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Allocate Software (LSE:ALLA) Altman Z-Score : N/A (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Allocate Software 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.

Allocate Software has a Altman Z-Score of N/A, 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 Allocate Software's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:ALLA' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -15.01   Med: 3.42   Max: 9.73
Current: 4.31

During the past 13 years, Allocate Software's highest Altman Z-Score was 9.73. The lowest was -15.01. And the median was 3.42.


Allocate Software Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Allocate Software'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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Allocate Software Altman Z-Score Chart

Allocate Software Annual Data
Trend May05 May06 May07 May08 May09 May10 May11 May12 May13 May14
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.39 2.63 1.92 1.79 3.42

Allocate Software Semi-Annual Data
Nov04 May05 Nov05 May06 Nov06 May07 Nov07 May08 Nov08 May09 Nov09 May10 Nov10 May11 Nov11 May12 Nov12 May13 Nov13 May14
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 1.92 2.48 1.79 - 3.42

Competitive Comparison of Allocate Software's Altman Z-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Allocate Software'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.


Allocate Software's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Allocate Software 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.

Allocate Software'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*0.1751+1.4*0.0853+3.3*0.0686+0.6*0+1.0*0.9415
=N/A

* 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 May. 2014:
Total Assets was £42.51 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £27.92 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £20.47 Mil.
Retained Earnings was £3.63 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was £2.89 Mil.
Interest Expense was £-0.02 Mil.
Revenue was £40.02 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was £0.00 Mil.
Total Liabilities was £23.65 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
=(27.915 - 20.471)/42.508
=0.1751

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=3.628/42.508
=0.0853

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(2.893 - -0.022)/42.508
=0.0686

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=0.000/23.654
=0

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=40.022/42.508
=0.9415

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Allocate Software has a Altman Z-Score of N/A 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.


Allocate Software  (LSE:ALLA) 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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Allocate Software (LSE:ALLA) Business Description

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Allocate Software PLC is engaged in the development, sale and support of workforce management solutions, and the provision of related IT services to major healthcare, defence, government and commercial customers. The business of the company is focused principally on the Healthcare market in addition to Defence. Its segments are Licence, Subscriptions, Support, and Services. Licence and Subscriptions segments represent the sale of non-cancellable software licence agreements and subscriptions associated with that software. Support and Services segments represent the provision of installation, consulting, training and product support. It operates in UK, Europe, USA and Australia.

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