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Harley-Davidson (Harley-Davidson) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Harley-Davidson Financial Strength?

Harley-Davidson 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.

Harley-Davidson's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 34.26. Harley-Davidson's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.04. As of today, Harley-Davidson's Altman Z-Score is 1.56.


Competitive Comparison of Harley-Davidson's Financial Strength

For the Recreational Vehicles subindustry, Harley-Davidson'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.


Harley-Davidson's Financial Strength Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Harley-Davidson's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Harley-Davidson's Financial Strength falls into.



Harley-Davidson 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:

Harley-Davidson's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-8 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $263 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $4,989 Mil.

Harley-Davidson'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*263.079/-7.679
=34.26

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

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

Harley-Davidson'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
=(2220.559 + 4988.891) / 6918.428
=1.04

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.

Harley-Davidson has a Z-score of 1.56, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.56 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.


Harley-Davidson  (NYSE:HOG) 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.

Harley-Davidson has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Harley-Davidson (Harley-Davidson) Business Description

Address
3700 West Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 53208
Harley-Davidson is a global leading manufacturer of heavyweight motorcycles, merchandise, parts, and accessories. It sells custom, cruiser, and touring motorcycles and offers a complete line of Harley-Davidson motorcycle parts, accessories, riding gear, and apparel, as well as merchandise. Harley-Davidson Financial Services provides wholesale financing to dealers and retail financing and insurance brokerage services to customers. Harley has historically captured about half of all heavyweight domestic retail motorcycle registrations, a metric it had ceded in 2020 as it repositioned the business, and has yet to restore (at 39% in the third quarter). In recent years the firm has expanded into the adventure touring market with its Pan America model and into electric with the LiveWire brand.
Executives
Charles Do officer: Sr. Vice President, HDFSI 3700 WEST JUNEAU AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
Rafeh Masood director C/O BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB, INC., 25 RESEARCH DRIVE, WESTBOROUGH MA 01581
Sara L Levinson director RODALE INC, 733 3RD AVE 15TH FL, MILWAUKEE WI 10017
Allan C. Golston director 2825 AIRVIEW BLVD., KALAMAZOO MI 49002
Farley Jr James D director FORD MOTOR COMPANY, ONE AMERICAN ROAD, DEARBORN MI 48126
Maryrose Sylvester director C/O 3700 WEST JUNEAU AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
R John Anderson director LEVI STRAUSS & CO., 1155 BATTERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Norman Thomas Linebarger director
Troy Alstead director 1155 BATTERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
David Viney officer: Interim CFO, VP and Treasurer 3700 WEST JUNEAU AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
O'sullivan Coyne Edel M. officer: Chief Commercial Officer 3700 WEST JUNEAU AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
Jonathan R Root officer: SVP - HDFSI 3700 W JUNEAU, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
Jagdish Krishnan officer: Chief Digital Officer 3700 WEST JUNEAU AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
Tori Termaat officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 3700 WEST JUNEAU AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
Gina M Goetter officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O HASBRO, INC., 1027 NEWPORT AVENUE, PAWTUCKET RI 02861