Otelco Inc: modeFinance Credit Report

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OTELCO, INC.

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OTELCO, INC.

Identification number

US522126395

Country

United States of America

ZIP code and city

35121 - ONEONTA

Address

505, THIRD AVENUE EAST +1 205 625 3591 www.otelcoinc.com info@otelco.net

Legal form

Not available

Account

Consolidated

Incorporation date

1998

NACE 2 Sector

6190 - Other telecommunications activities

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31/12/2010

31/12/2009

78,711

78,091

72,022

CCC

CCC

CCC

16.00%

16.00%

16.00%

100%

100%

100%

-26.69

-62.62

95.86

0.96

0.98

1.01

Current Ratio

2.94

3.04

2.81

Quick Ratio

2.75

2.87

2.64

Probability of default

Plus

Basic

31/12/2011

Confidence Level

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Solvency ratios Leverage ratio Total asset/Total liabilities Liquidity ratios

Profitability and economic equilibrium ratios Return on investement ROI (%)

8.57

8.06

6.20

-17.76

-13.18

-89.46

Asset turnover

0.32

0.32

0.31

Interest paid weight

0.91

0.95

1.21

Gross Profit/Operating revenue

0.57

0.60

0.60

0.99

1.07

0.86

Return on equity ROE (%)

Interest Coverage ratios EBIT interest coverage ratio

Analysis and trend of financial strength

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C

CC

extremly pathological pathological

CCC

B

BB

BBB

A

AA

AAA

high danger

weak

sufficient

adequate

good

very strong

extremely strong

OTELCO, INC.

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C

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Sector Analysis Company

Healthy

Balanced

Vulnerable

Risky

Solvency ratios Leverage ratio

-26.69

0.44

2.04

2.63

-2.24

0.96

3.17

1.49

1.13

0.68

Current Ratio

2.94

2.28

1.20

1.00

0.52

Quick Ratio

2.75

2.09

1.10

0.92

0.50

Total asset/Total liabilities Liquidity ratios

Profitability and economic equilibrium ratios Return on investement ROI (%)

8.57

18.39

7.41

0.30

-15.07

-17.76

20.04

13.87

-13.84

-49.59

Asset turnover

0.32

1.38

1.29

1.34

1.28

Interest paid weight

0.91

0.01

0.09

0.00

-0.06

Gross Profit/Operating revenue

0.57

0.43

0.35

0.32

0.26

0.99

146.00

9.27

0.19

-6.69

Return on equity ROE (%)

Interest Coverage ratios EBIT interest coverage ratio Cash Conversion Cycle (days) Days Sales Of Inventory (DIO)

6

8

10

12

9

Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)

23

47

50

53

43

Days Payable Outstanding (DPO)

5

23

34

40

40

Cash Conversion Cycle (DIO + DSO - DPO)

24

31

24

14

1

-

429

779

409

164

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A

BBB

B

CC

Numer of analyzed companies (Average) Rating

The sector has been chosen according to: international companies in the sector NACE 2 6190 with financial data of year 2011.

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Area Science Park, Padriciano 99. 34149 Trieste, Italy Tel. +39 040 3755337 Fax +39 040 3756741

OTELCO, INC.

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C

CC CCC

B

BB BBB

A

key

Sector Analysis - Graphs

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AA AAA

OTELCO, INC.

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D

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Balance Sheet BALANCE SHEET (th e)

31/12/2011

31/12/2010

31/12/2009

Accounting practice

Local GAAP

Local GAAP

Local GAAP

0.77286

0.748

0.69416

12

12

12

Total assets

245,556

241,736

234,297

Fixed assets

223,747

217,171

211,755

161,914

160,165

154,386

Tangible fixed assets

50,917

47,788

47,917

Other fixed assets

10,916

9,218

9,452

21,808

24,566

22,542

1,376

1,359

1,367

Exchange rate USD - EUR Number of months

Intangible fixed assets

Current assets Stocks

5,054

4,913

4,926

15,378

18,294

16,249

9,579

13,633

12,308

-9,559

-3,923

2,419

102

99

92

-9,661

-4,021

2,327

Total liabilities

255,114

245,659

231,878

Non current liabilities

247,685

237,569

223,864

Long term debt

209,527

203,154

190,002

38,158

34,415

33,862

7,429

8,090

8,014

-

0

0

Creditors

1,152

575

2,184

Other current liabilities

6,277

7,516

5,830

245,556

241,736

234,297

31/12/2011

31/12/2010

31/12/2009

Debtors Other current assets Cash & cash equivalent Shareholders funds Capital Other shareholders funds

Other non-current liabilities Current liabilities Loans

Total shareh. funds & liab.

