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Plantronics (Plantronics) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Jun. 2022)


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What is Plantronics Financial Strength?

Plantronics has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Plantronics Inc displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

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.

Plantronics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Plantronics's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was 0.90. As of today, Plantronics's Altman Z-Score is 0.85.


Competitive Comparison of Plantronics's Financial Strength

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Plantronics'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.


Plantronics's Financial Strength Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Plantronics's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Plantronics 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:

Plantronics's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jun. 2022 was $-16 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jun. 2022 was $-15 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $1,501 Mil.

Plantronics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 is

Plantronics did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

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

Plantronics's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jun. 2022 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0 + 1501.337) / 1662.236
=0.90

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.

Plantronics has a Z-score of 0.85, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.85 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.


Plantronics  (NYSE:POLY) 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.

Plantronics has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Plantronics (Plantronics) Business Description

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Address
345 Encinal Street, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, 95060
Plantronics Inc designs and manufactures lightweight communications headsets, telephone headset systems, and other communications endpoints. The firm's headsets are used for unified communications applications in contact centers, with mobile devices and Internet telephony, for gaming, and for other applications. Its products are shipped through a network of distributors, retailers, wireless carriers, original equipment manufacturers, and other service providers. More than half of the firm's revenue is generated in the United States, with the rest coming from Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, and other regions.
Executives
Greggory C Hammann director NAUTILUS GROUP INC, 1400 NE 136TH AVE, VANCOUVER WA 98684
Marvin Tseu director 337 ENCINAL ST SANTA CRUZ CA 95060
Robert C Hagerty director
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Daniel M Moloney director C/O XPERI HOLDING CORPORATION, 3025 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE X1 95134
Guido Jouret director 345 ENCINAL STREET SANTA CRUZ CA 95060
Charles D Boynton officer: Top Financial Executive - CFO.
Carl Wiese officer: EVP, Chief Revenue Officer 345 ENCINAL STREET SANTA CRUZ CA 95060
Lisa Marie Bodensteiner officer: Top Legal Counsel - Global.E1. 345 ENCINAL STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060
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Yael Zheng director 345 ENCINAL STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060