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Television Broadcasts (Television Broadcasts) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Television Broadcasts Financial Strength?

Television Broadcasts has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

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.

Television Broadcasts did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Television Broadcasts's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.66. As of today, Television Broadcasts's Altman Z-Score is 1.31.


Competitive Comparison of Television Broadcasts's Financial Strength

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Television Broadcasts'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.


Television Broadcasts's Financial Strength Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Television Broadcasts's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Television Broadcasts 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:

Television Broadcasts's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-9.8 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-17.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $215.7 Mil.

Television Broadcasts's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Television Broadcasts did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

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

Television Broadcasts'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
=(82.587 + 215.705) / 451.358
=0.66

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.

Television Broadcasts has a Z-score of 1.31, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.31 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.


Television Broadcasts  (OTCPK:TVBCF) 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.

Television Broadcasts has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Television Broadcasts (Television Broadcasts) Business Description

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Address
TVB City, 77 Chun Choi Street, Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
Television Broadcasts Ltd is a Hong Kong-based company whose activities involve terrestrial television broadcasting, together with programme production and other television-related activities. Its operating segments include Hong Kong TV broadcasting; OTT Streaming; e-Commerce business; Mainland China operations and International operations. The company derives a majority of revenue from the Hong Kong TV broadcasting segment involving the broadcasting of television programmes, commercials on terrestrial TV platforms, production of programmes, online social media platform, music entertainment, event and digital marketing. The group derives revenue from Hong Kong and other countries, of which prime revenue is derived from Hong Kong.

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