GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Consumer Defensive » Tobacco Products » Reynolds American Inc (NYSE:RAI) » Definitions » Financial Strength

Reynolds American (Reynolds American) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Mar. 2017)


View and export this data going back to 1999. Start your Free Trial

What is Reynolds American Financial Strength?

Reynolds American has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.

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.

Reynolds American's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was 8.90. Reynolds American's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was 1.11. As of today, Reynolds American's Altman Z-Score is 0.00.


Competitive Comparison of Reynolds American's Financial Strength

For the Tobacco subindustry, Reynolds American'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.


Reynolds American's Financial Strength Distribution in the Tobacco Products Industry

For the Tobacco Products industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Reynolds American's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Reynolds American 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:

Reynolds American's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2017 was $-149 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2017 was $1,326 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $12,651 Mil.

Reynolds American's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2017 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2017 )
=-1*1326/-149
=8.90

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

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

Reynolds American's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2017 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(501 + 12651) / 11796
=1.11

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.

Reynolds American 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.


Reynolds American  (NYSE:RAI) 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.

Reynolds American has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


Reynolds American Financial Strength Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Reynolds American's Financial Strength provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Reynolds American (Reynolds American) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Reynolds American controls roughly one third of the U.S. cigarette market and is the second-largest domestic cigarette manufacturer behind Altria. Its brands include Camel, Pall Mall, and Newport. Reynolds also owns the Grizzly and Kodiak smokeless tobacco brands. Another subsidiary, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco, manufactures superpremium Natural American Spirit cigarettes. In 2013, Reynolds entered the electronic cigarette market with its Vuse brand, which captured a significant share of this small but growing market.
Executives
John J Zillmer director ARAMARK CORP, 1101 MARKET ST, PHILADELPHIA PA 19107
Debra Ann Crew officer: President and CEO STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC., 1000 STANLEY DRIVE, NEW BRITAIN CT 06053
Ronald S Rolfe director 825 8TH AVENUE, 38TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Nowell Lionel L Iii director 401 NORTH MAIN STREET, WINSTON-SALEM NC 27101
Holly K Koeppel director 401 NORTH MAIN STREET, WINSTON-SALEM NC 27101
Susan M. Cameron director C/O TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP, PO BOX 2353, ORLANDO FL 32802-2353
Murray S Kessler director 714 GREEN VALLEY ROAD, GREENSBORO NC 27408
Nana Mensah director 1301 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10019
Thomas C Wajnert director 401 NORTH MAIN STREET, WINSTON SALEM NC 27102
Richard E Thornburgh director 401 N. MAIN STREET, WINSTON-SALEM NC 27101
Nicholas V Scheele director FORD MOTOR COMPANY, ONE AMERICAN ROAD, DEARBORN MI 48126
Betsy S Atkins director
Joseph P Viviano director 4351 GULF SHORE BLVD. N, 17N LERIVAGE, NAPLES FL 34103
Monteiro De Castro Antonio director BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO - GLOBE HOUSE, 4 TEMPLE PLACE, LONDON X0 WC2R2PG
Chain John T Jr director 401 N. MAIN ST., C/O RJ REYNOLDS TOBACCO HOLDINGS, WINSTON SALEM NC 27102

Reynolds American (Reynolds American) Headlines

From GuruFocus

Interesting dividend stocks by David Winters

By Mara Kohn Mara Kohn 02-18-2012

GuruFocus Names Dividend Growers for the Week of July 8 to 12

By Monica Wolfe Monica Wolfe 07-15-2013

Do you Smell Smoke in Tobacco Stocks?

By GuruFocus GuruFocus 02-17-2012

Where's the Hedging?

By Robert Abbott Robert Abbott 08-29-2017

Reynolds American Is Going Ex-Dividend Tomorrow

By Alberto Abaterusso Alberto Abaterusso 03-07-2017

David Winters Comments on Reynolds

By Holly LaFon Holly LaFon 03-01-2016

Lorillard is a Bad Deal for Reynolds American Investors

By Charles Sizemore Charles Sizemore 07-15-2014

Reynolds American Is Smoking Up Higher

By Mrinalini Chaudhuri TaniaC 01-30-2015

Reynolds American Revenue Up in 1st Quarter

By Alberto Abaterusso Alberto Abaterusso 05-03-2017