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BetterLife Pharma (XCNQ:BETR) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Oct. 2023)


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What is BetterLife Pharma Financial Strength?

BetterLife Pharma 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.

BetterLife Pharma did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. As of today, BetterLife Pharma's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of BetterLife Pharma's Financial Strength

For the Biotechnology subindustry, BetterLife Pharma'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.


BetterLife Pharma's Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, BetterLife Pharma's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



BetterLife Pharma 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:

BetterLife Pharma's Interest Expense for the months ended in Oct. 2023 was C$-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Oct. 2023 was C$-0.70 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was C$0.55 Mil.

BetterLife Pharma's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is

BetterLife Pharma 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.

BetterLife Pharma's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Oct. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0.08 + 0.55) / 0
=N/A

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.

BetterLife Pharma has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy 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.


BetterLife Pharma  (XCNQ:BETR) 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.

BetterLife Pharma has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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BetterLife Pharma (XCNQ:BETR) Business Description

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Address
1275 West 6th Avenue, Suite 300, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6H 1A6
BetterLife Pharma Inc a biotechnology company, engages in the development and commercialization of psychedelic products for the treatment of mental disorders in Canada, the United States, Australia, and European Union. It is involved in refining and developing drug candidates from a set of complementary interferon-based technologies that have the potential to engage the immune system to fight virus infections, such as coronavirus disease and human papillomavirus, and/or to directly inhibit tumors to treat various types of cancer.
Executives
Ahmad Doroudian Director, Senior Officer