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Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co (TPE:8473) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co Financial Strength?

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

Warning Sign:

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g 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.

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 6.39. Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.78. As of today, Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Altman Z-Score is 0.97.


Competitive Comparison of Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Financial Strength

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Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Financial Strength Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

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Forest Water Environmental Eng'g 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:

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-39 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$247 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$1,607 Mil.

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co'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*246.858/-38.639
=6.39

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. Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co Ltd interest coverage is 3.48, which is low.

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

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co'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
=(3702.218 + 1607.305) / 2980.208
=1.78

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.

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co has a Z-score of 0.97, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.97 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.


Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co  (TPE:8473) 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.

Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co (TPE:8473) Business Description

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Address
Number 99 Jilin Road, 3rd Floor, Zhongshan District, Taipei, TWN
Forest Water Environmental Eng'g Co Ltd is engaged in desalination engineering, wastewater recycling & reuse and water purification process, and sewage treatment. It also provides the construction of a water purification plant, the construction of a sewage treatment plant in the scientific industrial park, and the construction of a sewage treatment plant.

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