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Soken Chemical & Engineering Co (TSE:4972) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Soken Chemical & Engineering Co Financial Strength?

Soken Chemical & Engineering Co has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.

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.

Soken Chemical & Engineering Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 46.81. Soken Chemical & Engineering Co's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.10. As of today, Soken Chemical & Engineering Co's Altman Z-Score is 2.80.


Competitive Comparison of Soken Chemical & Engineering Co's Financial Strength

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Soken Chemical & Engineering Co'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.


Soken Chemical & Engineering Co's Financial Strength Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Soken Chemical & Engineering Co's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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Soken Chemical & Engineering 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:

Soken Chemical & Engineering Co's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円-31 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円1,462 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円1,558 Mil.

Soken Chemical & Engineering Co's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*1462.33/-31.242
=46.81

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

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

Soken Chemical & Engineering Co's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(3026.303 + 1558.279) / 47027.772
=0.10

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.

Soken Chemical & Engineering Co has a Z-score of 2.80, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Soken Chemical & Engineering 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 2.8 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.


Soken Chemical & Engineering Co  (TSE:4972) 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.

Soken Chemical & Engineering Co has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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Soken Chemical & Engineering Co (TSE:4972) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
3-29-5 Takada, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 171-8531
Soken Chemical & Engineering Co., Ltd. Is engaged in the manufacture and sales of acrylic pressure sensitive adhesives, functional polymers, organic fine particles, and adhesive tapes. The products of the company include pressure sensitive adhesives, fine particles, specialty coated products, and nanoimprinting products.

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