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Khong Guan (SGX:K03) Financial Strength : 10 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Khong Guan Financial Strength?

Khong Guan has the Financial Strength Rank of 10. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

Khong Guan Ltd shows strong financial strength.

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.

Khong Guan's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 183.50. Khong Guan's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.00. As of today, Khong Guan's Altman Z-Score is 3.72.


Competitive Comparison of Khong Guan's Financial Strength

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Khong Guan'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.


Khong Guan's Financial Strength Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Khong Guan's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Khong Guan's Financial Strength falls into.



Khong Guan 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:

Khong Guan's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jan. 2024 was S$-0.00 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jan. 2024 was S$0.73 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was S$0.06 Mil.

Khong Guan's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*0.734/-0.004
=183.50

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

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Khong Guan Ltd has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

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

Khong Guan's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jan. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0.054 + 0.059) / 70.818
=0.00

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.

Khong Guan has a Z-score of 3.72, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 3.72 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.


Khong Guan  (SGX:K03) 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.

Khong Guan has the Financial Strength Rank of 10. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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Khong Guan (SGX:K03) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
2 MacTaggart Road, Number 03-01, Khong Guan Building, Singapore, SGP, 368078
Khong Guan Ltd is a Singapore-based investment holding company. It operates its business in various segments that are Trading of Wheat Flour and Consumer Goods, which trades in Singapore and Malaysia; Investment Trading, which trades in shares mainly listed in Singapore and Malaysia; and Investment Holding, which holds shares for dividend income. The Trading of Wheat Flour and Consumer Goods segment generates maximum revenue for the company. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Malaysia.

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