NET DEBT (th e) Short term debts Long term debt Cash & cash equivalent Net debt

-

0

0

209,527

203,154

190,002

9,579

13,633

12,308

-

189,520

177,694

31/12/2010

31/12/2009

31/12/2011 Working capital

5,278

5,697

4,109

14,379

16,475

14,528

31/12/2011

31/12/2010

31/12/2009

Net Current Assets

Days Sales Of Inventory (DIO)

6

6

7

Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)

23

23

25

5

3

11

24

26

21

Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) Cash Conversion Cycle (DIO + DSO - DPO)

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Area Science Park, Padriciano 99. 34149 Trieste, Italy Tel. +39 040 3755337 Fax +39 040 3756741

OTELCO, INC.

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C

D

CC CCC

B

BB BBB

A

AA AAA

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Income Statement INCOME STATEMENT (th e)

31/12/2011

31/12/2010

31/12/2009

Accounting practice

Local GAAP

Local GAAP

Local GAAP

0.77286

0.748

0.69416

12

12

12

Exchange rate USD - EUR Number of months Sales

78,711

78,091

72,022

1

8

-

0

0

0

Operating revenue / turnover

78,711

78,091

72,022

Total operating costs

59,675

58,368

56,802

Costs growth (%)

2

3

-

Service costs

-

-

-

Material costs

-

-

-

Costs of employees

-

-

-

EBITDA

34,667

37,424

33,576

Depreciation

15,632

17,701

18,356

EBIT

19,036

19,724

15,221

-17,144

-18,751

-18,334

Revenues growth (%) Other revenues +/- variation in inventories and contract in progress + Fixed assets own construction capitalized

Financial P/L

-

-

-

17,144

18,751

18,334

19,148

18,510

17,643

1,891

973

-3,113

-

-

-

Extr. and other revenue

-

-

-

Extr. and other expenses

-

-

-

-

-

-

193

456

-949

1,698

517

-2,164

Financial revenue Financial expenses Interest paid P/L before tax Extr. and other P/L

P/L before tax + Extr. and other P/L Taxation P/L for period

31/12/2011

31/12/2010

31/12/2009

Costs of Good Sold

34,008

30,887

28,614

Gross Profit

44,703

47,204

43,409

Other Operating Expenses

25,667

27,480

28,188

31/12/2011

31/12/2010

31/12/2009

17,330

18,217

16,191

-

-

-

Cash flow Added value

31/12/2011 Number of employees

330

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315

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OTELCO, INC.

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C

CC CCC

B

BB BBB

A

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Evolutions and trends

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AA AAA

OTELCO, INC.

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C

CC CCC

B

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A

AA AAA

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Qualitative information Full overview

The company is a full service communications provider that offers a wide range of wireline telephone services to residents and businesses in North Central Alabama, Central Missouri and majority of Maine. The company was founded in 1998 for the purpose of acquiring and operating rural local exchange carriers. Its corporate headquarters is located in Oneonta, Alabama in the United States. The company provides wireline telephone services such as telephone with caller identification, call waiting, call forwarding, and voicemail services, digital cable television, high - speed Internet, and long distance service. It also provides network access to other wireline, long distance and wireless carriers for calls originated or terminated on the company’s network. In addition, the company publishes local telephone directories in rural local exchange carrier territories and offers other telephone related services that include leasing, selling, installing, and maintaining customer premise telecommunications equipment. The company offers ease and convenience of one bill system, local customer service, competitive rates, convenient automatic bank draft, and credit card payment. It serves portions of a five county area in Alabama including Blount, Etowah, Marshall, Cullman and Morgan counties, a five county area in Missouri including Cooper, Moniteau, Morgan, Pettis, and Saline counties, and a significant portion of the state of Maine. The company has local customer sales and service offices located in Alabama at Oneonta, Walnut Grove, Arab and Blountsville, in Missouri at Pilot Grove and Sedalia, and for the state of Maine at Bangor and Portland.

History

Not available.

Primary business line

Full service communications provider that offers a wide range of wireline telephone services to residents and businesses in North Central Alabama, Central Missouri and majority of Maine.

Secondary business line

Not available.

Main activity

Services.

Secondary activity

Not available.

Main products and services

Wide range of wireline telephone services.

Size estimate

Not available.

Strategy, organization and policy

Not available.

Strategic alliances

Not available.

Membership of a network

Not available.

Main brand names

Not available.

Main domestic country

United States of America.

Main foreign countries or regions

Not available.

Main production sites

Not available.

Main distribution sites

Not available.

