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Blend Labs (Blend Labs) Financial Strength : 2 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Blend Labs Financial Strength?

Blend Labs 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:

Blend Labs Inc 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.

Blend Labs did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Blend Labs's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.07. As of today, Blend Labs's Altman Z-Score is -7.23.


Competitive Comparison of Blend Labs's Financial Strength

For the Software - Application subindustry, Blend Labs'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.


Blend Labs's Financial Strength Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Blend Labs's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Blend Labs's Financial Strength falls into.



Blend Labs 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:

Blend Labs's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-5.1 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-20.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $145.3 Mil.

Blend Labs's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Blend Labs 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.

Blend Labs'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
=(4.567 + 145.252) / 139.788
=1.07

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.

Blend Labs has a Z-score of -7.23, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -7.23 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.


Blend Labs  (NYSE:BLND) 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.

Blend Labs 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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Blend Labs (Blend Labs) Business Description

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Address
415 Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94108
Blend Labs Inc is a cloud-based platform software platform that powers the digital interface between financial services firms and consumers. It supports and simplifies applications for mortgages, consumer loans, and deposit accounts. Its operating segments are 1) Blend Platform comprises a suite of products that power the entire origination process from back-end workflows to consumer experience. 2) Title365 enables customers to streamline the title, settlement, and closing process at scale for mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and home equity loans. The majority of revenue is earned from the blend platform segment.
Executives
Amir Jafari officer: Head of Finance and Admin. 415 KEARNY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Nima Ghamsari director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 415 KEARNY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Oxana Tkach officer: Principal Accounting Officer 415 KEARNY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Winnie Ling officer: Head of Legal 415 KEARNY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Dean Klinger officer: Head of Go-To-Market 415 KEARNY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Crystal Sumner officer: Head of Legal, Compliance,Risk 415 KEARNY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Erin N Lantz director 2343 42ND AVE EAST, SEATTLE WA 98112
Marc S. Greenberg officer: Head of Finance 415 KEARNY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Manish K. Gupta officer: Principal Accounting Officer 415 KEARNY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Timothy J Mayopoulos director, officer: President C/O FANNIE MAE, 1100 15TH STREET, NW, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Jonathan Y. Chan officer: Principal Accounting Officer 415 KEARNY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Ciara Burnham director 3110 MAIN STREET, SUITE 400, SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Ossa Investments Pte. Ltd. 10 percent owner 60B ORCHARD ROAD #06-18 TOWER 2, THE ATRIUM@ORCHARD, SINGAPORE U0 238891
Gerald C. Chen director 415 KEARNY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Erin James Collard director 415 KEARNY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108