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Carolina Bank Holdings (Carolina Bank Holdings) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Sep. 2016)


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What is Carolina Bank Holdings Financial Strength?

Carolina Bank Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.

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 Carolina Bank Holdings's interest coverage with the available data. Carolina Bank Holdings's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was 0.87. Altman Z-Score does not apply to banks and insurance companies.


Carolina Bank Holdings 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:

Carolina Bank Holdings's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2016 was $-0.70 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2016 was $2.16 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was $31.71 Mil.

Carolina Bank Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2016 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2016 )
=-1*2.159/-0.697
=3.10

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

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

Carolina Bank Holdings's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2016 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0 + 31.71) / 36.328
=0.87

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.

Altman Z-Score does not apply to banks and insurance companies.

* 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.


Carolina Bank Holdings  (NAS:CLBH) 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.

Carolina Bank Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Carolina Bank Holdings (Carolina Bank Holdings) Business Description

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Carolina Bank Holdings Inc was incorporated under the laws of the State of North Carolina on August 16, 2000. It is a bank holding company for Carolina Bank. The Company is engaged in a general banking business in Guilford, Alamance, Randolph and Forsyth Counties, North Carolina. Its operations are mainly commercially oriented and directed to individuals and small to medium-sized businesses located in its market area and its deposits and loans are derived mainly from customers in its geographic market. The Company is considered to have three principal business segments Commercial/Retail Bank, the Mortgage Division, and the Holding Company. The mortgage division originates residential mortgage loans through other banks and brokers in addition to retail loan officers, who are located in five loan production offices and in five of its banking offices, and sells the loans to investors. The Company's primary service area consists of the Cities of Greensboro, High Point, Burlington, Winston-Salem and Asheboro, North Carolina and the areas immediately surrounding Greensboro, High Point, Burlington, Winston-Salem and Asheboro, all of which are located in Guilford, Alamance, Forsyth and Randolph Counties, North Carolina. Residential mortgage loan production offices are located in Burlington, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Raleigh and Sanford, NC. The Company competes directly for deposits in its primary service area with other commercial banks, savings banks, credit unions, agencies issuing United States government securities and all other organizations and institutions engaged in money market transactions, in lending activities, the bank competes with all other financial institutions. The Company is subject to supervision, examination and regulation by the North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks ("Commissioner") and the FDIC and to North Carolina and federal statutory and regulatory provisions governing such matters as capital standards, mergers, subsidiary investments and establishment of branch offices.
Executives
Abby Jill Donnelly director 3503 SMOKETREE DRIVE, GREENSBORO NC 27410
Donald H Allred director 1246 WEST LAKE DRIVE, ASHEBORO NC 27205-2549