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Accelerate Diagnostics (Accelerate Diagnostics) Financial Strength : 2 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Accelerate Diagnostics Financial Strength?

Accelerate Diagnostics 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:

Accelerate Diagnostics 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.

Accelerate Diagnostics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Accelerate Diagnostics's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.24. As of today, Accelerate Diagnostics's Altman Z-Score is -34.35.


Competitive Comparison of Accelerate Diagnostics's Financial Strength

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Accelerate Diagnostics'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.


Accelerate Diagnostics's Financial Strength Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Accelerate Diagnostics's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Accelerate Diagnostics's Financial Strength falls into.



Accelerate Diagnostics 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:

Accelerate Diagnostics's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-2.13 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-10.73 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $36.93 Mil.

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

Accelerate Diagnostics 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.

Accelerate Diagnostics'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
=(2.286 + 36.934) / 12.108
=3.24

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.

Accelerate Diagnostics has a Z-score of -34.35, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -34.35 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.


Accelerate Diagnostics  (NAS:AXDX) 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.

Accelerate Diagnostics 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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Accelerate Diagnostics (Accelerate Diagnostics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3950 South Country Club Road, Suite 470, Tucson, AZ, USA, 85714
Accelerate Diagnostics Inc is an in vitro diagnostics company that specializes in rapid diagnostics for infectious pathogens. The firm's core platform, the Accelerate ID/AST System, determines whether live bacterial or fungal cells in a patient sample are susceptible to a particular antibiotic. This test is performed on pathogens that are commonly associated with serious infections and can deliver results more quickly than traditional methods, such as bacterial culturing. The system can analyze a positive blood culture sample in approximately five hours, which is faster than traditional testing techniques. The company earns majority of its revenue from domestic market.
Executives
David Patience officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ACCELERATE DIAGNOSTICS, INC., 3950 S. COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, SUITE 240, TUCSON AZ 85714
Jack Phillips director, officer: PRESIDENT AND CEO 11731 YALE DR, CARMEL IN 46032
Larry Michael Mertz officer: Chief Technology Officer 3950 S. COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, TUCSON AZ 85714
Marran H. Ogilvie director 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jennifer Regan director C/O ACCELERATE DIAGNOSTICS, INC., 3950 S. COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, SUITE 470, TUCSON AZ 85714
Mark S. Black director 3950 S. COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, SUITE 470, TUCSON AZ 85714
Steven Reichling officer: CFO 7000 NORTH BROADWAY, BUILDING 3-307, DENVER CO 80221
Ron Price officer: SVP & HEAD OF COM OPS AMERICAS 3950 SOUTH COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, SUITE 470, TUCSON AZ 85714
Wayne Burris director 3451 PLANO PARKWAY, LEWISVILLE TX 75056
Hany Massarany director 1910 INNOVATION PARK DR, TUCSON AZ 85737
Jack W Schuler director, 10 percent owner 100 N. FIELD DRIVE, SUITE 360, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Mark C Miller director C/O STERICYCLE INC., 28161 N KEITH DRIVE, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Ten Brink Frank Jm director C/O STERICYCLE INC, 28161 N KEITH DR, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Charles M Watts director 3950 SOUTH COUNTRY CLUB, SUITE 470, TUCSON AZ 85714
Louise Francesconi director 870 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451

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