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Milestone Pharmaceuticals (Milestone Pharmaceuticals) Financial Strength : 2 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Milestone Pharmaceuticals Financial Strength?

Milestone Pharmaceuticals 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:

Milestone Pharmaceuticals 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.

Milestone Pharmaceuticals did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. As of today, Milestone Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score is -6.58.


Competitive Comparison of Milestone Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Milestone Pharmaceuticals'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.


Milestone Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Milestone Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Milestone Pharmaceuticals's Financial Strength falls into.



Milestone Pharmaceuticals 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:

Milestone Pharmaceuticals's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.86 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-13.80 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $51.23 Mil.

Milestone Pharmaceuticals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Milestone Pharmaceuticals 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.

Milestone Pharmaceuticals's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0.546 + 51.229) / 0
=N/A

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.

Milestone Pharmaceuticals has a Z-score of -6.58, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -6.58 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.


Milestone Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:MIST) 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.

Milestone Pharmaceuticals 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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Milestone Pharmaceuticals (Milestone Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1111 Dr. Frederik-Philips Boulevard, Suite 420, Montreal, QC, CAN, H4M 2X6
Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing etripamil for the treatment of cardiovascular indications. Etripamil is a calcium channel blocker developed as a rapid-onset nasal spray to be administered by the patient to terminate episodes of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, or PSVT.
Executives
Fischer Seth H.z. director C/O TRIUS THERAPEUTICS, INC., 6310 NANCY RIDGE DRIVE, SUITE 101, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
David Bharucha officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O MILESTONE PHARMACEUTICALS INC., 1111 DR. FREDERIK-PHILIPS BLVD., STE 420, MONTREAL A8 H4M 2X6
Debra K. Liebert director C/O MILESTONE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 1111 DR. FREDERIK-PHILIPS BLVD, STE 420, MONTR?AL A8 H4M 2X6
Richard C Pasternak director C/O MILESTONE PHARMACEUTICALS INC., 1111 DR. FREDERIK-PHILIPS BLVD, STE 420, MONTREAL A8 H4M2X6
Michael John Tomsicek director 28 OVERLOOK DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Robert James Wills director 175 TOYOTA PLAZA, 7TH FLOOR, MEMPHIS TN 38103
Roderick Wong 10 percent owner C/O RTW INVESTMENTS, LP, 40 10TH AVENUE, 7TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
Rtw Investments, Lp 10 percent owner 40 10TH AVENUE, 7TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
Jeffrey Edward Nelson officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O MILESTONE PHARMACEUTICALS INC., 1111 DR. FREDERIK-PHILIPS BLVD., STE 420, MONTREAL A8 H4M 2X6
Paul F Truex director PENINSULA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 1751 HARBOR BAY PARKWAY, ALAMEDA CA 94502
Lisa M. Giles director DURATA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 200 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE SUITE 2550, CHICAGO IL 60606
Fonds De Solidarite Des Travailleurs Du Quebec 10 percent owner 545 CREMAZIE BLVD. EAST, SUITE 200, MONTREAL A8 H2M 2W4
Novo Holdings A/s 10 percent owner, other: SEE REMARKS TUBORG HAVNEVEJ 19, HELLERUP G7 2900
Amit Hasija officer: CFO & EVP of Corp. Development C/O MILESTONE PHARMACEUTICALS INC., 1111 DR. FREDERIK-PHILIPS BLVD, STE 420, MONTREAL A8 H4M 2X6
Lorenz Muller officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O MILESTONE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 1111 DR. FREDERIK-PHILIPS BLVD., STE 420, MONTREAL A8 H4M 2X6

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