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Cartesian Therapeutics (Cartesian Therapeutics) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cartesian Therapeutics Financial Strength?

Cartesian Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

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.

GuruFocus does not calculate Cartesian Therapeutics's interest coverage with the available data. Cartesian Therapeutics's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.33. As of today, Cartesian Therapeutics's Altman Z-Score is -4.90.


Competitive Comparison of Cartesian Therapeutics's Financial Strength

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Cartesian Therapeutics'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.


Cartesian Therapeutics's Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Cartesian Therapeutics's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cartesian Therapeutics's Financial Strength falls into.



Cartesian Therapeutics 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:

Cartesian Therapeutics's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-36.33 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.79 Mil.

Cartesian Therapeutics's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

GuruFocus does not calculate Cartesian Therapeutics's interest coverage with the available data.

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

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

Cartesian Therapeutics'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
=(2.166 + 8.789) / 33.064
=0.33

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.

Cartesian Therapeutics has a Z-score of -4.90, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -4.9 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.


Cartesian Therapeutics  (NAS:RNAC) 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.

Cartesian Therapeutics has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Cartesian Therapeutics (Cartesian Therapeutics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
65 Grove Street, Watertown, MA, USA, 02472
Cartesian Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The company uses its ImmTOR immune tolerance platform, which is designed to give rise to antigen-specific immunity, mitigating unwanted immune responses. Its product pipeline includes MMA-101, SEL-212 for Chronic Severe Gout, SEL-313 for Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency (OTC), and others.
Executives
Carsten Brunn director, officer: President & CEO C/O SELECTA BIOSCIENCES, INC., 480 ARSENAL WAY, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Peter G Traber officer: Chief Medical Officer 430 THAMER LANE, HOUSTON TX 77025
Takashi Kei Kishimoto officer: Chief Scientific Officer 480 ARSENAL ST., BUILDING ONE, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Lloyd P. Johnston officer: COO and SVP, R&D 480 ARSENAL ST., BUILDING ONE, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Blaine Davis officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ARTARA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 1 LITTLE WEST 12TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10014
Carrie Smith Cox director SCHERING-PLOUGH CORPORATION, 2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Timothy C Barabe director C/O ARQULE, INC., 1 WALL STREET, 6TH FLOOR, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Timothy A Springer director 36 WOODMAN ROAD, CHESTNUT HILL MA 02467
Kevin Tan officer: Chief Financial Officer 20 HICKORY ROAD, WELLESLEY MA 02482
Nishan M Desilva director 11119 NORTH TORREY PINES RD STE 200, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Ann K. Donohue officer: VP Finance C/O SELECTA BIOSCIENCES, INC., 480 ARSENAL WAY, BUILDING ONE, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Bradford D. Dahms officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O SELECTA BIOSCIENCES, INC., 480 ARSENAL WAY, WATERTOWN MA 02472
Goran Ando director
Scott Dunseth Myers director C/O CASCADIAN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 3101 WESTERN AVE., SUITE 600, SEATTLE WA 98121
Elona Esq. Kogan officer: General Counsel C/O SEER, INC., 3800 BRIDGE PARKWAY, SUITE 102, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065