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Check Point Software Technologies (Check Point Software Technologies) Altman Z-Score : 7.86 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Check Point Software Technologies 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.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 7.86 is strong.

Check Point Software Technologies has a Altman Z-Score of 7.86, 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 Check Point Software Technologies's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

CHKP' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.18   Med: 7.91   Max: 9.32
Current: 7.86

During the past 13 years, Check Point Software Technologies's highest Altman Z-Score was 9.32. The lowest was 7.18. And the median was 7.91.


Check Point Software Technologies Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Check Point Software Technologies'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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Check Point Software Technologies Altman Z-Score Chart

Check Point Software Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.86 8.23 7.18 7.33 7.90

Check Point Software Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 7.33 7.63 7.63 7.87 7.90

Competitive Comparison of Check Point Software Technologies's Altman Z-Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Check Point Software Technologies'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.


Check Point Software Technologies's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Check Point Software Technologies's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Check Point Software Technologies's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Check Point Software Technologies 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.

Check Point Software Technologies'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*0.06+1.4*2.312+3.3*0.1717+0.6*5.9389+1.0*0.424
=7.86

* 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 Dec. 2023:
Total Assets was $5,696 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,258 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,916 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $13,168 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 270.2 + 243.8 + 242.7 + 218.9 = $976 Mil.
Interest Expense was -2.3 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $-2 Mil.
Revenue was 663.5 + 596.3 + 588.7 + 566.2 = $2,415 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $17,071 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $2,875 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
=(2257.7 - 1916.1)/5695.5
=0.06

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=13168.1/5695.5
=2.312

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(975.6 - -2.3)/5695.5
=0.1717

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=17071.452/2874.5
=5.9389

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=2414.7/5695.5
=0.424

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Check Point Software Technologies has a Altman Z-Score of 7.86 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.


Check Point Software Technologies  (NAS:CHKP) 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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Check Point Software Technologies (Check Point Software Technologies) Business Description

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5 Shlomo Kaplan Street, Tel Aviv, ISR, 6789159
Check Point Software Technologies is a pure-play cybersecurity vendor. The company offers solutions for network, endpoint, cloud, and mobile security in addition to security management. Check Point, a software specialist, sells to enterprises, businesses, and consumers. Around 50% of revenue is generated in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, 40% from the Americas, and 10% from the Asia-Pacific region. The firm, based in Tel Aviv, Israel, was founded in 1993 and has about 5,000 employees.

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