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FYBR (Frontier Communications Parent) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Frontier Communications Parent Financial Strength?

Frontier Communications Parent 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:

Frontier Communications Parent 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 rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and 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.
4. Other debt related ratios.

A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Frontier Communications Parent's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.56. Frontier Communications Parent's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.95. As of today, Frontier Communications Parent's Altman Z-Score is 0.64.


Competitive Comparison of Frontier Communications Parent's Financial Strength

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Frontier Communications Parent'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.


Frontier Communications Parent's Financial Strength Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Frontier Communications Parent's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Frontier Communications Parent's Financial Strength falls into.


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Frontier Communications Parent 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:

Frontier Communications Parent's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-200 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2025 was $112 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $11,633 Mil.

Frontier Communications Parent's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=-1*112/-200
=0.56

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

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Frontier Communications Parent Incs earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

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

Frontier Communications Parent's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2025 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(10 + 11633) / 5980
=1.95

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.

Frontier Communications Parent has a Z-score of 0.64, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.64 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.


Frontier Communications Parent  (NAS:FYBR) Financial Strength Explanation

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.

Frontier Communications Parent 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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Frontier Communications Parent Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1919 McKinney Avenue, Dallas, TX, USA, 75201
Frontier Communications Parent Inc is a communications and technology provider offering broadband services. The company provides voice services, including data-based voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and unified communications as a service (UCaaS), as well as long-distance and voice messaging services, to consumer and business customers in all its markets.
Executives
John Harrobin officer: EVP, Consumer C/O FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PARENT, INC., 401 MERRITT 7, NORWALK CT 06851
Ares Management Llc 10 percent owner 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Asof Ii Frontier Holdings 2 L.p. 10 percent owner C/O ASOF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Asof Ii Frontier Holdings 5 L.p. 10 percent owner C/O ASOF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Asof Ii Frontier Holdings 4 L.p. 10 percent owner C/O ASOF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Asof Ii Frontier Holdings 3 L.p. 10 percent owner C/O ASOF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Asof Ii Frontier Holdings 1 L.p. 10 percent owner C/O ASOF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Asof Ii Frontier Holdings 6 L.p. 10 percent owner C/O ASOF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Asof Ii A (de) Frontier Holdings 2 L.p. 10 percent owner C/O ASOF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Asof Ii A (de) Frontier Holdings 1 L.p. 10 percent owner C/O ASOF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Asof Ii Frontier Holdings 7 L.p. 10 percent owner C/O ASOF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC, 2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 12TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
William Mcgloin officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PARENT, INC., 401 MERRITT 7, NORWALK CT 06851
John G Stratton director, officer: Executive Chairman 1095 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Charlon Mcintosh officer: See Remarks C/O FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PARENT, INC., 401 MERRITT 7, NORWALK CT 06851
Melissa Pint officer: Chief Digital Info. Officer C/O FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PARENT, INC., 401 MERRITT 7, NORWALK CT 06851