) 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.

Hai Kwang Enterprise has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Hai Kwang Enterprise Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 12, Haiyan 2nd Road, Xiaogang District, Kaohsiung, TWN
Hai Kwang Enterprise Corp manufactures and sells steel products. The company principally engaged in the manufacture and sales of billets and reinforcing steel bars, and real estate rental and leasing business.

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