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Dentalcorp Holdings (TSX:DNTL) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Dentalcorp Holdings Financial Strength?

Dentalcorp Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

Warning Sign:

Dentalcorp Holdings 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.

Dentalcorp Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.26. Dentalcorp Holdings's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.93. As of today, Dentalcorp Holdings's Altman Z-Score is 0.65.


Competitive Comparison of Dentalcorp Holdings's Financial Strength

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Dentalcorp Holdings'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.


Dentalcorp Holdings's Financial Strength Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Dentalcorp Holdings's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Dentalcorp Holdings 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:

Dentalcorp Holdings's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was C$-24 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was C$6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$1,326 Mil.

Dentalcorp Holdings'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*6.2/-24
=0.26

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. Dentalcorp Holdings Ltds 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.

Dentalcorp Holdings'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
=(28 + 1326.3) / 1448.8
=0.93

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.

Dentalcorp Holdings has a Z-score of 0.65, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.65 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.


Dentalcorp Holdings  (TSX:DNTL) 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.

Dentalcorp Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Dentalcorp Holdings (TSX:DNTL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
181 Bay Street, Suite 2600, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2T3
Dentalcorp Holdings Ltd is engaged in acquiring dental practices and providing health care services in Canada. It recognizes revenue for the provision of dental services that are rendered to patients by Partner dentists and dental practitioners contracted by the Professional Corporations and health care services rendered by employees or contractors of the company.

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