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Meta Data (Meta Data) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Aug. 2023)


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What is Meta Data Financial Strength?

Meta Data 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:

Meta Data Ltd 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.

Meta Data's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 3.79. Meta Data's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 1.69. As of today, Meta Data's Altman Z-Score is -9.98.


Competitive Comparison of Meta Data's Financial Strength

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Meta Data'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.


Meta Data's Financial Strength Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Meta Data's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Meta Data 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:

Meta Data's Interest Expense for the months ended in Aug. 2023 was $-3.40 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Aug. 2023 was $12.89 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was $1.21 Mil.

Meta Data's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Aug. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Aug. 2023 )
=-1*12.892/-3.4
=3.79

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. Meta Data Ltd interest coverage is 3.56, which is low.

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

Meta Data's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Aug. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(101.969 + 1.212) / 61.108
=1.69

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.

Meta Data has a Z-score of -9.98, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -9.98 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.


Meta Data  (NYSE:AIU) 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.

Meta Data 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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Meta Data (Meta Data) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
45-47 Au Pui Wan Street, Flat H 3/F, Haribest Industrial Building, Sha Tin New Territorie, Hong Kong, HKG
Meta Data Ltd is engaged in artificial intelligent education service (AIE) and artificial intelligent universe (AIU) IAAS service. AIE is to build an intelligent training system based on intelligent training plat-from to provide the maximum immersive experience and the technical foundation for learning, and implementation in RT3D with 360-degree landscape. AIU IAAS service provides software & hardware infrastructure (IAAS) to Metaverse business operator or individual users. Company classified business segment into Artificial Intelligent Education (AIE) service and Artificial Intelligent Universe (AIU) IAAS service. The company generates all of its revenue in the PRC.
Executives
Yiheng Capital, Llc 10 percent owner 101 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 2880, San Francisco CA 94111

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