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Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings (HKSE:01413) Altman Z-Score : 5.29 (As of Jun. 06, 2024)


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What is Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings 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 5.26 is strong.

Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 5.29, 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 Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:01413' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.26   Med: 6.09   Max: 6.75
Current: 5.26

During the past 6 years, Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's highest Altman Z-Score was 6.75. The lowest was 5.26. And the median was 6.09.


Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings'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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Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings Altman Z-Score Chart

Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 6.75 6.09 5.69

Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Altman Z-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 6.09 - 5.69 -

Competitive Comparison of Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's Altman Z-Score

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings'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.


Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings 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.

Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings'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*0.6705+1.4*0.4662+3.3*0.0018+0.6*4.4503+1.0*1.1558
=5.29

* 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 Mar. 2023:
Total Assets was HK$292.7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$231.1 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$34.8 Mil.
Retained Earnings was HK$136.5 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was HK$-0.2 Mil.
Interest Expense was HK$-0.7 Mil.
Revenue was HK$338.3 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was HK$194.0 Mil.
Total Liabilities was HK$43.6 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
=(231.118 - 34.846)/292.714
=0.6705

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=136.476/292.714
=0.4662

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-0.153 - -0.667)/292.714
=0.0018

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=194.000/43.593
=4.4503

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=338.318/292.714
=1.1558

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 5.29 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.


Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings  (HKSE:01413) 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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Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings (HKSE:01413) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
6 Sha Tsui Road, Unit 2909-2910, 29th Floor, The Octagon, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong, HKG
Kwong Luen Engineering Holdings Ltd is a foundation works contractor in Hong Kong. The foundation work of the company is mainly comprised of excavation and lateral support works and other associated works including pile cap construction, underground drainage work, and site formation works. The group's operations are located in Hong Kong.
Executives
Kwong Luen Prosperity Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Kwan Chui Ling 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Yip Kwong Cheung 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Ma Wenkui
Lin Tongbing
Yang Zhenwei

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