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


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What is Prothena Financial Strength?

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

Good Sign:

Prothena Corp PLC 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 Prothena's interest coverage with the available data. Prothena's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 62.48. As of today, Prothena's Altman Z-Score is 3.33.


Competitive Comparison of Prothena's Financial Strength

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Prothena'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.


Prothena's Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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



Prothena 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:

Prothena'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 $-81.53 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $10.12 Mil.

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

GuruFocus does not calculate Prothena'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. Prothena Corp PLC has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

Prothena'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
=(2.372 + 10.124) / 0.2
=62.48

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.

Prothena has a Z-score of 3.33, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 3.33 is strong.

* 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.


Prothena  (NAS:PRTA) 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.

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


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Prothena (Prothena) Business Description

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Address
77 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Block C, Grand Canal Docklands, Dublin 2, IRL, D02 VK60
Prothena Corp PLC is a biotechnology company that focuses on protein dysregulation and a pipeline of investigational therapeutics with the potential to change the course of devastating rare neurodegenerative and peripheral amyloid diseases. The company's clinical pipeline of antibody-based product candidates targets a range of indications, including Amyloid Light-chain (AL) amyloidosis (NEOD001), Parkinson's disease and other related synucleinopathies (PRX002), and inflammatory diseases, including psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PRX003) and ATTR amyloidosis (PRX004).
Executives
Karin L Walker officer: See Remarks C/O PROTHENA CORPORATION PLC, 650 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Brandon S. Smith officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES INC., 331 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Carol D. Karp officer: Chief Regulatory Officer C/O PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES INC, 331 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Michael J Malecek officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES, INC., 331 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Hideki Garren officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES INC, 331 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Wagner M. Zago officer: Chief Scientific Officer C/O PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES INC, 331 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Dennis J. Selkoe director 650 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Helen Susan Kim director 3832 BAY CENTER PLACE, HAYWARD CA 94545
Tran Nguyen officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PROTHENA CORPORATION PLC, 650 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Gene G. Kinney officer: CSO & Head of R&D C/O PROTHENA CORPORATION PLC, 650 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Dunn William H. Jr. director C/O PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES INC, 331 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Shane Cooke director TREASURY BUILDING LOWER GRAND CANAL ST., DUBLIN 2 L2 00000
Richard T Collier director
Lars Ekman director C/O ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL INC., 60 LEVERONI COURT, NOVATO CA 94949
Paula K Cobb director NIGHTSTAR THERAPEUTICS PLC, 203 CRESCENT STREET, SUITE 303, WALTHAM MA 02453