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Blue Sphere (Blue Sphere) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Dec. 2018)


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What is Blue Sphere Financial Strength?

Blue Sphere 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.

Blue Sphere's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 2.60. Blue Sphere's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 2.48. As of today, Blue Sphere's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Blue Sphere's Financial Strength

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Blue Sphere'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.


Blue Sphere's Financial Strength Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Blue Sphere's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Blue Sphere's Financial Strength falls into.



Blue Sphere 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:

Blue Sphere's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2018 was $-0.60 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2018 was $1.55 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $14.66 Mil.

Blue Sphere's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2018 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2018 )
=-1*1.549/-0.596
=2.60

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

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

Blue Sphere's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2018 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(13.252 + 14.658) / 11.248
=2.48

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.

Blue Sphere 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.


Blue Sphere  (GREY:BLSP) 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.

Blue Sphere has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Blue Sphere (Blue Sphere) Business Description

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Address
301 McCullough Drive, 4th Floor, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28262
Blue Sphere Corp is an international clean-tech independent power producer that develops, owns and manages waste-to-energy facilities. It focuses on developing or acquiring projects with clean energy technologies, including waste-to-energy facilities that generate clean energy, such as electricity, natural gas, heat, soil amendment and other by-products. Geographically operates the project in the region of United States, Italy, and Israel.
Executives
Yosef Keret officer: Chief Financial Officer 4 YEHOSHUA BEN NOON ST., HOD HASHARON L3 4523602
Ran Daniel officer: Chief Financial Officer 101 WEST 90TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10024
Lyron L Bentovim other: Former Director 60 CUTTER MILL ROAD, GREAT NECK, NEW YORK NY 11021
Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund Lllp 10 percent owner C/O IBEX GP LLC, 260 NORTH JOSEPHINE STREET, SUITE 300, DENVER CO 80206
Lazarus Investment Partners Lllp 10 percent owner C/O IBEX INVESTORS LLC, 260 NORTH JOSEPHINE STREET, SUITE 300, DENVER CO 80206
Justin B Borus 10 percent owner 260 N. JOSEPHINE STREET, SUITE 300, DENVER CO 80206
Lazarus Management Co Llc 10 percent owner 260 N. JOSEPHINE STREET, SUITE 300, DENVER CO 80206
Dr Borenstein Ltd 10 percent owner 18 REINES ST, TEL AVIV L3 00000
Alex Weber officer: Chief Financial Officer POB - 961, NARKIS 2, KOHAV YAIR L3 44864