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Ramsay Health Care (Ramsay Health Care) Financial Strength

: 4 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Ramsay Health Care has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

Warning Sign:

Ramsay Health Care 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.

Ramsay Health Care's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.40. Ramsay Health Care's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.69. As of today, Ramsay Health Care's Altman Z-Score is 1.40.


Competitive Comparison

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Ramsay Health Care'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.


Ramsay Health Care Financial Strength Distribution

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Ramsay Health Care's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ramsay Health Care's Financial Strength falls into.



Ramsay Health Care 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:

Ramsay Health Care's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-210 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $295 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7,075 Mil.

Ramsay Health Care'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*294.645/-209.906
=1.40

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. Ramsay Health Care Ltd interest coverage is 2.15, which is low.

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

Ramsay Health Care'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
=(343.173 + 7075.435) / 10823.428
=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.

Ramsay Health Care has a Z-score of 1.40, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.4 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.


Ramsay Health Care  (OTCPK:RMSYF) 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.

Ramsay Health Care has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Ramsay Health Care (Ramsay Health Care) Business Description

Address
126 Phillip Street, Suite 18.03, Level 18, Deutsche Bank Place, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
Ramsay Health Care is one of the largest private healthcare providers in the world, with over 460 facilities across 10 countries. The key markets in which it operates are Australia, France, the U.K., and Sweden. It is the largest private hospital group in each of these markets except for the U.K. where it ranks fifth. Ramsay Sante, which operates the European regions other than the U.K., is a 52.5%-owned subsidiary of Ramsay Health Care. The company typically earns about 60% of consolidated earnings in Australia and 30% in France. Ramsay Health Care undertakes both private and publicly funded healthcare.