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Pitney Bowes (Pitney Bowes) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Pitney Bowes Financial Strength?

Pitney Bowes has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

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.

Pitney Bowes's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.21. Pitney Bowes's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.71. As of today, Pitney Bowes's Altman Z-Score is 1.67.


Competitive Comparison of Pitney Bowes's Financial Strength

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Pitney Bowes'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.


Pitney Bowes's Financial Strength Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Pitney Bowes's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pitney Bowes's Financial Strength falls into.



Pitney Bowes 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:

Pitney Bowes's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-46 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $55 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,365 Mil.

Pitney Bowes'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*55.147/-45.57
=1.21

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

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

Pitney Bowes'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
=(119 + 2365.082) / 3486.312
=0.71

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.

Pitney Bowes has a Z-score of 1.67, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.67 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.


Pitney Bowes  (NYSE:PBI) 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.

Pitney Bowes has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Pitney Bowes (Pitney Bowes) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3001 Summer Street, Stamford, CT, USA, 06926
Pitney Bowes is a Global technology company that offers e-commerce solutions to its clients. The company provides various products and services such as domestic delivery, return and fulfillment, cross-border shipping solutions, sorting services for large volumes of postal mails, technological solutions to enable digital mailing, shipping, and other services. The company operates through three business segments: Global e-commerce, presort services, and SendTech Solutions. The company generates majority of its revenue from United States.
Executives
Christopher Johnson officer: SVP & President, GFS 3001 SUMMER ST, STAMFORD CT 06926
Andrew Robert Gold officer: SVP, Chief HR Officer 3001 SUMMER ST, STAMFORD CT 06926
Joseph Schmitt officer: SVP, Chief Information Officer 3001 SUMMER ST, STAMFORD CT 06926
Deborah Pfeiffer officer: President, Presort Services 3001 SUMMER ST, STAMFORD CT 06926
Shemin Nurmohamed officer: President, SendTech Solutions 3001 SUMMER ST, STAMFORD CT 06926
Todd A. Everett director 2700 VIA FORTUNA, SUITE 300, AUSTIN TX 78746
Milena Alberti-perez director 8500 SW CREEKSIDE PLACE, BEAVERTON OR 97008
Kurt James Wolf director 175 BRICKYARD ROAD, ADAMS TOWNSHIP PA 16046
Katie May director 1990 E. GRAND AVE., EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Steven Brill director 3001 SUMMER ST, STAMFORD CT 06926
James Darrell Thomas director 3700 JUNEAU AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
Sheila A Stamps director C/O CIT GROUP, 1 CIT DRIVE, ATTN: GENERAL COUNSEL, LIVINGSTON NJ 07039
Mary Guilfoile director 227 WASHINGTON STREET STE.200, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428
James Arthur Fairweather officer: EVP & Chief Innovation Officer 3001 SUMMER ST, STAMFORD CT 06926
Daniel J Goldstein officer: EVP/Chief Legal & Compliance 1 ELMCROFT ROAD, STAMFORD CT 06926