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Midwest Energy Emissions (Midwest Energy Emissions) Financial Strength

: 4 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Midwest Energy Emissions has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

Warning Sign:

Midwest Energy Emissions Corp 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.

Midwest Energy Emissions did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Midwest Energy Emissions's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.69. As of today, Midwest Energy Emissions's Altman Z-Score is 0.95.


Competitive Comparison

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Midwest Energy Emissions'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.


Midwest Energy Emissions Financial Strength Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Midwest Energy Emissions's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Midwest Energy Emissions's Financial Strength falls into.



Midwest Energy Emissions 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:

Midwest Energy Emissions's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.34 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-7.03 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $11.22 Mil.

Midwest Energy Emissions's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Midwest Energy Emissions did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

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

Midwest Energy Emissions'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
=(0.011 + 11.219) / 16.276
=0.69

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.

Midwest Energy Emissions has a Z-score of 0.95, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.95 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.


Midwest Energy Emissions  (OTCPK:MEEC) 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.

Midwest Energy Emissions has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Midwest Energy Emissions (Midwest Energy Emissions) Business Description

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Address
1810 Jester Drive, Corsicana, TX, USA, 75109
Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. is an environmental services company. The company specializes in mercury emission control technologies, primarily for utility and industrial coal-fired units. It aims to deliver cost-effective mercury capture technologies to coal-fired power plants in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The group develops and deploys technologies to remove mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. The company's products include Oxidizers, sorbents, and Scrubber Additive SA2. Geographically, all the activities function through the region of the United States and it achieves revenues from product sales, equipment sales, and demonstration and consulting services.
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