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Sykes Enterprises (Sykes Enterprises) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Jun. 2021)


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What is Sykes Enterprises Financial Strength?

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

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.

Sykes Enterprises's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 was 78.81. Sykes Enterprises's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 was 0.10. As of today, Sykes Enterprises's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Sykes Enterprises's Financial Strength

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Sykes Enterprises'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.


Sykes Enterprises's Financial Strength Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Sykes Enterprises's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sykes Enterprises 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:

Sykes Enterprises's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jun. 2021 was $-0 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jun. 2021 was $30 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 was $123 Mil.

Sykes Enterprises's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2021 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2021 )
=-1*30.107/-0.382
=78.81

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

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

Sykes Enterprises's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jun. 2021 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(48.321 + 123.342) / 1795.54
=0.10

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.

Sykes Enterprises 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.


Sykes Enterprises  (NAS:SYKE) 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.

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


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Sykes Enterprises (Sykes Enterprises) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
400 North Ashley Drive, Suite 2800, Tampa, FL, USA, 33602
Sykes Enterprises Inc or Sykes is a provider of multichannel demand generation and global customer engagement services. Their end customers are in communications, financial services, technology, transportation and leisure, healthcare, retail and other industries. Sykes serves its clients through two geographic operating regions which are the Americas & EMEA. In Europe, it also provides fulfillment services, which includes order processing, payment processing, inventory control, product delivery and product returns handling.
Executives
John Chapman officer: EVP & CFO 400 N ASHLEY DRIVE TAMPA FL 33602
James T Holder officer: Executive VP & Secretary 3916 STATE STREET SUITE 300 SANTA BARBARA CA 93105
Lawrence Zingale officer: Executive Vice President 400 N. ASHLEY DRIVE, 2800, TAMPA FL 33602
William J Meurer director
David Pearson officer: Executive Vice President 400 N ASHLEY DRIVE SUITE 2800 TAMPA FL 33602
Charles E Sykes officer: CEO & President 400 N ASHLEY DRIVE TAMPA FL 33602
W. Mark Watson director 324 S. HYDE PARK AVENUE, STE 350, TAMPA FL 33606
Mark C Bozak director
James S Macleod director 250 E KILBOURN AVE, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Chang Vanessa C L director P O BOX 800, 2244 WALNUT GROVE, ROSEMEAD CA 91770
Carlos E Evans director 3100 SMOKETREE COURT, SUITE 600, RALEIGH NC 27616
Lorraine L Lutton director 400 N. ASHLEY DRIVE, SUITE 2800 TAMPA FL 33602
Muir William D Jr director 10560 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ST. N., ST. PETERSBURG FL 33716
William Rocktoff officer: VP & Corporate Controller 400 N ASHLEY DRIVE SUITE 2800 TAMPA FL 33602
Jenna Nelson officer: Executive Vice President 400 N ASHLEY DRIVE SUITE 2800 TAMPA FL 33602