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Avinger (Avinger) Financial Strength : 2 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Avinger Financial Strength?

Avinger has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Avinger 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.

Avinger did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Avinger's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.25. As of today, Avinger's Altman Z-Score is -38.63.


Competitive Comparison of Avinger's Financial Strength

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Avinger'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.


Avinger's Financial Strength Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Avinger's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Avinger 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:

Avinger's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.42 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-5.09 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.84 Mil.

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

Avinger 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.

Avinger'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
=(15.907 + 0.835) / 7.436
=2.25

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.

Avinger has a Z-score of -38.63, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -38.63 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.


Avinger  (NAS:AVGR) 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.

Avinger has the Financial Strength Rank of 2. 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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Avinger (Avinger) Business Description

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Address
400 Chesapeake Drive, Redwood City, CA, USA, 94063
Avinger Inc is a United States-based medical device company. It is engaged in designing, manufacturing and selling image-guided, catheter-based systems that are used by physicians to treat patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). The products offered by the firm include Lightbox imaging console, the Ocelot family of catheters, which are designed to allow physicians to penetrate a total blockage in an artery, known as a chronic total occlusion (CTO) and Pantheris, image-guided atherectomy device which is designed to allow physicians to precisely remove arterial plaque in PAD patients. It manufactures and sells products in the United States and internationally of which it generates the majority of the revenue from the sales made in the United States.
Executives
Crg Partners Iii (cayman) Unlev Aiv I L.p. 10 percent owner 1000 MAIN STREET, SUITE 2500, HOUSTON TX 77002
Crg Partners Iii (cayman) Lev Aiv I L.p. 10 percent owner 1000 MAIN STREET, SUITE 2500, HOUSTON TX 77002
Crg Partners Iii - Parallel Fund B (cayman) L.p. 10 percent owner 1000 MAIN STREET, SUITE 2500, HOUSTON TX 77002
Cr Group L.p. 10 percent owner 1000 MAIN STREET, SUITE 2500, HOUSTON TX 77002
Crg Partners Iii - Parallel Fund (a) L.p. 10 percent owner C/O CAPITAL ROYALTY L.P., 1000 MAIN STREET, SUITE 2500, HOUSTON TX 77002
Crg Partners Iii L.p. 10 percent owner 1000 MAIN STREET, SUITE 2500, HOUSTON TX 77002
Nabeel Paul Subainati officer: Vice President, Finance 400 CHESAPEAKE DRIVE, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
James Cullen director 5301 STEVENS CREEK BLVD, MS 1A-LC, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Mark Weinswig officer: Chief Financial Officer EMCORE CORP, 10420 RESEARCH ROAD, SE, ALBUQUERQUE NM 87123
Himanshu Patel officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O AVINGER, INC., 400 CHESAPEAKE DRIVE, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Jeffrey M Soinski director, officer: President and CEO 585 WEST 500 SOUTH, BOUNTIFUL UT 84010
Tamara Elias director 400 CHESAPEAKE DRIVE, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Simpson John B Ph D Md director, 10 percent owner C/O FOXHOLLOW TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 740 BAY ROAD, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Matthew Ferguson officer: CBO, CFO & Treasurer C/O FOXHOLLOW TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 740 BAY ROAD, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
John D. Simpson officer: Sr. VP, Sales & Marketing C/O AVINGER, INC., 400 CHESAPEAKE DRIVE, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063