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CECO Environmental (CECO Environmental) Altman Z-Score

: 2.57 (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 2.53 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.

CECO Environmental has a Altman Z-Score of 2.57, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that CECO Environmental 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 CECO Environmental's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

CECO' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.24   Med: 1.65   Max: 2.53
Current: 2.53

During the past 13 years, CECO Environmental's highest Altman Z-Score was 2.53. The lowest was 1.24. And the median was 1.65.


CECO Environmental Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for CECO Environmental'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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CECO Environmental Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.77 1.65 1.55 2.04 2.41

CECO Environmental 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 2.04 1.97 1.93 2.07 2.41

Competitive Comparison

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, CECO Environmental'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.


CECO Environmental Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, CECO Environmental's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



CECO Environmental 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.

CECO Environmental'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*0.1305+1.4*-0.0106+3.3*0.0582+0.6*2.2144+1.0*0.9076
=2.57

* 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 $600.3 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $281.4 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $203.1 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-6.4 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 9.776 + 4.297 + 4.974 + 2.479 = $21.5 Mil.
Interest Expense was -3.918 + -3.34 + -3.75 + -2.408 = $-13.4 Mil.
Revenue was 153.711 + 149.39 + 129.181 + 112.563 = $544.8 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $803.4 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $362.8 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
=(281.437 - 203.106)/600.291
=0.1305

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-6.387/600.291
=-0.0106

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(21.526 - -13.416)/600.291
=0.0582

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=803.375/362.8
=2.2144

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=544.845/600.291
=0.9076

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

CECO Environmental has a Altman Z-Score of 2.57 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.


CECO Environmental  (NAS:CECO) 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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Be Aware

Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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CECO Environmental (CECO Environmental) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
14651 North Dallas Parkway, Suite 500, Dallas, TX, USA, 75254
CECO Environmental Corp serves the energy, industrial, and other niche markets. The company operates through the Engineered Systems segment that serves the power generation, refinery, water/wastewater, and midstream oil and gas markets, and Industrial Process Solutions segment, which serves the broad industrial air pollution control, beverage can, fluid handling, electric vehicle production, food and beverage, semi-conductor, process filtration, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, wastewater treatment, wood manufacturing, desalination, and aquaculture markets. The majority of revenue is earned from the Engineered Systems Segment.
Executives
Todd R Gleason director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 5500 WAYZATA BLVD., SUITE 800, GOLDEN VALLEY MN 55416
Richard F Wallman director HONEYWELL, 101 COLUMBIA ROAD, MORRISTOWN NJ 07962
Laurie Siegel director C/O VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC., 1133 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Kiril Kovachev officer: Chief Accounting Officer 14651 NORTH DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 500, DALLAS TX 75254
Paul M Gohr officer: Chief Accounting Officer 4625 RED BANK ROAD, SUITE 200, CINCINNATI OH 45227
David B Liner director 6901 PROFESSIONAL PARKWAY E, STE 200, SARASOTA FL 34240
Ramesh Nuggihalli officer: Chief Operating Officer 14651 NORTH DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 500, DALLAS TX 75254
Peter K. Johansson officer: See Remarks 14651 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 500, DALLAS TX 75254
Knowling Robert E Jr director C/O HEWLETT-PACKARD CO, 3000 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Joycelynn Watkins-asiyanbi officer: General Counsel and Secretary 14651 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 500, DALLAS TX 75254
Chasity Henry officer: See Remarks 14651 NORTH DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 500, DALLAS TX 75254
Jonathan Pollack director 2300 YONGE STREET, SUITE 1710, TORONTO A6 M4P 1E4
Matthew Eckl officer: Chief Financial Officer 4625 RED BANK ROAD, SUITE 299, CINCINNATI OH 45227
Jason Dezwirek director, 10 percent owner 2300 YONGE STREET, SUITE 1710, TORONTO A6 M4P 1E4
Dennis Sadlowski director 4625 RED BANK ROAD, SUITE 200, CINCINNATI OH 45227