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Avance Gas Holding (Avance Gas Holding) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Avance Gas Holding Financial Strength?

Avance Gas Holding has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

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.

Avance Gas Holding's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 11.28. Avance Gas Holding's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.18. As of today, Avance Gas Holding's Altman Z-Score is 2.17.


Competitive Comparison of Avance Gas Holding's Financial Strength

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Avance Gas Holding'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.


Avance Gas Holding's Financial Strength Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Avance Gas Holding's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Avance Gas Holding's Financial Strength falls into.



Avance Gas Holding 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:

Avance Gas Holding's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-5.9 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $66.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $454.4 Mil.

Avance Gas Holding'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*66.624/-5.905
=11.28

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

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

Avance Gas Holding'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
=(69.856 + 454.434) / 444.876
=1.18

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.

Avance Gas Holding has a Z-score of 2.17, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Avance Gas Holding 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 2.17 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.


Avance Gas Holding  (OTCPK:AVACF) 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.

Avance Gas Holding has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Avance Gas Holding (Avance Gas Holding) Business Description

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Address
14 Par-la-Ville Road, 4th floor, PO Box HM 1593, Par-la-Ville Place, Hamilton, BMU, HM 08
Avance Gas Holding Ltd is engaged in the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). It owns and operates very large gas carriers (VLGCs) providing transportation services to oil majors and traders of LPG on a global basis. It operates a fleet of vessels providing customers with global transportation services through the combination of the contract of affreightments and spot market voyages. The company transports liquefied petroleum to destinations in Europe, South America, India, and Asia, mainly loading the Middle East Gulf and the United States Gulf/United States East Coast. The company operates in a single segment that is liquefied petroleum gas.

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