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Meridian Bioscience (Meridian Bioscience) Financial Strength : 9 (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is Meridian Bioscience Financial Strength?

Meridian Bioscience has the Financial Strength Rank of 9. 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.

Meridian Bioscience's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was 42.32. Meridian Bioscience's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was 0.12. As of today, Meridian Bioscience's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Meridian Bioscience's Financial Strength

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Meridian Bioscience'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.


Meridian Bioscience's Financial Strength Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Meridian Bioscience's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Meridian Bioscience 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:

Meridian Bioscience's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2022 was $-0.2 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2022 was $9.3 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $29.1 Mil.

Meridian Bioscience's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2022 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2022 )
=-1*9.311/-0.22
=42.32

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

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

Meridian Bioscience's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2022 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(1.83 + 29.127) / 262.7
=0.12

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.

Meridian Bioscience 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.


Meridian Bioscience  (NAS:VIVO) 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.

Meridian Bioscience has the Financial Strength Rank of 9. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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Meridian Bioscience (Meridian Bioscience) Business Description

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Address
3471 River Hills Drive, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 45244
Meridian Bioscience Inc is an integrated life science company. It develops and distributes diagnostic tests and reagents, as well as biologic substances used by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Its Diagnostics segment manufactures tests primarily for gastrointestinal, viral, respiratory, & parasitic infectious diseases. Its testing platforms include isothermal DNA amplification, rapid immunoassays, and enzyme-linked immunoassays. The Life sciences segment sells b-antigens, antibodies, and reagents in bulk to other diagnostic manufacturers, the agriculture industry, and researchers. It also manufactures proteins that biopharmaceutical companies use in new drugs and vaccines. The entity has a business presence in the US and other countries.
Executives
Julie Diana Smith officer: Sr VP, Controller, PAO 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE, CINCINNATI OH 45244
John P. Kenny director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE, CINCINNATI OH 45244
Andrew S. Kitzmiller officer: EVP & CFO ONE BATESVILLE BLVD., BATESVILLE IN 47006
Bryan T Baldasare officer: Interim CFO & Chief Acctg Off 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE, CINCINNATI OH 45244
Rice John Mccune Jr. director 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE, CINCINNATI OH 45244
Bihl Anthony P Iii director 807 SMITH RIDGE ROAD, NEW CANAAN CT 06840
Tony Serafini-lamanna officer: Executive VP-Diagnostics 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE, CINCINNATI OH 45244
Felicia Williams director C/O MACY'S, INC., 151 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
John Mcilwraith director 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE, CINCINNATI OH 45244
David Phillips director 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE, CINCINNATI OH 45244
James M. Anderson director 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE, CINCINNATI OH 45244
Dwight E Ellingwood director 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE, CINCINNATI OH 45244
Lawrence Baldini officer: Exec VP, Operations & IS 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE, CINCINNATI OH 45244
Eric S. Rasmussen officer: EVP, Bus. Development/Strategy 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE, CINCINNATI OH 45244
Lourdes Weltzien officer: EVP, Life Science 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE, CINCINNATI OH 45244

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