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Assembly Biosciences (Assembly Biosciences) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Assembly Biosciences Financial Strength?

Assembly Biosciences has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

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.

GuruFocus does not calculate Assembly Biosciences's interest coverage with the available data. Assembly Biosciences's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.08. As of today, Assembly Biosciences's Altman Z-Score is -8.20.


Competitive Comparison of Assembly Biosciences's Financial Strength

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Assembly Biosciences'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.


Assembly Biosciences's Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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



Assembly Biosciences 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:

Assembly Biosciences's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-12.55 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.12 Mil.

Assembly Biosciences's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

GuruFocus does not calculate Assembly Biosciences's interest coverage with the available data.

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

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Assembly Biosciences Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

Assembly Biosciences'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
=(1.22 + 1.122) / 28.652
=0.08

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.

Assembly Biosciences has a Z-score of -8.20, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -8.2 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.


Assembly Biosciences  (NAS:ASMB) 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.

Assembly Biosciences has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Assembly Biosciences (Assembly Biosciences) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
331 Oyster Point Boulevard, Fourth Floor, South San Francisco, CA, USA, 94080
Assembly Biosciences Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company. It is advancing two platform programs, a novel class of oral therapeutics for the treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and novel class of oral synthetic live biotherapeutics, that are designed to restore health to a dysbiotic microbiome. The firm's HBV-cure program is aimed at increasing the current low cure rate for patients with HBV and is pursuing multiple drug candidates that inhibit multiple steps of the HBV lifecycle. Its program targets high-recurrence genital herpes associated with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection and research programs focused on the discovery of novel antivirals to treat devastating viral diseases, including hepatitis delta virus (HDV) and transplant-related herpesviruses.
Executives
Alexander Schornstein 10 percent owner KAISER-FRIEDRICH-ALLEE 2, AACHEN 2M 52074
Nicole S White officer: Chief Manufacturing Officer C/O ASSEMBLY BIOSCIENCES, INC., 331 OYSTER POINT BLVD., FOURTH FLOOR, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Gilead Sciences Inc 10 percent owner 333 LAKESIDE DR, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Jason A Okazaki officer: Chief Legal & Business Officer C/O ASSEMBLY BIOSCIENCES, INC., 331 OYSTER POINT BLVD, FOURTH FLOOR, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Delaney William E Iv officer: CSO, Virology C/O ASSEMBLY BIOSCIENCES, INC., 331 OYSTER POINT BLVD, FOURTH FLOOR, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Jeanette M Bjorkquist officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O ASSEMBLY BIOSCIENCES, INC., 331 OYSTER POINT BLVD, FOURTH FLOOR, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
John G Mchutchison director, officer: CEO and President 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY X1 94404
Michael P. Samar officer: See Remarks C/O ASSEMBLY BIOSCIENCES, INC., 11711 N. MERIDIAN ST. SUITE 310, CARMEL IN 46032
Luisa M Stamm officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O ASSEMBLY BIOSCIENCES, INC., 11711 N. MERIDIAN ST, SUITE 310, CARMEL IN 46032
Michael Houghton director C/O ASSEMBLY BIOSCIENCES, INC., 331 OYSTER POINT BLVD., FOURTH FLOOR, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Lisa Johnson-pratt director C/O TRACON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 4350 LA JOLLA VILLAGE DRIVE, SUITE 800, SAN DIEGO CA 92122
Jacqueline Sybil Papkoff officer: See remarks C/O ASSEMBLY BIOSCIENCES, INC., 11711 N. MERIDIAN STREET, SUITE 310, CARMEL IN 46032
Gina Consylman director C/O IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 100 SUMMER STREET, SUITE 2300, BOSTON MA 02110
Richard James Colonno officer: Chief Science Officer ASSEMBLY BIOSCIENCES, INC., 409 ILLINOIS STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Thomas Joseph Russo officer: CFO C/O ASSEMBLY BIOSCIENCES, INC., 11711 N MERIDIAN ST, SUITE 310, CARMEL IN 46032

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