Main sales representation sites

Not available.

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OTELCO, INC.

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C

CC CCC

B

BB BBB

A

AA AAA

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Main customers

Not available.

Auditor/Advisor/Bank name

type

address

BDO USA, LLP Wells Fargo Shareowner Services

Auditor Transfer Agent

-

Board name

date of birth

nationality

function

Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr.

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United States -

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE Officer Independent Director Independent Director Independent Director Independent Director Independent Director

-

-

Independent Director

Michael D Weaver William Bak Robert E Guth Howard J Haug Stephen P Mccall Andrew Meyers

Mr. William F Reddersen

Sharehoders (the first twenty shareholders ordered by Direct %) Rating:

CI FINANCIAL CORP via its funds Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

CA 11.04

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

10.00 -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

1472.05 1280 2012/09

Address : Not available

Rating:

MAX % HELD BY NOT LISTED SHAREHOLDERS Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total % Address : Not available

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2012/03

OTELCO, INC.

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C

CC CCC

B

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SIGNATURE GLOBAL ADVISORS Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total % Address : Not available

CA 9.70 -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

-

Operating Revenue (MIL $)

Rating:

SOCHET IRA Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total % Address : Not available

6.73

Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

US 1.58

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

2012/06

Rating:

HUBER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC via its funds Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

0 2012/03

0.41 4 2012/07

Address : Not available

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (THE) via its funds

Rating:

Country ISO code

Operating Revenue (MIL $)

NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total % Address : Not available

US 0.98

Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

15457 189645 0 2012/06

Rating:

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC via its funds Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct %

US -

Total % Address : Not available

0.81

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees

3737.9 21160.3 10400

Information date

2012/06

BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC via its funds

Rating:

Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total % Address : Not available

US 0.30

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code

US -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $)

1245.2 947.51

Direct % Total % Address : Not available

0.21

Number of Employees Information date

42 2012/06

0 2012/06

Rating:

RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC via its funds

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OTELCO, INC.

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C

CC CCC

B

BB BBB

A

AA AAA

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG via its funds Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total % Address : Not available

DE 0.12

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

US

Operating Revenue (MIL $)

Rating:

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY via its funds Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total % Address : Not available

43152.86 2800132.9 100996 2012/06

0.11

Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

79466 1313867 264200 2012/06

Subsidiaries (the first twenty subsidiaries ordered by Direct %) Rating:

BLOUNTSVILLE TELEPHONE LLC Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

US MO -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

Country ISO code

US

Operating Revenue (MIL $)

NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

MO -

Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

Country ISO code

US

Operating Revenue (MIL $)

NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

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Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

Country ISO code

US

Operating Revenue (MIL $)

NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

MO -

Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

Country ISO code

US

Operating Revenue (MIL $)

NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

MO -

Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

2011/12

Rating:

BRINDLEE MOUNTAIN TELEPHONE LLC

2011/12

Rating:

COMMUNICATIONS DESIGN ACQUISITION LLC

2011/12

Rating:

CRC COMMUNICATIONS LLC

2011/12

Rating:

CRC COMMUNICATIONS LLC

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10.7 6.59 2012/07

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OTELCO, INC.

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C

CC CCC

B

BB BBB

A

AA AAA

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GRANBY TELEPHONE LLC Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

US MO -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

US MO -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

US MO -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

US MO -

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US MO -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

US MO -

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US MO -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

US MO -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

Rating:

HOPPER TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

2011/12

Rating:

OTELCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

2011/12

Rating:

OTELCO MID - MISSOURI LLC Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

2011/12

Rating:

MID - MAINE TELPLUS LLC Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

13.4 100 2012/07

Rating:

MID - MAINE TELECOM LLC Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

2011/12

Rating:

MID - MAINE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

2011/12

Rating:

I - LAND INTERNET SERVICES LLC Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

2011/12

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2011/12

OTELCO, INC.

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C

CC CCC

B

BB BBB

A

AA AAA

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Rating:

OTELCO TELEPHONE LLC Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

US MO -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

US MO -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

US MO -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

Rating:

OTT COMMUNICATIONS Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

PINE TREE TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, THE

Rating:

Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

US MO -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

US MO -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

US MO -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

US MO -

Operating Revenue (MIL $) Total Assets (MIL $) Number of Employees Information date

2011/12

2011/12

Rating:

SHOREHAM TELEPHONE LLC Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

4.86 6.03 2012/11

Rating:

SACO RIVER TELEPHONE LLC Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

0.1 2 2012/08

Rating:

PINE TREE TELEPHONE LLC Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

0.56 4 2012/11

Rating:

OTT COMMUNICATIONS Country ISO code NACE Rev. 2, Core code Direct % Total %

2011/12

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2011/12

OTELCO, INC.

