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GSI Technology (GSI Technology) Altman Z-Score

: 4.84 (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.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 4.92 is strong.

GSI Technology has a Altman Z-Score of 4.84, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Altman Z-Score is strong.

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 GSI Technology's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

GSIT' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.22   Med: 7.92   Max: 11.79
Current: 4.92

During the past 13 years, GSI Technology's highest Altman Z-Score was 11.79. The lowest was 3.22. And the median was 7.92.


GSI Technology Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for GSI Technology'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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GSI Technology Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.02 9.11 8.75 5.36 3.22

GSI Technology 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 3.22 3.22 10.41 4.94 3.36

Competitive Comparison

For the Semiconductors subindustry, GSI Technology'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.


GSI Technology Altman Z-Score Distribution

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

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



GSI Technology 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.

GSI Technology'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*0.4712+1.4*-0.4127+3.3*-0.3951+0.6*9.5083+1.0*0.4484
=4.84

* 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 $49.06 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $31.54 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $8.42 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-20.25 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -6.53 + -4.022 + -5.059 + -3.77 = $-19.38 Mil.
Interest Expense was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Revenue was 5.318 + 5.708 + 5.587 + 5.382 = $22.00 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $90.05 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $9.47 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
=(31.535 - 8.42)/49.055
=0.4712

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-20.245/49.055
=-0.4127

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-19.381 - 0)/49.055
=-0.3951

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=90.053/9.471
=9.5083

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=21.995/49.055
=0.4484

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

GSI Technology has a Altman Z-Score of 4.84 indicating it is in Safe Zones.

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


GSI Technology  (NAS:GSIT) 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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Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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GSI Technology (GSI Technology) Business Description

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Address
1213 Elko Drive, Sunnyvale, CA, USA, 94089
GSI Technology Inc is a provider of semiconductor memory solutions. The company develops and markets high-performance memory products, including Very Fast static random access memory, or SRAM, that are incorporated in high-performance networking and telecommunications equipment, such as routers, switches, wide area network infrastructure equipment, wireless base stations, and network access equipment. It sells these products to original equipment manufacturers, and customers including Nokia. In addition, it serves the ongoing needs of the military, aerospace, industrial, test and measurement equipment, and automotive and medical markets for high-performance SRAMs. It operates geographically in China, Singapore, the Netherlands, Germany, Rest of the world, and the United States.
Executives
Robert Yau director, officer: VP, Engin., Sect. & Director GSI TECHNOLOGY, INC., 2360 OWEN STREET, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Avidan Akerib officer: VP of Associative Computing C/O GSI TECHNOLOGY, INC., 1213 ELKO DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Elizabeth Cholawsky director 1636 LA VISTA DEL OCEANO, SANTA BARBARA CA 93109
Ruey-lin Lu director EMPIA TECHNOLOGY, 2600 AUGUSTINE DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Douglas Schirle officer: CFO GSI TECHNOLOGY, INC., 1213 ELKO DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Didier Lasserre officer: VP, Sales GSI TECHNOLOGY, INC., 2360 OWEN STREET, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Hong-po Hsieh director 20 PARK AVE. II, HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK, HSINCHU F5 308
Kim Le director 1608 PALA RANCH CIRCLE, SAN JOSE CA 95133
Jack A. Bradley director C/O GSI TECHNOLOGY, INC., 1213 ELKO DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Arthur O Whipple director 870 WEST MAUDE AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Ping Tak Wu officer: VP, U.S. Operations GSI TECHNOLOGY, INC., 2360 OWEN STREET, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Barbara H Nelson director C/O QUANTUM CORP, 501 SYCAORE DR, MILPITAS CA 95035
Bor-tay Wu officer: VP, Taiwan Operations GSI TECHNOLOGY, INC., 1213 ELKO DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 94089
Lee-lean Shu director, 10 percent owner, officer: Pres., CEO and Chairman GSI TECHNOLOGY, INC., 1213 ELKO DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 94089
E Thomas Hart director 1277 ORLEANS DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089-1138