Galecto (Galecto) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Galecto Financial Strength?

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

Good Sign:

Galecto 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.

Galecto has no long-term debt ⁽¹⁾. As of today, Galecto's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.

(1) Note: An indication of "no long-term debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

Competitive Comparison of Galecto's Financial Strength

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Galecto'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.

Galecto's Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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

Galecto 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:

Galecto's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-5.74 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.00 Mil.

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

Galecto had no long-term debt ⁽¹⁾.

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. Galecto Inc has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

Galecto'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
	=	(0.155	+	0)	/	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.

Galecto 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.

Galecto (NAS:GLTO) 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.

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

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Galecto (Galecto) Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

Ole Maaloes Vej 3, Copenhagen, DNK, DK-2200

Website

https://www.galecto.com

Galecto Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapeutics designed to target the biological processes that lie at the heart of fibrosis and impact a broad range of fibrotic and related diseases, including cancer. Its initial focus is on the development of small-molecule inhibitors of galectin-3 and lysyl oxidase-like 2, or LOXL2. Its product candidate GB0139 is for the treatment of severe fibrotic lung diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, a life-threatening progressive fibrotic disease of the lung. Its product GB1211, a selective oral galectin-3 inhibitor for the treatment of fibrosis-related to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, and GB2064, a selective oral inhibitor of LOXL2 that it initially plans to develop for the treatment of myelofibrosis.

Executives

Orbimed Advisors Llc	director, 10 percent owner	601 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 54TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Bertil Lindmark	officer: Chief Medical Officer	C/O GALECTO, INC., OLE MAALOES VEJ 3, COPENHAGEN N G7 DK-2200
Hans T. Schambye	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	C/O GALECTO, INC., OLE MAALOES VEJ 3, COPENHAGEN N G7 DK-2200
Stephanie Oestreich	officer: Chief Business Officer	75 STATE STREET, SUITE 100, BOSTON MA 02109
Jonathan Freve	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O SPRING BANK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 113 CEDAR STREET, STE S-7, MILFORD MA 01757
Garrett Winslow	officer: General Counsel	35 PARKWOOD DRIVE, C/O SPRING BANK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., HOPKINTON MA 01748
Anne Prener	director	C/O RUBIUS THERAPEUTICS, 399 BINNEY STREET SUITE 300, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Dallas Jayson Donald Alexander	director	AIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS, INC., 8000 MARINA BOULEVARD, SUITE 300, BRISBANE CA 94005
Novo Holdings A/s	10 percent owner	TUBORG HAVNEVEJ 19, HELLERUP G7 2900
Chau Quang Khuong	director, 10 percent owner	C/O ORBIMED ADVISORS, 601 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 54TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Stephan Christgau	director	C/O CASTLE & MORGAN HOLDINGS, INC., 425 MARKET STREET, SUITE 2230, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Soren Moller	director	C/O NOVO HOLDINGS A/S, TUBORG HAVNEVEJ 19, HELLERUP G7 2900
Anders Pedersen	officer: Chief Operating Officer	C/O GALECTO, INC., OLE MAALOES VEJ 3, COPENHAGEN N G7 DK-2200
Orbimed Advisors Israel Ii Ltd	director, 10 percent owner	601 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 54TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Orbimed Israel Gp Ii, L.p.	director, 10 percent owner	601 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 54TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022