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Alamo Group (Alamo Group) Altman Z-Score

: 6.15 (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 6.13 is strong.

Alamo Group has a Altman Z-Score of 6.15, 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 Alamo Group's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

ALG' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.53   Med: 4.72   Max: 7.34
Current: 6.13

During the past 13 years, Alamo Group's highest Altman Z-Score was 7.34. The lowest was 3.53. And the median was 4.72.


Alamo Group Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alamo Group'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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Alamo Group 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 3.53 4.41 4.69 4.74 6.19

Alamo Group 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 4.74 4.95 5.05 5.10 6.19

Competitive Comparison

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Alamo Group'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.


Alamo Group Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Alamo Group's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Alamo Group 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.

Alamo Group'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*0.4186+1.4*0.6051+3.3*0.1428+0.6*5.2169+1.0*1.1989
=6.15

* 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 $1,409 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $804 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $214 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $853 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 40.238 + 43.547 + 46.866 + 44.469 = $175 Mil.
Interest Expense was -6.587 + -6.729 + -6.837 + -5.94 = $-26 Mil.
Revenue was 417.542 + 419.644 + 440.694 + 411.771 = $1,690 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $2,486 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $477 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
=(803.957 - 213.926)/1409.386
=0.4186

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=852.859/1409.386
=0.6051

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(175.12 - -26.093)/1409.386
=0.1428

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=2486.486/476.623
=5.2169

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=1689.651/1409.386
=1.1989

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Alamo Group has a Altman Z-Score of 6.15 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.


Alamo Group  (NYSE:ALG) 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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Alamo Group (Alamo Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1627 East Walnut, Seguin, TX, USA, 78155
Alamo Group Inc is engaged in the design and manufacturing of agricultural equipment and infrastructure maintenance equipment. Its products include tractor-mounted mowing and other vegetation maintenance equipment, street sweepers, excavators, vacuum trucks, snow removal equipment, leaf collection equipment, pothole patchers, zero-turn radius mowers, agricultural implements, and related aftermarket parts. The company's reportable segments are Vegetation Management and Industrial Equipment. It generates a majority of its revenue from Vegetation Management. Geographically, the company generates majority of the revenue from the United States.
Executives
Richard Hodges Raborn officer: VP & Gen Mgr Agricultural Div 1627 E. WALNUT ST., SEGUIN TX 78155
Richard J Wehrle officer: VP and Controller 1502 EAST WALNUT, SEGIN TX 78155
Dan Edward Malone officer: EVP & CFO 1502 E WALNUT ST, SEGUIN TX 78155
Edward Rizzuti officer: VP & General Counsel 5550 SW MACADAM AVENUE, SUITE 200, PORTLAND OR 97239
Eric Etchart director ROOM F, 22F CROSS REGION PLAZA, 899 LINGLING ROAD, SHANGHAI F4 200030
Jeffery Allen Leonard other: EVP NA Industrial Div (USA) 1627 E WALNUT ST, SEGUIN TX 78155
Robert P Bauer director 415 HOLIDAY DRIVE, PITTSBURGH PA 15220
Nina C Grooms director 1627 E WALNUT ST, SEGUIN TX 78155
Ronald A Robinson director, officer: President & CEO 1627 EAST WALNUT, SEGUIN TX 78155
Janet S Pollock officer: VP, Human Resources 1627 E WALNUT ST., SEGUIN TX 78155
Michael A Haberman officer: EVP 1627 E WALNUT ST, SEGUIN TX 78155
Lorie Tekorius director ONE CENTERPOINTE DRIVE, SUITE 200, LAKE OSWEGO OR 97035
Lori L Sullivan officer: VP, Internal Audit 1627 E WALNUT ST, SEGUIN TX 78155-5259
David W Grzelak director 1502 E WALNUT ST, SEGUIN TX 78155
Rick Parod director 2707 N 108TH STREET STE102, OMAHA NE 68164