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Empiric Student Property (LSE:ESP) Altman Z-Score : 1.38 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Empiric Student Property 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 1.41 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Empiric Student Property has a Altman Z-Score of 1.38, 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 Empiric Student Property's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:ESP' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.88   Med: 1.29   Max: 2.39
Current: 1.41

During the past 9 years, Empiric Student Property's highest Altman Z-Score was 2.39. The lowest was 0.88. And the median was 1.29.


Empiric Student Property Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Empiric Student Property'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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Empiric Student Property Altman Z-Score Chart

Empiric Student Property Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 1.34 0.88 1.13 1.31 1.42

Empiric Student Property Semi-Annual Data
Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 1.13 - 1.31 - 1.42

Competitive Comparison of Empiric Student Property's Altman Z-Score

For the REIT - Residential subindustry, Empiric Student Property'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.


Empiric Student Property's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Empiric Student Property's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Empiric Student Property 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.

Empiric Student Property'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*-0.0395+1.4*0.2641+3.3*0.0605+0.6*1.3081+1.0*0.07
=1.38

* 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 £1,150.30 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £69.50 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £114.90 Mil.
Retained Earnings was £303.80 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was £53.40 Mil.
Interest Expense was £-16.20 Mil.
Revenue was £80.50 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was £544.30 Mil.
Total Liabilities was £416.10 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
=(69.5 - 114.9)/1150.3
=-0.0395

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=303.8/1150.3
=0.2641

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(53.4 - -16.2)/1150.3
=0.0605

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=544.301/416.1
=1.3081

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=80.5/1150.3
=0.07

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Empiric Student Property has a Altman Z-Score of 1.38 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.


Empiric Student Property  (LSE:ESP) 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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Empiric Student Property (LSE:ESP) Business Description

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Address
72 Borough High Street, 1st Floor Hop Yard Studios, London, GBR, SE1 1XF
Empiric Student Property PLC is a real estate company. It is engaged in investing in and managing premium purpose-built student accommodation in central locations in prime university cities and towns in the United Kingdom. Its investment portfolio includes Centro Court, Canal Bridge, Brook Studios, James House, and Edge Apartments among others. The company earns operating revenue from student accommodation rental.