What is Ikanos Communications Financial Strength?
Ikanos Communications 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.
Ikanos Communications did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.
Ikanos Communications's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 0.33.
As of today, Ikanos Communications's Altman Z-Score is -1.15.
Competitive Comparison of Ikanos Communications's Financial Strength
For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Ikanos Communications'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.
Ikanos Communications's Financial Strength Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Ikanos Communications's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ikanos Communications's Financial Strength falls into.
Ikanos Communications 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:
Ikanos Communications's Interest Expense for the
months ended in Jun. 2015 was €-0.34 Mil. Its Operating Income for the
months ended in Jun. 2015 was €-10.55 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was €8.49 Mil.
Ikanos Communications's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is
| Ikanos Communications 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.
Ikanos Communications's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is
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.
Ikanos Communications has a Z-score of -1.15, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy 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.
Ikanos Communications (FRA:I9J1) Business Description
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Ikanos Communications Inc was incorporated in the State of California in April 1999 and reincorporated in the State of Delaware in September 2005. The Company is a provider of advanced broadband semiconductor products and software for delivering high speed broadband solutions to the digital home. The Company's broadband multi-mode and digital subscriber line processors and other semiconductor offerings power carrier infrastructure and customer premise equipment for network equipment manufacturers who, in turn, serve telecommunications service providers. The Company has developed programmable, scalable chip architectures, which form the foundation for deploying and delivering multi-play services. This communications processor architecture with wire-speed packet processing capabilities enables high-performance end user devices capable of distributing advanced services in the home. These products support telecommunications services providers' multi-play deployment plans to the digital home while keeping their capital and operating expenditures low and have been deployed by service providers in Asia, Europe, and North and South America. The Company outsources all of its semiconductor fabrication, assembly, and test functions, which allows focusing on the design, development, sales, and marketing of its products and reduces the level of its capital investment. It offers multiple product lines that are designed to address different segments of the communications processor and the high-speed broadband DSL markets. The Company currently competes or expects to compete with, among others, Alcatel-Lucent, Broadcom Corporation, Cavium, Inc., Cortina Systems, Inc., Lantiq Deutschland GmbH, Marvell Technology Group Ltd., M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., PMC-Sierra, Inc., Metanoia Communication, QUALCOMM Incorporated, Realtek Semiconductor Corp., and MediaTek Inc. As of December 29, 2013, the Company had over 285 patents issued in the United States and more than 35 companion patents issued in foreign jurisdictions.
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