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Histogen (Histogen) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Histogen Financial Strength?

Histogen has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

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.

Histogen has no long-term debt (1). Histogen's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.00. As of today, Histogen's Altman Z-Score is -29.41.

(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 Histogen's Financial Strength

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Histogen'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.


Histogen's Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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



Histogen 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:

Histogen's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was $-3.53 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.00 Mil.

Histogen's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Histogen had no long-term debt (1).

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

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

Histogen's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0 + 0) / 0.02
=0.00

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.

Histogen has a Z-score of -29.41, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -29.41 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.


Histogen  (OTCPK:HSTO) 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.

Histogen has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Histogen (Histogen) Business Description

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Address
10655 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA, USA, 92121
Histogen Inc is a clinical-stage therapeutics company focused on developing proprietary hypoxia-generated growth factor technology platforms and stem cell-free biologic products as potential first-in-class restorative therapeutics that ignite the body's natural process to repair and maintain healthy biological function. Under its biologics technology platform, the product candidates in development are HST-003, a treatment for joint cartilage repair, and HST-004, a treatment for spinal disc repair. It also has a pipeline of clinical and preclinical small molecule pan-caspase and caspase selective inhibitors focused on treatments for infectious and inflammatory diseases that the company intends to develop.
Executives
Joyce Reyes officer: See Remarks 10655 SORRENTO VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Richard W Pascoe director, officer: See Remarks C/O SEELOS THERAPEUTICS, INC., 300 PARK AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Rochelle Fuhrmann director C/O WARNER CHILCOTT CORPORATION, 100 ENTERPRISE DRIVE, ROCKAWAY NJ 07866
Susan Richards Windham-bannister director 78 BLANCHARD ROAD, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Moya Daniels officer: See Remarks 10655 SORRENTO VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Susan A. Knudson officer: See Remarks 9191 TOWNE CENTRE DRIVE, SUITE 400, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Jonathan Jackson director, 10 percent owner C/O HISTOGEN INC., 10655 SORRENTO VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Gail K Naughton officer: See Remarks C. R. BARD, INC., 730 CENTRAL AVENUE, MURRAY HILL NJ 07974
David Hugh Crean director C/O HISTOGEN INC., 10655 SORRENTO VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Stephen Chang director 12912 CAMINO DEL VALLE, POWAY CA 92064
Brian Satz director C/O HISTOGEN INC., 10655 SORRENTO VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Yizhuo Zhang director C/O HISTOGEN INC., 10655 SORRENTO VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Martin Latterich officer: See Remarks C/O HISTOGEN INC., 10655 SORRENTO VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Steven J Mento director C/O SANGAMO BIOSCIENCES, INC., 501 CANAL BLVD SUITE A-100, RICHMOND CA 94804
Keith W Marshall officer: EVP, COO & CFO C/O CONATUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC., 16745 WEST BERNARDO DRIVE, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92127