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Hennessy Advisors (Hennessy Advisors) Altman Z-Score : 2.06 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Hennessy Advisors 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.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 2.05 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

Hennessy Advisors has a Altman Z-Score of 2.06, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Hennessy Advisors is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may face bankrupcy risk.

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

HNNA' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.02   Med: 3.68   Max: 4.62
Current: 2.05

During the past 13 years, Hennessy Advisors's highest Altman Z-Score was 4.62. The lowest was 2.02. And the median was 3.68.


Hennessy Advisors Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hennessy Advisors'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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Hennessy Advisors Altman Z-Score Chart

Hennessy Advisors Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.21 3.94 4.02 2.24 2.02

Hennessy Advisors 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 2.22 2.14 2.05 2.02 2.05

Competitive Comparison of Hennessy Advisors's Altman Z-Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, Hennessy Advisors'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.


Hennessy Advisors's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Hennessy Advisors's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Hennessy Advisors 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.

Hennessy Advisors'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*0.4145+1.4*0.4558+3.3*0.062+0.6*0.9181+1.0*0.1656
=2.06

* 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 $145.01 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $62.89 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2.78 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $66.10 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 1.644 + 1.953 + 1.528 + 1.61 = $6.74 Mil.
Interest Expense was -0.567 + -0.566 + -0.565 + -0.562 = $-2.26 Mil.
Revenue was 6.144 + 6.258 + 5.701 + 5.916 = $24.02 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $52.19 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $56.85 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
=(62.889 - 2.78)/145.006
=0.4145

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=66.097/145.006
=0.4558

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(6.735 - -2.26)/145.006
=0.062

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=52.192/56.845
=0.9181

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=24.019/145.006
=0.1656

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Hennessy Advisors has a Altman Z-Score of 2.06 indicating it is in Grey Zones.

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


Hennessy Advisors  (NAS:HNNA) 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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Hennessy Advisors (Hennessy Advisors) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
7250 Redwood Boulevard, Suite 200, Novato, CA, USA, 94945
Hennessy Advisors Inc is an investment management company, engaged in the managing and marketing of open-end mutual funds branded as the Hennessy Funds. It offers domestic equity, sectors, and specialty, balanced and fixed income products. It provides investment advisory services and shareholder services to the Hennessy Funds. Its investment advisory services include managing the composition of each fund's portfolio, including the purchase, retention, and disposition of portfolio securities in accordance with the Fund's investment objectives, policies, and restrictions; conducting investment research, and monitoring compliance with each fund's investment restrictions and applicable laws and regulations.
Executives
Neil J Hennessy director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO 7250 REDWOOD BLVD., SUITE 200, NOVATO CA 94945
Kiera Newton director 7250 REDWOOD BLVD., SUITE 200, NOVATO CA 94945
Knight Oriordan Lydia D director 7240 REDWOOD BLVD., SUITE 200, NOVATO CA 94945
Rodger Offenbach director 7250 REDWOOD BLVD, SUITE 200, NOVATO CA 94945
Daniel B Steadman director, officer: Executive Vice President 7250 REDWOOD BLVD., SUITE 200, NOVATO CA 94945
Brian A Hennessey director 7250 REDWOOD BLVD, SUITE 200, NOVATO CA 94945
Teresa M Nilsen director, officer: EVP, CFO and Secretary 7250 REDWOOD BLVD., SUITE 200, NOVATO CA 94945
Thomas L Seavey director 7250 REDWOOD BLVD., SUITE 200, NOVATO CA 94945
Kathryn Fahy officer: SVP and CFO 7250 REDWOOD BOULEVARD, SUITE 200, NOVATO CA 94945
Susan Weber Pomilia director 7250 REDWOOD BLVD, SUITE 200, NOVATO CA 94945
Daniel G Libarie director 7250 REDWOOD BLVD, SUITE 200, NOVATO CA 94945
Charles W Bennett director 700 IRWIN STREET, SAN RAFAEL CA 94901-3300
Henry Hansel director 7250 REDWOOD BLVD, SUITE 200, NOVATO CA 94945