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Twenty-First Century Fox (FRA:NXW2) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Dec. 2018)


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What is Twenty-First Century Fox Financial Strength?

Twenty-First Century Fox 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.

Twenty-First Century Fox's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 4.75. Twenty-First Century Fox's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 0.57. As of today, Twenty-First Century Fox's Altman Z-Score is 3.93.


Competitive Comparison of Twenty-First Century Fox's Financial Strength

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Twenty-First Century Fox'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.


Twenty-First Century Fox's Financial Strength Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Twenty-First Century Fox's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Twenty-First Century Fox's Financial Strength falls into.



Twenty-First Century Fox 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:

Twenty-First Century Fox's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2018 was €-258 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2018 was €1,227 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was €16,104 Mil.

Twenty-First Century Fox's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2018 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2018 )
=-1*1227.084/-258.426
=4.75

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

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

Twenty-First Century Fox's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2018 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(779.673 + 16104.159) / 29882.484
=0.57

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.

Twenty-First Century Fox has a Z-score of 3.93, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

* 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.


Twenty-First Century Fox  (FRA:NXW2) 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.

Twenty-First Century Fox has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Twenty-First Century Fox (FRA:NXW2) Business Description

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Address
1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA, 10036
21st Century Fox is a media conglomerate with a wide range of assets: a film studio, which creates television programs and movies; broadcast television, including the Fox broadcast network and local TV stations in the U.S.; cable networks, which comprise over 300 channels around the world; and direct-broadcast satellite TV in the form of Sky, a satellite pay-tv provider in Europe.

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