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OPAL Fuels (OPAL Fuels) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is OPAL Fuels Financial Strength?

OPAL Fuels has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

OPAL Fuels 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.

OPAL Fuels did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. OPAL Fuels's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.81. As of today, OPAL Fuels's Altman Z-Score is 0.22.


Competitive Comparison of OPAL Fuels's Financial Strength

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, OPAL Fuels'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.


OPAL Fuels's Financial Strength Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, OPAL Fuels's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where OPAL Fuels's Financial Strength falls into.



OPAL Fuels 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:

OPAL Fuels's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-3.4 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.6 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $206.4 Mil.

OPAL Fuels's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

OPAL Fuels did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

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

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. OPAL Fuels Incs earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

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

OPAL Fuels'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
=(4.174 + 206.416) / 259.808
=0.81

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.

OPAL Fuels has a Z-score of 0.22, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.22 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.
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OPAL Fuels  (NAS:OPAL) 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.

OPAL Fuels has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. 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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OPAL Fuels (OPAL Fuels) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
One North Lexington Avenue, Suite 1450, White Plains, NY, USA, 10601
OPAL Fuels Inc is a fully integrated, nationwide leader in the production and distribution of low-carbon intensity renewable natural gas. The company's vertical waste-to-energy model combines the upstream production and downstream marketing and distribution of RNG, delivering a scalable, low-cost solution to decarbonize heavy-duty transportation and other industrial markets.