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NGK Insulators (NGO:5333) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is NGK Insulators Financial Strength?

NGK Insulators has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

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.

NGK Insulators's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 17.99. NGK Insulators's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.47. As of today, NGK Insulators's Altman Z-Score is 2.72.


Competitive Comparison of NGK Insulators's Financial Strength

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, NGK Insulators'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.


NGK Insulators's Financial Strength Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, NGK Insulators's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where NGK Insulators's Financial Strength falls into.



NGK Insulators 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:

NGK Insulators's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円-991 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was 円17,832 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円214,768 Mil.

NGK Insulators's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*17832/-991
=17.99

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

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

NGK Insulators'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
=(49735 + 214768) / 558572
=0.47

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.

NGK Insulators has a Z-score of 2.72, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that NGK Insulators is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may faces bankrupcy risk.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 2.72 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

* 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.


NGK Insulators  (NGO:5333) 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.

NGK Insulators has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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NGK Insulators (NGO:5333) Business Description

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Address
2-56 Suda-cho, Mizuho, Nagoya, JPN, 467-8530
NGK Insulators Ltd manufactures and sells electric power-related equipment, including insulators, industrial ceramic and copper products, and components connected to plant engineering. The company operates three business segments: electronics, power, and ceramic products (majority of total revenue). NGK's solutions help ensure a stable supply of electricity and attempt to reduce customers' energy emissions. The product portfolio consisting of insulators, batteries, ceramic apparatuses, and technologies can help purify, analyze, transform, and provide safer conditions. Approximately half of total revenue derive from Asia, with the remainder split between North America, Europe, and other regions.

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