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Fletcher Building (ASX:FBU) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Fletcher Building Financial Strength?

Fletcher Building has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

Warning Sign:

Fletcher Building Ltd 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.

Fletcher Building's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.16. Fletcher Building's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.44. As of today, Fletcher Building's Altman Z-Score is 1.68.


Competitive Comparison of Fletcher Building's Financial Strength

For the Building Materials subindustry, Fletcher Building'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.


Fletcher Building's Financial Strength Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Fletcher Building's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Fletcher Building 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:

Fletcher Building's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-30 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was A$5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$3,255 Mil.

Fletcher Building's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*4.648/-29.75
=0.16

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

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

Fletcher Building'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
=(254.733 + 3254.819) / 7898.584
=0.44

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.

Fletcher Building has a Z-score of 1.68, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.68 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.


Fletcher Building  (ASX:FBU) 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.

Fletcher Building has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Fletcher Building (ASX:FBU) Business Description

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Address
810 Great South Road, Penrose, Auckland, NTL, NZL, 1061
Fletcher Building is a New Zealand-based building materials company with operations focused in New Zealand, but also extending to Australia. It has a conglomerate structure with diverse operations across concrete, building products, steel, retail distribution, construction, and development. Having previously expanded internationally through acquisitions, operations have gradually refocused on the New Zealand and Australian businesses.

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