Seres Therapeutics (Seres Therapeutics) Financial Strength : 2 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Seres Therapeutics Financial Strength?

Seres Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Seres Therapeutics 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.

Seres Therapeutics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. As of today, Seres Therapeutics's Altman Z-Score is -3.91.

Competitive Comparison of Seres Therapeutics's Financial Strength

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

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Seres Therapeutics's Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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Seres Therapeutics 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:

Seres Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-4.7 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-39.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $205.4 Mil.

Seres Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Seres Therapeutics 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.

Seres Therapeutics's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio	=	Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 )			/	Revenue
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Revenue
	=	(8.833	+	205.35)	/	0
	=	N/A

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.

Seres Therapeutics has a Z-score of -3.91, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -3.91 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.

Seres Therapeutics (NAS:MCRB) 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.

Seres Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. 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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Seres Therapeutics (Seres Therapeutics) Business Description

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Address

200 Sidney Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA, USA, 02139

Website

https://www.serestherapeutics.com

Seres Therapeutics Inc is a microbiome therapeutics platform company operating in the United States. The company is engaged in developing biological drugs which are referred as ecobiotic microbiome therapeutics. The drugs discovered by the company are designed to restore health by repairing the function of a dysbiotic microbiome. The company focuses on implementing its microbiome therapeutics platform to develop ecobiotic microbiome therapeutics that treat dysbiosis in the colonic microbiome. SER-109, the company's product, is designed to prevent further recurrences of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), a debilitating infection of the colon. In addition, the company is involved in developing SER-262, SER-287, and SER-401.

Executives

Paula Cloghessy	officer: See Remarks	C/O TRANSLATE BIO, INC., 29 HARTWELL AVENUE, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Matthew R. Henn	officer: Chief Scientific Officer	C/O SERES THERAPEUTICS, INC., 200 SIDNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Eric D. Shaff	officer: CFO and EVP	C/O SERES HEALTH, INC., 161 FIRST STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02472
Thomas Desrosier	officer: See Remarks	65 HAYDEN AVENUE, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Moltke Lisa Von	officer: See Remarks	C/O SERESTHERAPEUTICS, INC., 200 SIDNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Teresa L. Young	officer: See Remarks	C/O SERES THERAPEUTICS, INC., SUITE 1750, HOUSTON TX 77098
David S. Ege	officer: See Remarks	C/O SERES THERAPEUTICS, INC., 200 SIDNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
David Arkowitz	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O FLEXION THERAPEUTICS, INC., 10 MALL ROAD, SUITE 301, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Claire Fraser	director	C/O BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY, FRANKLIN LAKES NJ 07465
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