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KEYW Holding (KEYW Holding) Altman Z-Score : 1.31 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is KEYW Holding 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.

KEYW Holding has a Altman Z-Score of 1.31, 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 KEYW Holding's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


KEYW Holding Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for KEYW Holding'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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KEYW Holding Altman Z-Score Chart

KEYW Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.24 1.35 1.90 0.93 1.07

KEYW Holding Quarterly Data
Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19
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 1.17 1.27 1.25 1.07 1.12

Competitive Comparison of KEYW Holding's Altman Z-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, KEYW Holding'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.


KEYW Holding's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



KEYW Holding 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.

KEYW Holding'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*0.0756+1.4*-0.2028+3.3*-0.0043+0.6*1.3499+1.0*0.7031
=1.31

* 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 Mar. 2019:
Total Assets was $703.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $143.1 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $90.0 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-142.8 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -5.027 + -6.666 + -2.672 + -13.521 = $-27.9 Mil.
Interest Expense was -6.308 + -6.433 + -6.24 + -5.907 = $-24.9 Mil.
Revenue was 113.761 + 126.268 + 126.69 + 128.14 = $494.9 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $563.4 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $417.4 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
=(143.144 - 89.966)/703.849
=0.0756

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-142.759/703.849
=-0.2028

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-27.886 - -24.888)/703.849
=-0.0043

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=563.430/417.374
=1.3499

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=494.859/703.849
=0.7031

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

KEYW Holding has a Altman Z-Score of 1.31 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.


KEYW Holding  (NAS:KEYW) 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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KEYW Holding (KEYW Holding) Business Description

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Address
7740 Milestone Parkway, Suite 400, Hanover, MD, USA, 21076
KEYW Holding is a provider of mission-critical cybersecurity, cybersuperiority, and geospatial intelligence solutions to U.S. government defense, intelligence, and national security agencies. Its solution includes collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence information in cyberspace and geospace domains. The company derives revenue from fixed-price contracts and software licensing and maintenance. KEYW Holding generates a large majority of its revenue from the U.S. Department of Defense, and the rest of it from other intelligence agencies and commercial enterprises in the United States.
Executives
John C Inglis director 605 HILLSMERE DRIVE, ANNAPOLIS MD 21403
Shephard W Hill director C/O THE KEYW HOLDING CORPORATION, 7440 MILESTONE PARKWAY, SUITE 400, HANOVER MD 21076
Mark W Sopp director 601 JEFFERSON STREET, SUITE 3400, HOUSTON TX 77002
William I Campbell director 270 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Arthur L Money director 2 S. BISCAYNE BLVD., SUITE 2800, MIAMI FL 33131
Kenneth A Minihan director
Randall M Griffin director
Parag Saxena 10 percent owner 250 WEST 55TH STREET, SUITE 13D, NEW YORK NY 10019