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CC CCC

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AA AAA

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OTELCO, INC.

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C

CC CCC

B

BB BBB

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Rating scale Rating class

Rating macro class

The company’s capacity to meet its financial commitments is extremely strong. The company shows an excellent

AAA

AA

Assessment

economic and financial flow and fund equilibrium.

Healthy

The company has very strong creditworthiness. It also has a good capital structure and economic and financial equilibrium. Difference from AAA is slight.

The company has a high solvency. The company is however more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in

A

circumstances and economic conditions than companies in higher rated categories.

Capital structure and economic equilibrium are considered adequate. The company’s capacity to meet its financial commitments could be affected by serious unfavourable events.

BBB Balanced

A company rated BB is more vulnerable than companies rated BBB. Furthermore the company faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions.

BB

The company presents vulnerable signals with regards to its fundamentals. Adverse business, financial, or economic

B

conditions will be likely to impair the company’s capacity or willingness to meet its financial commitments.

Vulnerable

CCC

A company rated CCC has a dangerous disequilibrium on the capital structure and on its economic and financial fundamentals. Adverse market events and an inadequate management could affect with high probability the company’s solvency.

CC

The company shows signals of high vulnerability. In the event of adverse market and economic conditions, the company’s strong disequilibrium could increase.

Risky

C

The company shows considerable pathological situations. commitments is very low.

D

The company has not any longer the capacity to meet its financial commitments.

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The company’s capacity to meet its financial

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Fundamental Credit Rating Ratios Analysis area

Ratio

Assessment This measures the level of total liabilities of the company in comparison

Leverage ratio

with equity.

Solvency ratios

Financial ratios

Assets to debt

This indicates company’s solvency. The company shows a level of deficit when the value of this ratio is under one unit.

Fixed Assets coverage ratio

This is calculated only for holdings. It measures the capital structure i.e. whether a company covers the fixed assets with long term capital.

Current ratio

This measures whether a company has sufficient short-term assets to cover its short-term liabilities.

Liquidity ratios This compares current liabilities only to those assets that can be readily

Quick ratio

turned into cash.

Return on Investement(ROI)

This measures the profitability of company investments without regard to the way the investment is financed.

Return on Equity(ROE)

This measures the profitability of the equity.

Asset turnover

This indicates the investments turnover with regards to sales. The level assumed from the ratio depends on the sector in which the company operates.

Profit margin

This indicates the profitability of sales.

Interest Paid coverage

This indicate the ability of the company to cover interest expenses through the economic margins (Gross profit and EBIT) and through the cash flow from operating activities.

Profitability and economic ratios

Interest coverage ratio

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OTELCO, INC.

Monday, 04 February 2013 MORE Credit Rating

D

C

CC CCC

B

BB BBB

A

AA AAA

key

MORE Credit Limit, Probability of default and Confidence Level MORE Credit Limit

MORE Credit limit is the estimation of the amount of maximum credit that is possible to assign on a commercial relationship with the analyzed company with an outlook of one year. modeFinance used the following values associated with the company analyzed while computing the credit limit:

• Size; • Years in Business; • Average number of suppliers; • Liquidity of the company and the comparison with its sector; • The funds dedicated to be paid to suppliers; • The likelihood that a company may pay its debts in the next 12 months (MORE Ratings).

The credit limit in this report is merely a suggested value of commercial credit limit calculated on the basis of annual public data. This value should be reviewed by paying attention to the Confidence Level value and by using other information such as other business information, news... etc; and private information such as the relationship with client, history of payments, guarantees and the knowledge of the sector.

Probability of default e Confidence Level

In addition to the MORE Rating, modeFinance also estimates the probability of default and provides a level of confidence. The probability of default is the degree of certainty (in quantitative terms) that the company will go into default.

As the probability of default is strongly affected by the economic climate that the company is operating in, companies in the same MORE class will not necessarily have the same probability of default.

The MORE model can produce a MORE rating even if there is missing data by using an associated confidence level:

Confidence =

P Available Information P Total Information

The level of confidence does not indicate financial confidence in the company. It is a reflection of the variations in availability of financial data across Europe due to filing regulations and suggests the degree of financial detail the MORE rating is able to take into account for each company.

For companies with fully populated records a confidence level of 100% would be applied: companies where no financial data is provided, 0%. This puts the MORE rating in a context for the user and aids interpretation.

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OTELCO, INC.

Monday, 04 February 2013 MORE Credit Rating

D

C

CC CCC

B

BB BBB

A

AA AAA

key

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