Merchants Bancshares (Merchants Bancshares) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Mar. 2017)

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What is Merchants Bancshares Financial Strength?

Merchants Bancshares 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 Merchants Bancshares's interest coverage with the available data. Merchants Bancshares's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was 1.42. Altman Z-Score does not apply to banks and insurance companies.

Merchants Bancshares 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:

Merchants Bancshares's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2017 was $-1.19 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2017 was $5.05 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $24.25 Mil.

Merchants Bancshares's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 is

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2017 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2017 )
	=	-1	*	5.045	/	-1.189
	=	4.24

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

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

Merchants Bancshares's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio	=	Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2017 )			/	Revenue
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Revenue
	=	(75	+	24.249)	/	69.992
	=	1.42

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.

Merchants Bancshares (NAS:MBVT) 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.

Merchants Bancshares has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.

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Merchants Bancshares (Merchants Bancshares) Business Description

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http://www.mbvt.com

Merchants Bancshares Inc is a bank holding company organized under Vermont law in 1983. Merchants Bank, the Company's primary subsidiary, is a Vermont commercial bank with 32 full-service banking offices located throughout the state of Vermont. The Company, through its subsidiary, offers a full range of deposit, loan, cash management, and trust services to meet the financial needs of individual consumers, businesses and municipalities at 32 full-service banking offices throughout the state of Vermont. Its trust division offers investment management, financial planning and trustee services. The Company competes in Vermont for deposit and loan business not only with other commercial and savings banks, and savings and loan associations, but also with credit unions and other non-bank financial providers. It is subject to extensive regulation and supervision, including, in many cases, regulation that limits the type and scope of its activities.

Executives

Jeffrey L Davis	director	275 KENNEDY DRIVE, SOUTH BURLINGTON VT 05403
Pecor Raymond C Iii	director	1 KING STREET DOCK, BURLINGTON VT 05401
Richard M Donovan	officer: Interim PAO, PFO and Treasurer	C/O FIRST SEACOAST BANCORP, 633 CENTRAL AVENUE, DOVER NH 03820
Bruce M Lisman	director	C/O MERCHANTS BANK, 275 KENNEDY DR, S. BURLINGTON VT 05403
Eric Andrew Segal	officer: Interim PAO, PFO and Treasurer	6489 DEERFIELD DRIVE, NEW HOPE PA 18938
Thomas J. Meshako	officer: Treasurer and CFO	MERCHANTS BANK, P.O. BOX 1009, BURLINGTON VT 05402
John A Kane	director	C/O MERCHANTS BANCSHARES, INC., 275 KENNEDY DRIVE, SOUTH BURLINGTON VT 05403
F Sheldon Prentice	officer: Senior Vice President	C/O NBT BANCORP, 52 BROAD STREET, NORWICH NY 13815
Charles A Davis	director	1 CAPE MAY ST, 1 CAPE MAY ST, HARRISON NJ 07029