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BEDU (Bright Scholar Education Holdings) Financial Strength : 5 (As of May. 2024)


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What is Bright Scholar Education Holdings Financial Strength?

Bright Scholar Education Holdings 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.

Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in May. 2024 was 2,245.67. Bright Scholar Education Holdings's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 2024 was 0.71. As of today, Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Altman Z-Score is 0.13.


Competitive Comparison of Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Financial Strength

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Bright Scholar Education Holdings'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.


Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Financial Strength Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Financial Strength falls into.



Bright Scholar Education Holdings 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:

Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Interest Expense for the months ended in May. 2024 was $-0.0 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in May. 2024 was $6.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in May. 2024 was $200.0 Mil.

Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in May. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: May. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: May. 2024 )
=-1*6.737/-0.003
=2,245.67

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

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

Bright Scholar Education Holdings's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: May. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(16.762 + 200.012) / 306.372
=0.71

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.

Bright Scholar Education Holdings has a Z-score of 0.13, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.13 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.


Bright Scholar Education Holdings  (NYSE:BEDU) 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.

Bright Scholar Education Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Bright Scholar Education Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 1, Country Garden Road, Beijiao Town, Shunde District, Guangdong Province, Foshan, CHN, 528300
Bright Scholar Education Holdings Ltd operates as an education service provider. The company offers overseas schools, complementary education services, and domestic kindergartens and K12 operation services. The group's overseas K12 education has several K12 schools, art colleges, language training institutions, and summer schools around the world. The complimentary education services segment of the company predominantly includes camp programs, after-school programs, through a network of learning centers in China, as well as international education consulting services. Geographically, the company operates in China which is the key revenue generating market, Canada, United States, and United Kingdom.