GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Healthcare » Biotechnology » Design Therapeutics Inc (NAS:DSGN) » Definitions » Financial Strength

Design Therapeutics (Design Therapeutics) Financial Strength

: 8 (As of Dec. 2023)
View and export this data going back to 2021. Start your Free Trial

Design Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

Design Therapeutics Inc shows strong financial strength.

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.

GuruFocus does not calculate Design Therapeutics's interest coverage with the available data. As of today, Design Therapeutics's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Design Therapeutics'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.


Design Therapeutics Financial Strength Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Design Therapeutics's Financial Strength falls into.



Design 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:

Design Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-15.12 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.33 Mil.

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

GuruFocus does not calculate Design Therapeutics's interest coverage with the available data.

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

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Design Therapeutics Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

Design Therapeutics'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
=(0.716 + 2.334) / 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.

Design Therapeutics 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.


Design Therapeutics  (NAS:DSGN) 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.

Design Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


Design Therapeutics Financial Strength Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Design Therapeutics's Financial Strength provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Design Therapeutics (Design Therapeutics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
6005 Hidden Valley Road, Suite 110, Carlsbad, CA, USA, 92011
Design Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the research and development of GeneTACTM molecules, which are a novel class of small-molecule gene-targeted chimera therapeutic candidates designed to be disease-modifying by addressing the underlying cause of diseases caused by inherited nucleotide repeat expansion mutations.
Executives
Rodney W Lappe director C/O MIRATI THERAPEUTICS INC., 4660 LA JOLLA VILLAGE DRIVE, SUITE 500, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Deepa Prasad director C/O VTV THERAPEUTICS INC., 3980 PREMIER DRIVE, SUITE 310, HIGH POINT NC 27265
Arsani William director C/O DESIGN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6005 HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 110, CARLSBAD CA 92011
Joao Md Siffert director, officer: President and CEO 20 ENTERPRISE, SUITE 200, ALISO VIEJO CA 92656
Simeon George director, 10 percent owner 161 WASHINGTON STREET, SUITE 500, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428
Sr One Capital Fund I Aggregator Lp 10 percent owner C/O DESIGN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6005 HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 110, CARLSBAD CA 92011
Stella Xu director, 10 percent owner C/O ARMO BIOSCIENCES, INC., 575 CHESAPEAKE DRIVE, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Julie Burgess officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O DESIGN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6005 HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 110, CARLSBAD CA 92011
Dawn Giangiulio officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O DESIGN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6005 HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 110, CARLSBAD CA 92011
Heather Behanna director C/O ENTASIS THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS INC., 35 GATEHOUSE DRIVE, WALTHAM MA 02451
Cormorant Asset Management, Lp 10 percent owner 200 CLARENDON STREET, 52ND FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Pratik Shah director, officer: Executive Chairperson 3366 N. TORREY PINES COURT, SUITE 220, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Sean Jeffries officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O DESIGN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6005 HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 110, CARLSBAD CA 92011
Justin Thacker officer: Vice President, Finance C/O DESIGN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6005 HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 110, CARLSBAD CA 92011
Aseem Z. Ansari 10 percent owner C/O DESIGN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6005 HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 110, CARLSBAD CA 92011

Design Therapeutics (Design Therapeutics) Headlines