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Bandwidth (Bandwidth) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Bandwidth Financial Strength?

Bandwidth has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Bandwidth Inc 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.

GuruFocus does not calculate Bandwidth's interest coverage with the available data. Bandwidth's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.94. As of today, Bandwidth's Altman Z-Score is 0.98.


Competitive Comparison of Bandwidth's Financial Strength

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Bandwidth'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.


Bandwidth's Financial Strength Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Bandwidth's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Bandwidth 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:

Bandwidth's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.0 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-10.4 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $638.7 Mil.

Bandwidth's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

GuruFocus does not calculate Bandwidth'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.

Bandwidth's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(5.089 + 638.739) / 684.132
=0.94

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.

Bandwidth has a Z-score of 0.98, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.98 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.


Bandwidth  (NAS:BAND) 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.

Bandwidth has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Bandwidth (Bandwidth) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
900 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, NC, USA, 27606
Bandwidth Inc is cloud-based communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) provider that enables enterprises to create, scale and operate voice or messaging communications services across any mobile application or connected device. Company earns revenue through the sale of communications services offered through Application Programming Interface software solutions to large as well as small and medium-sized business, customers and is generally derived from usage and service fees. Usage revenue includes voice communication (driven by inbound and outbound minutes and toll-free minutes) and messaging communication (driven by the number of messages) that traverse the platform and network. Service fees include the provision and management of phone numbers and emergency services access.
Executives
Richard Brandon Asbill officer: General Counsel C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 900 MAIN CAMPUS DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606
Devin M Krupka officer: Controller, PAO C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 2230 BANDMATE WAY, RALEIGH NC 27607
Daryl Raiford officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 900 MAIN CAMPUS DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606
Kade Ross officer: Chief Information Officer C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 2230 BANDMATE WAY, RALEIGH NC 27607
David A. Morken director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman & CEO C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 2230 BANDMATE WAY, RALEIGH NC 27607
Rebecca Bottorff officer: Chief People Officer C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 2230 BANDMATE WAY, RALEIGH NC 27607
Anthony Bartolo officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 900 MAIN CAMPUS DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606
Lukas M. Roush director C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 2230 BANDMATE WAY, RALEIGH NC 27607
Marina C. Carreker officer: President C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 900 MAIN CAMPUS DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606
Douglas A Suriano director C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 2230 BANDMATE WAY, RALEIGH NC 27607
Brian D. Bailey director, 10 percent owner C/O CARMICHAEL INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC, 4725 PIEDMONT ROW DRIVE, SUITE 210, CHARLOTTE NC 28210
Gabriela Gonzalez officer: Sr. VP Finance, Controller 1801 VARSITY DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606
John C. Murdock director, 10 percent owner, officer: President C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 2230 BANDMATE WAY, RALEIGH NC 27607
Jeffrey A. Hoffman officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 900 MAIN CAMPUS DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606
W. Christopher Matton officer: General Counsel C/O BANDWIDTH INC., 900 MAIN CAMPUS DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606