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Meiwa (TSE:8103) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Meiwa Financial Strength?

Meiwa has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.

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.

Meiwa's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 63.41. Meiwa's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.04. As of today, Meiwa's Altman Z-Score is 3.00.


Competitive Comparison of Meiwa's Financial Strength

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, Meiwa'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.


Meiwa's Financial Strength Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, Meiwa's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Meiwa's Financial Strength falls into.



Meiwa 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:

Meiwa's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円-17 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円1,078 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円546 Mil.

Meiwa'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*1078/-17
=63.41

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

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

Meiwa'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
=(6186 + 546) / 172980
=0.04

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.

Meiwa has a Z-score of 3.00, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 3 is strong.

* 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.


Meiwa  (TSE:8103) 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.

Meiwa has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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Meiwa (TSE:8103) Business Description

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Address
3-1, Marunouchi 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 100-8311
Meiwa Corp is a Japan-based company. It operates in nine business divisions. The Battery Materials Division develops consistent values from mineral resources and other starting materials. The Resources and Environment Business Division deals with rare earth, rare metals, metal products, inorganic materials, and environmental business. Resin business offers raw materials for automobiles, and electric machinery. The Medical-related Development Division supports procurement and consignment of drug substances and pharmaceutical intermediates. The Building Materials Division is mainly engaged in the field of insulation, interior, waterproofing, and wooden packaging. The company is also engaged in automobile, high function material, and petroleum business development project.

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