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Tata Steel (Tata Steel) Financial Strength : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Tata Steel Financial Strength?

Tata Steel 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.

Tata Steel's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.04. Tata Steel's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00. As of today, Tata Steel's Altman Z-Score is 1.52.


Competitive Comparison of Tata Steel's Financial Strength

For the Steel subindustry, Tata Steel'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.


Tata Steel's Financial Strength Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Tata Steel's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Tata Steel's Financial Strength falls into.



Tata Steel 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:

Tata Steel's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-226 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $461 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil.

Tata Steel'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*461.423/-225.909
=2.04

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

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

Tata Steel'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
=(0 + 0) / 26294.136
=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.

Tata Steel has a Z-score of 1.52, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 1.52 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.


Tata Steel  (OTCPK:TATLY) 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.

Tata Steel has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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Tata Steel (Tata Steel) Business Description

Address
24 Homi Mody Street, Bombay House, Fort, Mumbai, MH, IND, 400 001
Tata Steel Ltd is an India-based company that is engaged in the production and marketing of various steel products. Its products are basically classified into flat products and construction products. Flat products include hot-rolled steel, cold-rolled steel, metallic-coated steel, direct-coated steel, tubes, packaging steel, electro-plated steel, and narrow strip. Its segments include Tata Steel India, Tata Steel Long Products, Other Indian operations, Tata Steel Europe, Other trade related operations, South-East Asian operations, and the Rest of the world.

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