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A-Mark Precious Metals (STU:AND) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is A-Mark Precious Metals Financial Strength?

A-Mark Precious Metals has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.

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.

A-Mark Precious Metals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.91. A-Mark Precious Metals's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.08. As of today, A-Mark Precious Metals's Altman Z-Score is 7.73.


Competitive Comparison of A-Mark Precious Metals's Financial Strength

For the Capital Markets subindustry, A-Mark Precious Metals'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.


A-Mark Precious Metals's Financial Strength Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, A-Mark Precious Metals's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where A-Mark Precious Metals's Financial Strength falls into.



A-Mark Precious Metals 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:

A-Mark Precious Metals's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-9 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was €8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €277 Mil.

A-Mark Precious Metals's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*8.312/-9.114
=0.91

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

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

A-Mark Precious Metals'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
=(469.418 + 276.884) / 9607.196
=0.08

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.

A-Mark Precious Metals has a Z-score of 7.73, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 7.73 is strong.

* 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.


A-Mark Precious Metals  (STU:AND) 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.

A-Mark Precious Metals has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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A-Mark Precious Metals (STU:AND) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2121 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 6300, El Segundo, CA, USA, 90245
A-Mark Precious Metals Inc is a precious metal trading company. It is principally engaged in the wholesale of gold, silver, platinum and palladium bullion and related products in the form of bars, wafers, coins, and grains. The company's operating segment includes Wholesale Trading and Ancillary Services; Secured Lending and Direct Sales. It generates maximum revenue from the Wholesale Trading and Ancillary Services segment. The Wholesale Trading and Ancillary Services segment comprises business units such as Industrial, Coin and Bar, Trading and Finance, Storage, Logistics, and Mint. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States.

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