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Encore Wire (Encore Wire) Financial Strength : 10 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Encore Wire Financial Strength?

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

Good Sign:

Encore Wire Corp 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.

Encore Wire has no long-term debt (1). Encore Wire's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00. As of today, Encore Wire's Altman Z-Score is 16.79.

(1) Note: An indication of "no long-term debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.


Competitive Comparison of Encore Wire's Financial Strength

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Encore Wire'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.


Encore Wire's Financial Strength Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Encore Wire's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Encore Wire's Financial Strength falls into.



Encore Wire 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:

Encore Wire's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $80 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil.

Encore Wire's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Encore Wire had no long-term debt (1).

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

Good Sign:

Encore Wire Corp has no debt.

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

Encore Wire'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) / 2535.112
=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.

Encore Wire has a Z-score of 16.79, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 16.79 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.


Encore Wire  (NAS:WIRE) 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.

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


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Encore Wire (Encore Wire) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1329 Millwood Road, McKinney, TX, USA, 75069
Encore Wire Corp is engaged in manufacturing electrical building wire and cable. It supplies building wire for interior electrical wiring in commercial and industrial buildings, homes, apartments, and manufactured housing. The company's principal customers are wholesale electrical distributors, who sell building wire and a variety of other products to electrical contractors. Encore offers an electrical building wire product line that consists primarily of NM-B cable, UF-B cable, THHN/THWN-2, XHHW-2, RHH/RHW-2, and other types of wire products, including tray cable, metal-clad, and armored cable.
Executives
William Kelvin Walker director 1329 MILLWOOD ROAD, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Matthew D. Ford officer: Controller 1329 MILLWOOD ROAD, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Daniel L Jones director, officer: Chairman, President & CEO 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Bret J Eckert officer: Vice President - Finance & CFO P O BOX 650205, DALLAS TX 75265
Gregory J Fisher director 14643 DALLAS PAKWAY, STE 1000, DALLAS TX 75254-8890
Scott D Weaver director C/O WESTERN REFINING, INC., 6500 TROWBRIDGE DRIVE, EL PASO TX 79905
Thomas William R Iii director 12900 PRESTON ROAD, SUITE 700, DALLAS TX 75230
John H Wilson director 12900 PRESTON RD, STE 700, DALLAS TX 75230
Gina A. Norris director 1329 MILLWOOD ROAD, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Frank J Bilban officer: Vice President - Finance & CFO 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Donald Eugene Courtney director
Capital Southwest Corp director 8333 DOUGLAS AVE, SUITE 1100, DALLAS TX 75225
Norman R Medlen officer: Controller 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Cunningham Thomas Lee Iii director
Joseph M Brito director 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069