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Empresas Gasco (XSGO:GASCO) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Empresas Gasco Financial Strength?

Empresas Gasco 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.

Empresas Gasco's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.69. Empresas Gasco's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.45. As of today, Empresas Gasco's Altman Z-Score is 1.28.


Competitive Comparison of Empresas Gasco's Financial Strength

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Empresas Gasco'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.


Empresas Gasco's Financial Strength Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Empresas Gasco's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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Empresas Gasco 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:

Empresas Gasco's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was CLP-3,273 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was CLP2,263 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was CLP183,414 Mil.

Empresas Gasco's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*2262.871/-3272.984
=0.69

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

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

Empresas Gasco's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(26964.165 + 183414.024) / 469559.3
=0.45

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.

Empresas Gasco has a Z-score of 1.28, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.28 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.


Empresas Gasco  (XSGO:GASCO) 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.

Empresas Gasco has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Empresas Gasco (XSGO:GASCO) Business Description

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Address
Santo Domingo, Santiago, CHL, 1061
Empresas Gasco SA is a Chile-based company operating in the energy field. It offers gas energy solutions through the distribution of liquefied gas, natural gas, and vehicular gas. The businesses of the company include Procurement segment, Segment energy solutions to gas Chile and Segment gas energy solutions international business. The company has operations in Chile and other countries. It provides gas by meter, gas in the pond, and gas in the cylinder.

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