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Apollo Education Group (Apollo Education Group) Altman Z-Score : 5.58 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Apollo Education Group Altman Z-Score?

The Altman Z-Score is a model designed to predict the likelihood of a company going bankrupt within the next two years. Created by American finance professor Edward Altman in 1968, the model is specifically designed for publicly traded manufacturing companies with assets greater than $1 million.

Apollo Education Group has a Altman Z-Score of 5.58, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Altman Z-Score is strong.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Altman Z-Score <= 1.8, it is in Distress Zones.
When Altman Z-Score >= 3, it is in Safe Zones.
When Altman Z-Score is between 1.8 and 3, it is in Grey Zones.

The historical rank and industry rank for Apollo Education Group's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


Apollo Education Group Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Apollo Education Group's Altman Z-Score can be seen below:

* 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.

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Apollo Education Group Altman Z-Score Chart

Apollo Education Group Annual Data
Trend Aug07 Aug08 Aug09 Aug10 Aug11 Aug12 Aug13 Aug14 Aug15 Aug16
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.61 4.94 4.82 5.51 5.27

Apollo Education Group Quarterly Data
Feb12 May12 Aug12 Nov12 Feb13 May13 Aug13 Nov13 Feb14 May14 Aug14 Nov14 Feb15 May15 Aug15 Nov15 Feb16 May16 Aug16 Nov16
Altman Z-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.41 5.03 5.22 5.27 5.54

Competitive Comparison of Apollo Education Group's Altman Z-Score

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Apollo Education Group's Altman Z-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Altman Z-Score 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.


Apollo Education Group's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Apollo Education Group's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Apollo Education Group's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Apollo Education Group Altman Z-Score Calculation

Altman 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.

Apollo Education Group's Altman Z-Score for today is calculated with this formula:

Z=1.2*X1+1.4*X2+3.3*X3+0.6*X4+1.0*X5
=1.2*0.2049+1.4*2.5667+3.3*-0.0055+0.6*1.2303+1.0*1.0231
=5.58

* 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. GuruFocus does not calculate Altman Z-Score when X4 or X5 value is 0.

Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2016:
Total Assets was $1,955 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,082 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $681 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $5,019 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 7.422 + 26.899 + 31.198 + -82.978 = $-17 Mil.
Interest Expense was -1.425 + -1.725 + -1.569 + -1.972 = $-7 Mil.
Revenue was 484.499 + 492.479 + 558.002 + 465.348 = $2,000 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $1,098 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $892 Mil.

* Note that for stock reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data.

X1=Working Capital/Total Assets
=(Total Current Assets - Total Current Liabilities)/Total Assets
=(1081.689 - 681.106)/1955.243
=0.2049

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=5018.613/1955.243
=2.5667

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-17.459 - -6.691)/1955.243
=-0.0055

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=1097.520/892.091
=1.2303

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=2000.328/1955.243
=1.0231

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones

Apollo Education Group has a Altman Z-Score of 5.58 indicating it is in Safe Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


Apollo Education Group  (NAS:APOL) Altman Z-Score Explanation

X1: The Working Capital/Total Assets (WC/TA) ratio is a measure of the net liquid assets of the firm relative to the total capitalization. Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Ordinarily, a firm experiencing consistent operating losses will have shrinking current assets in relation to total assets. Altman found this one proved to be the most valuable liquidity ratio comparing with the current ratio and the quick ratio. This is however the least significant of the five factors.

X2: Retained Earnings/Total Assets: the RE/TA ratio measures the leverage of a firm. Retained earnings is the account which reports the total amount of reinvested earnings and/or losses of a firm over its entire life. Those firms with high RE, relative to TA, have financed their assets through retention of profits and have not utilized as much debt.

X3, Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets (EBIT/TA): This ratio is a measure of the true productivity of the firm's assets, independent of any tax or leverage factors. Since a firm's ultimate existence is based on the earning power of its assets, this ratio appears to be particularly appropriate for studies dealing with corporate failure. This ratio continually outperforms other profitability measures, including cash flow.

X4, Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities (MVE/TL): The measure shows how much the firm's assets can decline in value (measured by market value of equity plus debt) before the liabilities exceed the assets and the firm becomes insolvent.

X5, Revenue/Total Assets (S/TA): The capital-turnover ratio is a standard financial ratio illustrating the sales generating ability of the firm's assets.

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Apollo Education Group (Apollo Education Group) Business Description

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Apollo Education Group Inc was incorporated in Arizona in 1981. It offers educational programs and services, online and on-campus at the undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels. Its learning platforms include the following The University of Phoenix, Inc., Apollo Global, Inc. which also includes BPP Holdings Limited, Universidad Latinoamericana, Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Comunicación, and Indian Education Services Private Ltd., Western International University, Inc., Institute for Professional Development, The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corporation, Carnegie Learning, Inc., and Apollo Lightspeed. Its institutions offer Accredited Degree Programs, Professional Examinations Training and Professional Development, and Employers. The Company's international operations include full-time and part-time courses, delivered on-campus or online, for professional examination preparation, professional development training and various degree/certificate/diploma programs. It competes mainly with traditional public and private two-year and four-year degree-granting regionally accredited colleges and universities, other proprietary degree-granting regionally accredited schools and alternatives to higher education. Its domestic postsecondary institutions are subject to extensive federal and state regulations.
Executives
Sean Martin officer: SVP, General Counsel ONE BAXTER PARKWAY, DEERFIELD IL 60015
Ann Kirschner director 650 FROM ROAD, SUITE 375, PARAMUS NJ 07652
Richard H Dozer director VIAD CORP, 7000 E. 1ST AVENUE, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85251
Robert S Murley director 4025 S. RIVERPOINT PARKWAY, M/S CF-K815, PHOENIX AZ 85040
James Mitchell Bowling officer: SVP, COO 4025 S RIVERPOINT PKWY MS CF-K808 PHOENIX AZ 85040
Terri C Bishop director, officer: Vice Chairman 4025 S RIVERPOINT PKWY, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Peter V Sperling director, officer: Chairman of the Board 4615 E ELWOOD, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Darby E Shupp director 4025 S RIVERPOINT PKWY, M/S CF-X01, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Gregory James Iverson officer: SVP, CFO, CAO & Treasurer 4025 S. RIVERPOINT PARKWAY, CF-K809, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Herberger Roy A Jr director 400 E VAN BUREN ST, PO BOX 52132, PHOENIX AZ 85072-2132
Matthew Jr Carter director 550 W ADAMS, STE 900, CHICAGO IL 60661
Manuel Felix Rivelo director 2312 MAGNOLIA BLVD. WEST, SEATTLE WA 98199
Brian L Swartz officer: SVP & CFO 4025 S RIVERPOINT PKWY MAIL-STOP CF-KX04 PHOENIX AZ 85040
P Robert Moya officer: EVP, Special Projects 4025 S RIVERPOINT PKWY, MS CF-KX01, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Di Piazza Samuel A Jr. director 100 BROOKWOOD PLACE, BIRMINGHAM AL 35209

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