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ClearSign Technologies (ClearSign Technologies) Altman Z-Score : -9.63 (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is ClearSign Technologies 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 -9.63 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

ClearSign Technologies has a Altman Z-Score of -9.63, 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 ClearSign Technologies's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

CLIR' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -9.63   Med: 0.54   Max: 19.16
Current: -9.63

During the past 13 years, ClearSign Technologies's highest Altman Z-Score was 19.16. The lowest was -9.63. And the median was 0.54.


ClearSign Technologies Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for ClearSign Technologies'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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ClearSign Technologies Altman Z-Score Chart

ClearSign Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 10.03 -3.20 -7.87

ClearSign Technologies 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 -3.20 -1.55 -3.87 -7.42 -7.87

Competitive Comparison of ClearSign Technologies's Altman Z-Score

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, ClearSign Technologies'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.


ClearSign Technologies's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

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



ClearSign Technologies 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.

ClearSign Technologies'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*0.5581+1.4*-12.2988+3.3*-0.6816+0.6*14.7516+1.0*0.3154
=-9.63

* 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 $7.62 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $6.51 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2.26 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-93.72 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -0.955 + -1.332 + -1.478 + -1.429 = $-5.19 Mil.
Interest Expense was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Revenue was 1.274 + 0.085 + 0.15 + 0.894 = $2.40 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $35.82 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $2.43 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
=(6.509 - 2.256)/7.62
=0.5581

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-93.717/7.62
=-12.2988

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-5.194 - 0)/7.62
=-0.6816

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=35.817/2.428
=14.7516

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=2.403/7.62
=0.3154

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

ClearSign Technologies has a Altman Z-Score of -9.63 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.


ClearSign Technologies  (NAS:CLIR) 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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ClearSign Technologies (ClearSign Technologies) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8023 East 63rd Place, Suite 101, Tulsa, OK, USA, 74133
ClearSign Technologies Corp is engaged in providing solutions to some of the pressing productivity, energy efficiency, and pollution problems affecting the energy, oil, and gas production, boiler, and processing industries. It believes that its patented ClearSign Core technology can enhance the performance of combustion systems in a broad range of markets, including the energy (upstream oil production and downstream refining), institutional, commercial, and industrial boiler, chemical, and petrochemical industries. The company offers products that include process burners, boiler burners, flares, and ClearSign Eye.
Executives
Lacy Catharine De director 6 VILLAGE NORTH DR, #107, HILTON HEAD SC 29926
Gary J. Dielsi director 18 PIERREPONT DRIVE, RIDGEFIELD CT 06877
Hoffman Robert Thurston Sr director, 10 percent owner 119 WARREN AVENUE, SPRING LAKE NJ 07762
Bruce Alan Pate director 23235 WALLING RD., GEYSERVILLE CA 95441
Brent Hinds officer: VP and Controller 12870 INTERURBAN AVENUE SOUTH, SEATTLE WA 98168
Judith S Schrecker director 12870 INTERURBAN AVENUE SOUTH, SEATTLE WA 98168
Susanne Meline director P.O. BOX 515381, #86506, LOS ANGELES CA 90051
Deller Colin James officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O CLEARSIGN COMBUSTION CORP., 12870 INTERURBAN AVENUE SOUTH, SEATTLE WA 98168
Donald W Kendrick officer: Chief Technology Officer 12870 INTERURBAN AVENUE SOUTH, SEATTLE WA 98168
Brian Grant Fike officer: Chief Financial Officer 12755 SE 73RD PLACE, NEWCASTLE WA 98056-1315
Stephen Michael Sock officer: SVP, Business Development 4025 RAVENSWAY CT, PEARLAND TX 77584
Lon E Bell director C/O AMERIGON INC, 5462 IRWINDALE AVENUE, IRWINDALE CA 91706
James M Simmons director
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