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Castor Maritime (Castor Maritime) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Castor Maritime Financial Strength?

Castor Maritime has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.

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.

Castor Maritime's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.44. Castor Maritime's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.79. As of today, Castor Maritime's Altman Z-Score is 1.40.


Competitive Comparison of Castor Maritime's Financial Strength

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Castor Maritime'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.


Castor Maritime's Financial Strength Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Castor Maritime's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Castor Maritime's Financial Strength falls into.



Castor Maritime 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:

Castor Maritime's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.13 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.34 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $65.71 Mil.

Castor Maritime'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*7.337/-2.132
=3.44

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

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

Castor Maritime'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
=(17.679 + 65.71) / 105.456
=0.79

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.

Castor Maritime has a Z-score of 1.40, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.4 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.


Castor Maritime  (NAS:CTRM) 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.

Castor Maritime has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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Castor Maritime (Castor Maritime) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
223 Christodoulou Chatzipavlou Street, Hawaii Royal Gardens, Limassol, CYP, 3036
Castor Maritime Inc is a provider of seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargo, including iron ore, coal, grain, steel products, fertilizers, cement, bauxite, sugar, and scrap metal, among others. The firm operates under four reportable segments namely Dry bulk; Aframax/LR2 tanker; Handysize tanker and Container ship. It generates maximum revenue from the Dry bulk segment.