BMSPF (Biomass Secure Power) Profitability Rank: 0 (As of Jun. 2010)

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What is Biomass Secure Power Profitability Rank?

Biomass Secure Power has the Profitability Rank of 0.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

A higher score indicates superior profitability, with companies rated 7 or above considered to have more robust and sustainable profit generation. Conversely, a score of 3 or lower suggests challenges in generating consistent profits.

Biomass Secure Power's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2010 was %. As of today, Biomass Secure Power's Piotroski F-Score is 0.


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Biomass Secure Power Profitability Rank Competitor Comparison

For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, Biomass Secure Power's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank 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.


Biomass Secure Power Profitability Rank vs Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Biomass Secure Power's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Biomass Secure Power's Profitability Rank falls into.



Biomass Secure Power Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates superior profitability, with companies rated 7 or above considered to have more robust and sustainable profit generation. Conversely, a score of 3 or lower suggests challenges in generating consistent profits.

Biomass Secure Power has the Profitability Rank of 0.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Biomass Secure Power's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2010 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2010 ) / Revenue (Q: Jun. 2010 )
=-0.257 / 0
= %

* 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.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Biomass Secure Power has an F-score of 0. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


Biomass Secure Power Business Description

Address 125 8590 Sunrise Drive, Chilliwack, BC, CAN, V2R 3Z4
Biomass Secure Power Inc is engaged in the development of a wood pellet plant in Louisiana. The company has two patents that allow it to produce Biocoal with up to 30% more energy per tonne than whitewood pellets. The second patent concerns the briquetting of torrefied chips at high temperature maintaining the adhesive properties of the natural lignin and furans present in the wood fiber. It has developed two revenue streams, Biocoal supply and high carbon product which provides a byproduct that can be used for SAF.