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Ribbon Communications (Ribbon Communications) Financial Strength

: 4 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Ribbon Communications 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.

Ribbon Communications's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.90. Ribbon Communications's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.32. As of today, Ribbon Communications's Altman Z-Score is -0.75.


Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Ribbon Communications'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.


Ribbon Communications Financial Strength Distribution

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

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



Ribbon Communications 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:

Ribbon Communications's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-7.1 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $20.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $236.2 Mil.

Ribbon Communications's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*20.449/-7.053
=2.90

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

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

Ribbon Communications'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
=(50.841 + 236.193) / 905.604
=0.32

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.

Ribbon Communications has a Z-score of -0.75, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -0.75 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.


Ribbon Communications  (NAS:RBBN) 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.

Ribbon Communications has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Ribbon Communications (Ribbon Communications) Business Description

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Address
6500 Chase Oaks Boulevard, Suite 100, Plano, TX, USA, 75023
Ribbon Communications Inc provides network solutions primarily to telecommunications, wireless and cable service providers worldwide. It enables service providers and enterprises to modernize their communications networks and provide secure real-time communications solutions to their customers and employees. Its solutions enable its customers with a secure way to connect and leverage multivendor, multiprotocol communications systems and applications across their networks and the cloud, around the world and in a rapidly changing ecosystem of IP-enabled devices such as smartphones and tablets.
Executives
Miguel A Lopez officer: EVP, CFO HARRIS CORPORATION, 1025 W NASA BOULEVARD, MELBOURNE FL 32919
Bruce William Mcclelland director, officer: President & CEO 3871 LAKEFIELD DRIVE, SUWANEE GA 30024
Dan Redington officer: EVP of Global Sales 6500 CHASE OAKS BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, PLANO TX 75023
Scott Mair director 6500 CHASE OAKS BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, PLANO TX 75023
Swarth Investments Inc. 10 percent owner NEWPORT HOUSE, 15 THE GRANGE, ST PETER PORT Y7 GY1 4LA
Jpmorgan Chase & Co 10 percent owner 383 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Sam Bucci officer: EVP & GM IP Optical Networks 3605 E PLANO PARKWAY, PLANO TX 75074
Bruns H Grayson director 950 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451
Stephen J. Mccaffery officer: EVP EMEAS and APAC Sales VICTORIA ROAD, WEST YORKSHIRE, SALTAIRE X0 BD183LF
Eric S Marmurek officer: SVP, Finance & CAO C/O 4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Patrick W Macken officer: EVP, Chief Legal Officer 4515 THREE CHIMNEYS LANE, CUMMING GA 30041
Beatriz V Infante director 4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, SONUS NETWORKS, INC., WESTFORD MA 01886
Ewing R Stewart Jr director 100 CENTURETEL DRIVE, MONROE LA 71203
Steven M Bruny officer: EVP Sales, Americas C/O 4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Shaul Shani director 4001 WEST PKWY, C/O SAPIENS USA INC, CURRY NC 27519