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Legg Mason (Legg Mason) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Jun. 2020)


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What is Legg Mason Financial Strength?

Legg Mason 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.

Legg Mason's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 2.37. Legg Mason's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 0.96. As of today, Legg Mason's Altman Z-Score is 1.70.


Competitive Comparison of Legg Mason's Financial Strength

For the Asset Management subindustry, Legg Mason'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.


Legg Mason's Financial Strength Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Legg Mason's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

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



Legg Mason 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:

Legg Mason's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jun. 2020 was $-29 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jun. 2020 was $68 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $2,242 Mil.

Legg Mason's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Jun. 2020 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jun. 2020 )
=-1*67.708/-28.581
=2.37

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

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

Legg Mason's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jun. 2020 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(327.191 + 2242.095) / 2664.744
=0.96

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.

Legg Mason has a Z-score of 1.70, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.7 is in distress zone. 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.


Legg Mason  (NYSE:LM) 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.

Legg Mason has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Legg Mason (Legg Mason) Business Description

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Address
100 International Drive, Baltimore, MD, USA, 21202-1099
Legg Mason provides investment management services for institutional and individual investors. The firm had $783.4 billion in managed assets at the end of June, spread among its equity (25% of total AUM), fixed-income (57%), alternatives (9%), and money market (9%) investment platforms. Legg Mason uses a multiaffiliate business model, with its single- largest affiliate, Western Asset Management, accounting for more than 60% of managed assets. Other major affiliates include ClearBridge Investments (more than 15% of AUM), Brandywine (less than 10%), and Clarion Partners (less than 10%). The remaining affiliates--Martin Currie, Royce & Associates, EnTrustPermal, QS Investors, and RARE Infrastructure--each account for 2% or less of Legg Mason's managed assets.

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