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Telefonica Brasil (BUE:VIV) Financial Strength

: 5 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Telefonica Brasil 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.

Telefonica Brasil's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 16.56. Telefonica Brasil's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.35. As of today, Telefonica Brasil's Altman Z-Score is 1.55.


Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Telefonica Brasil'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.


Telefonica Brasil Financial Strength Distribution

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Telefonica Brasil's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Telefonica Brasil's Financial Strength falls into.



Telefonica Brasil 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:

Telefonica Brasil's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was ARS-10,752 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was ARS178,069 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ARS1,050,742 Mil.

Telefonica Brasil'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*178068.529/-10752.345
=16.56

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

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

Telefonica Brasil'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
=(329750.859 + 1050742.007) / 3988763.692
=0.35

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.

Telefonica Brasil has a Z-score of 1.55, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.55 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.


Telefonica Brasil  (BUE:VIV) 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.

Telefonica Brasil has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Telefonica Brasil (BUE:VIV) Business Description

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Avenida Engenheiro Luis Carlos Berrini, 1376, 32nd Floor, Sao Paulo, SP, BRA, 04571-936
Telefonica Brasil, known as Vivo, is the largest wireless carrier in Brazil with 98 million customers, equal to about 40% market share. The firm is strongest in the postpaid business, where it has 60 million customers, about 42% share of this market. It is the incumbent fixed-line telephone operator in Sao Paulo state and, following the acquisition of GVT, the owner of an extensive fiber network across the country. The firm provides internet access to 6 million households on this network. Following its parent Telefonica's footsteps, Vivo is cross-selling fixed-line and wireless services as a converged offering. The firm also sells pay-tv services to its fixed-line customers.

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