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Charleslvard (Charleslvard) Altman Z-Score

: -1.14 (As of Today)
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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.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -1.17 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Charleslvard has a Altman Z-Score of -1.14, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

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 Charleslvard's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

CTHR' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.17   Med: 2.58   Max: 7.1
Current: -1.17

During the past 13 years, Charleslvard's highest Altman Z-Score was 7.10. The lowest was -1.17. And the median was 2.58.


Charleslvard Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Charleslvard'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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Charleslvard Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.81 1.20 6.72 3.12 0.80

Charleslvard 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.97 2.24 0.80 -0.33 -1.04

Competitive Comparison

For the Luxury Goods subindustry, Charleslvard'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.


Charleslvard Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Charleslvard's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Charleslvard 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.

Charleslvard'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*0.3449+1.4*-1.0927+3.3*-0.3758+0.6*1.0796+1.0*0.5637
=-1.14

* 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 $44.47 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $23.68 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $8.35 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-48.59 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -2.866 + -2.539 + -9.209 + -2.103 = $-16.72 Mil.
Interest Expense was -0.006 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $-0.01 Mil.
Revenue was 7.906 + 4.953 + 5.564 + 6.642 = $25.07 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $10.77 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $9.98 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
=(23.683 - 8.346)/44.466
=0.3449

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-48.589/44.466
=-1.0927

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-16.717 - -0.006)/44.466
=-0.3758

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=10.772/9.978
=1.0796

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=25.065/44.466
=0.5637

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Charleslvard has a Altman Z-Score of -1.14 indicating it is in Distress Zones.

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


Charleslvard  (NAS:CTHR) 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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Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Charleslvard (Charleslvard) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
170 Southport Drive, Morrisville, NC, USA, 27560
Charles & Colvard Ltd manufactures, markets, and distributes finished jewellery which also includes moissanite gemstone in the jewellery market. The company sells jewels through two operating segments namely Online Channels segment and Traditional segment. It generates maximum revenue from the Online Channels segment. Online Channels segment which consists of e-commerce outlets including charlesandcolvard.com, moissaniteoutlet.com, third-party online marketplaces, drop-ship retail, and other pure-play, exclusively e-commerce outlets.
Executives
Don O'connell director, officer: President and CEO C/O CHARLES & COLVARD, LTD., 170 SOUTHPORT DRIVE, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
Ollin B Sykes director C/O GATEWAY FINANCIAL HODINGS, P O BOX 1908, ELIZABETH CITY NC 27906
Clint J. Pete officer: CFO 1805 DUNES COURT, RALEIGH NC 27615
Neal I Goldman director 170 SOUTHPORT DRIVE, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
Anne M Butler director 59 ARMSTRONG ROAD, P.O. BOX 976, PLYMOUTH MA 02360
Benedetta I Casamento director 200 CAMPUS DRIVE, FLORHAM PARK NJ 07932
Suzanne Miglucci director, officer: President and CEO 10305 WHITESTONE ROAD, RALEIGH NC 27615
Jaqui Lividini director 27 EAST 95TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10128
George R. Cattermole director 300 PERIMETER PARK DRIVE, STE A, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
Randy N Mccullough officer: President & CEO C/O CHARLES & COLVARD, LTD., 300 PERIMETER PARK DRIVE, SUITE A, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
Kyle Macemore officer: CFO C/O CHARLES & COLVARD, LTD., 300 PERIMETER PARK DRIVE, SUITE A, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
Charles D Lein director C/O CHARLES & COLVARD LTD., 300 PERIMETER PARK DR., STE A, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
Timothy L Krist officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CHARLES & COLVARD LTD., 300 PERIMETER PARK DR., STE A, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
David B Barr director 1319 GARRICK WAY, MARIETTA 2Q 30068
Steve Larkin director 901 WEST WALNUT HILL LANE, IRVING TX 75038