Intercept Pharmaceuticals (NAS:ICPT) Financial Strength

: 3 (As of Mar. 2023)

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Intercept Pharmaceuticals has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

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.

Intercept Pharmaceuticals did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Intercept Pharmaceuticals's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was 1.23. As of today, Intercept Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score is -5.16.

Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Intercept Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

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Intercept Pharmaceuticals Financial Strength Distribution

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Intercept Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Intercept Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Financial Strength's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

Intercept Pharmaceuticals 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:

Intercept Pharmaceuticals's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2023 was $-2.8 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2023 was $-31.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was $223.4 Mil.

Intercept Pharmaceuticals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 is

Intercept Pharmaceuticals did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

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

Intercept Pharmaceuticals's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio	=	Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2023 )			/	Revenue
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Revenue
	=	(109.688	+	223.352)	/	271.832
	=	1.23

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.

Intercept Pharmaceuticals has a Z-score of -5.16, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -5.16 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.

Intercept Pharmaceuticals (NAS:ICPT) 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.

Intercept Pharmaceuticals has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

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Intercept Pharmaceuticals (NAS:ICPT) Business Description

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I4P:Germany

Address

10 Hudson Yards, 37th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10001

Website

https://www.interceptpharma.com

Intercept Pharmaceuticals is a biotech company focused on developing and commercializing novel therapeutics to treat chronic liver diseases. Obeticholic acid, or OCA, is an agonist of the farnesoid X receptor. OCA was approved as Ocaliva to treat primary biliary cirrhosis in 2016 and is being developed for a variety of chronic liver diseases, including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH.

Executives

Andrew Saik	officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer	640 LEE ROAD, CHESTERBROOK PA 19087
M Michelle Berrey	officer: President, R&D and CMO	303A COLLEGE ROAD EAST, PRINCETON NJ 08450
Dagmar Rosa-bjorkeson	director	C/O BAXALTA INCORPORATED, 1200 LAKESIDE DRIVE, BANNOCKBURN IL 60015
Rocco Venezia	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	C/O INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 10 HUDSON YARDS, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Lisa Defrancesco	officer: SVP, IR & Corp. Affairs	C/O INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 10 HUDSON YARDS, FLOOR 37, NEW YORK NY 10001
Linda M Richardson	officer: EVP & Chief Commercial Officer	2505 MERIDIAN PKWY, SUITE 340, C/O CHIMERIX, INC., DURHAM NC 27713
Jared Freedberg	officer: General Counsel and Secretary	300 THE AMERICAN ROAD, MORRIS PLAINS NJ 07950
Bryan Ball	officer: Chief Quality Officer	300 THE AMERICAN ROAD, MORRIS PLAINS NJ 07950
Paolo Fundaro	director, 10 percent owner	C/O GENEXTRA S.P.A.,, VIA G. DE GRASSI, 11, MILAN L6 20123
Keith Michael Gottesdiener	director	900 FIFTH AVENUE, #8C, NEW YORK NY 10021
Luca Benatti	director	C/O INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 450 WEST 15TH STREET, SUITE 505, NEW YORK NY 10011
Daniel G Welch	director	4611 UNIVERSITY DR, 4 UNIVERSITY PLACE, DURHAM NC 27707
Daniel Bradbury	director	BIOBRIT, LLC, 2223 AVENIDA DE LA PLAYA, SUITE 108, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Nancy Miller-rich	director	C/O INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 10 HUDSON YARDS, 37TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10001
Gino Santini	director	C/O AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 1100 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451