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WATT (Energous) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Energous Financial Strength?

Energous has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Energous Corp 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.

Energous has no long-term debt (1). Energous's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.83. As of today, Energous's Altman Z-Score is -155.86.

(1) Note: An indication of "no long-term debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.


Competitive Comparison of Energous's Financial Strength

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Energous'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.


Energous's Financial Strength Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Energous's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Energous 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:

Energous's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2024 was $-3.50 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.00 Mil.

Energous's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is

Energous had no long-term debt (1).

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

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

Energous's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0.767 + 0) / 0.92
=0.83

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.

Energous has a Z-score of -155.86, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -155.86 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.


Energous  (NAS:WATT) 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.

Energous has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Energous Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3590 North First Street, Suite 210, San Jose, CA, USA, 95134
Energous Corp has developed wireless power networks technology (WPNT), consisting of semiconductor chipsets, software controls, hardware designs and antennas, that enable radio frequency (RF) based charging for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Its products include Transmitter IC & Module, Receivers IC, Transmitter System and other tools.
Executives
Cesar Johnston officer: Senior VP, Engineering 303 RAY STREET, PLEASANTON CA 94566
William T Mannina officer: Acting CFO (Interim) 2300 ORCHARD PARKWAY, C/O SYMMETRICOM, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Sheryl Wilkerson director C/O ENERGOUS CORPORATION, 3590 NORTH FIRST STREET, SUITE 210, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Rahul G. Patel director C/O ENERGOUS CORPORATION, 3590 NORTH FIRST STREET STE 210, SAN JOSE CA 95134
J Michael Dodson director 1220 N. SIMON CIRCLE, ANAHEIM CA 92806
David Earle Roberson director
Neeraj Sahejpal officer: Senior VP, Product Marketing C/O ENERGOUS CORPORATION, 3590 NORTH FIRST STREET, SUITE 210, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Brian J Sereda officer: Vice President & CFO 3590 NORTH FIRST STREET, SUITE 210, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Kathleen A Bayless director 1251 MCKAY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Daniel W Fairfax director 1421 MCCARTHY BLVD., MILPITAS CA 95035
Reynette K. Au director C/O ENERGOUS CORPORATION, 3590 NORTH FIRST STREET STE 210, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Michael Noonen director C/O 8X8 INC, 2445 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Nicolaos G. Alexopoulos director 3590 NORTH FIRST STREET, SUITE 210, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Stephen R Rizzone director, officer: CEO and President METVANTAGE INC, 201 CONTINENETAL BLVD SUITE 201, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
John Gaulding director C/O MONSTER WORLDWIDE INC, 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017