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Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (BSP:USIM3) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais Financial Strength?

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.

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.

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.37. Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.28. As of today, Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Altman Z-Score is 1.64.


Competitive Comparison of Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Financial Strength

For the Steel subindustry, Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais'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.


Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Financial Strength Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Financial Strength falls into.



Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais 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:

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was R$-188 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was R$70 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was R$5,969 Mil.

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais'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*70.26/-188.462
=0.37

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

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

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais'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
=(1050.72 + 5969.322) / 24891.276
=0.28

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.

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais has a Z-score of 1.64, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.64 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.


Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais  (BSP:USIM3) 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.

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (BSP:USIM3) Business Description

Address
Rua Professor Jose Vieira de Mendonca, 3.011 - Engenho Nogueira, Belo Horizonte, MG, BRA, 31310-260
Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA is a Brazil-based company that is primarily engaged in the production and distribution of flat steel products. The company's product portfolio consists of ordinary heavy plates, Sincron series premium heavy plates, hot strips, cold-rolled products, and galvanized products. These products are used in automotive, civil construction, railway, electric, white goods, offshore platforms, and agricultural and construction machinery. The Brazilian domestic market represents the majority of the company's sales, while the United States, Argentina, and Turkey are the three biggest export destination markets for the company.

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