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Shanda Games (Shanda Games) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Dec. 2014)


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What is Shanda Games Financial Strength?

Shanda Games has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.

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.

Shanda Games's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was 27.66. Shanda Games's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was 0.16. As of today, Shanda Games's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Shanda Games's Financial Strength

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Shanda Games'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.


Shanda Games's Financial Strength Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Shanda Games's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shanda Games's Financial Strength falls into.



Shanda Games 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:

Shanda Games's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2014 was $-6.9 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2014 was $191.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was $95.9 Mil.

Shanda Games's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2014 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2014 )
=-1*191.318/-6.917
=27.66

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

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

Shanda Games's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2014 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0 + 95.909) / 600.68
=0.16

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.

Shanda Games has a Z-score of 0.00, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy 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.


Shanda Games  (NAS:GAME) 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.

Shanda Games has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Shanda Games (Shanda Games) Business Description

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Shanda Games Ltd was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on June 12, 2008. The Company is an online game company in China in terms of the size, diversity of its game portfolio, game revenues and game player base. It completed its initial public offering on September 30, 2009. It develop and source a broad array of game content through multiple channels, including in-house development, licensing, investment, acquisition, joint development and joint operation. As of March 31, 2015, it operated 35 MMO games and 29 mobile games in China and certain overseas markets. The games operated by the Company are: Mir II, BNB, Woool, Legend of Immortals, Age of Wushu, among others. It competes with other online game developers and operators in China, including Tencent Holdings Limited, NetEase, Inc., Changyou.com Limited, Perfect World Co., Ltd., Giant Interactive, Kingsoft, KongZhong Corporation, NetDragon Websoft, Inc. and The9 Limited.