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Southgobi Resources (HKSE:01878) Financial Strength : 2 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Southgobi Resources Financial Strength?

Southgobi Resources 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:

Southgobi Resources Ltd 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.

Southgobi Resources's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.41. Southgobi Resources's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.62. As of today, Southgobi Resources's Altman Z-Score is -4.09.


Competitive Comparison of Southgobi Resources's Financial Strength

For the Thermal Coal subindustry, Southgobi Resources's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

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Southgobi Resources's Financial Strength Distribution in the Other Energy Sources Industry

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Southgobi Resources 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:

Southgobi Resources's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was HK$-73 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was HK$249 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was HK$674 Mil.

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

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*248.748/-72.973
=3.41

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

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Southgobi Resources Ltd interest coverage is 1.68, which is low.

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

Southgobi Resources'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
=(924.632 + 674.366) / 2571.232
=0.62

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.

Southgobi Resources has a Z-score of -4.09, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -4.09 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.


Southgobi Resources  (HKSE:01878) 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.

Southgobi Resources 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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Southgobi Resources (HKSE:01878) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
355 Burrard Street, Suite 1150, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 2G8
Southgobi Resources Ltd together with its subsidiaries is an integrated coal mining, development, and exploration company. Its reportable operating segment is its Coal Division which is principally engaged in coal mining, development, and exploration in Mongolia and logistics and trading of coal in Mongolia and China. The company also holds the mining and exploration licenses of other metallurgical and thermal coal deposits in the South Gobi Province of Mongolia. The company owns the following operating coal mine and coal projects in Mongolia: the Ovoot Tolgoi Mine, Zag Suuj Project, and the Soumber Project.
Executives
Meng Fa Neng Yuan Kong Gu Ji Tuan You Xian Ze Ren Gong Si 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Gao Zhu 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Land Grand International Holding Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Inner Mongolia Tianyu Trading Limited 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Jd Dingxing Limited 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Jd Zhixing Fund L.p. 2101 Beneficial owner
Zhu Chonglin 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
An Yong 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Inner Mongolia Yuxinsheng Technology Co., Ltd. 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Inner Mongolia Tianyu Innovation Investment Group Co., Ltd. 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Li Gang 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Wei Hong Guo Ji Neng Yuan Ke Ji Bei Jing You Xian Gong Si 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Nei Meng Gu Wei Hong Neng Yuan You Xian Ze Ren Gong Si 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
China Cinda (hk) Holdings Company Limited 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
China Cinda (hk) Asset Management Co., Limited 2101 Beneficial owner

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