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Europris ASA (OSL:EPR) Financial Strength : 7 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Europris ASA Financial Strength?

Europris ASA has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.

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.

Europris ASA's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.26. Europris ASA's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.31. As of today, Europris ASA's Altman Z-Score is 2.66.


Competitive Comparison of Europris ASA's Financial Strength

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Europris ASA'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.


Europris ASA's Financial Strength Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Europris ASA's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Europris ASA 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:

Europris ASA's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was kr-67 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was kr554 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was kr3,122 Mil.

Europris ASA'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*553.574/-66.983
=8.26

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

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

Europris ASA'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
=(593.626 + 3121.84) / 11933.448
=0.31

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.

Europris ASA has a Z-score of 2.66, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Europris ASA is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may faces bankrupcy risk.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 2.66 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

* 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.


Europris ASA  (OSL:EPR) 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.

Europris ASA has the Financial Strength Rank of 7.


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Europris ASA (OSL:EPR) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Dikeveien 57, P O Box 1421, Rolvsoy, NOR, NO-1661
Europris ASA is a Norwegian discount store company. The company has a singular business segment operating as a discount store chain that sells private-label and branded merchandise. The Europris group as a whole is defined and identified as one operating segment. Europris ASA sells a variety of items in product categories including home and kitchen, groceries, house and garden, clothes and shoes, candy and chocolate, personal care, electronics, laundry, pet, and hobby and office products. Additionally, it sells travel, leisure, and sports-related goods. The firm owns a portion of Runsvengruppen AB, which owns Swedish discount store chain OoB. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue in Norway.