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Chesnara (LSE:CSN) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Chesnara Financial Strength?

Chesnara 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.

Chesnara did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Chesnara's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.15. Altman Z-Score does not apply to banks and insurance companies.


Chesnara 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:

Chesnara's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was £-5 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was £0 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £209 Mil.

Chesnara's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

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

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

Chesnara'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
=(0.8 + 208.5) / 1352.63
=0.15

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.

Altman Z-Score does not apply to banks and insurance companies.

* 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.


Chesnara  (LSE:CSN) 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.

Chesnara has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Chesnara (LSE:CSN) Business Description

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Address
West Strand Road, 2nd Floor, Building 4, West Strand Business Park, Preston, Lancashire, GBR, PR1 8UY
Chesnara PLC acts as a Life Assurance and pension consolidator in the United Kingdom. Its reportable segments include UK, Movestic, Waard Group, Scildon, and Other group activities. It derives maximum revenue from the Scildon segment. The group investment markets include Australia, the UK, Hong Kong, Japan, and the USA. It provides unit-linked and non-linked contracts, which include death and morbidity benefits on whole life, endowment and term assurance basis as well as immediate annuity plans written from vesting pensions through its subsidiary.