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Vital Healthcare Property Trust (NZSE:VHP) Financial Strength : 2 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Vital Healthcare Property Trust Financial Strength?

Vital Healthcare Property Trust has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Vital Healthcare Property Trust 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.

Vital Healthcare Property Trust's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.74. Vital Healthcare Property Trust's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.45. As of today, Vital Healthcare Property Trust's Altman Z-Score is 0.88.


Competitive Comparison of Vital Healthcare Property Trust's Financial Strength

For the REIT - Healthcare Facilities subindustry, Vital Healthcare Property Trust'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.


Vital Healthcare Property Trust's Financial Strength Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Vital Healthcare Property Trust's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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Vital Healthcare Property Trust 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:

Vital Healthcare Property Trust's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was NZ$-21.0 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was NZ$57.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NZ$1,249.9 Mil.

Vital Healthcare Property Trust'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*57.555/-20.978
=2.74

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

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Vital Healthcare Property Trust interest coverage is 2.69, which is low.

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

Vital Healthcare Property Trust'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
=(0.181 + 1249.913) / 167.768
=7.45

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.

Vital Healthcare Property Trust has a Z-score of 0.88, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.88 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.


Vital Healthcare Property Trust  (NZSE:VHP) 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.

Vital Healthcare Property Trust has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. 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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Vital Healthcare Property Trust (NZSE:VHP) Business Description

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Address
Level 17, HSBC Tower, 188 Quay Street, Auckland, NTL, NZL, 1010
Vital Healthcare Property Trust is a healthcare REIT. The vast majority of revenue is generated in Australia, followed by New Zealand. Most of the company's tenants are for-profit hospitals, followed by medical consultants and nonprofit hospitals. The company is focused on protecting the interests of investors and other stakeholders. The company considers merger and acquisition investment as a component of its operational growth strategy.

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