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Twenty-First Century Fox (Twenty-First Century Fox) Altman Z-Score : 3.46 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Twenty-First Century Fox 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.

Twenty-First Century Fox has a Altman Z-Score of 3.46, 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 Twenty-First Century Fox's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


Twenty-First Century Fox Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Twenty-First Century Fox'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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Twenty-First Century Fox Altman Z-Score Chart

Twenty-First Century Fox Annual Data
Trend Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.19 2.65 1.91 1.99 2.61

Twenty-First Century Fox Quarterly Data
Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18
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 2.14 2.17 2.61 2.59 3.43

Competitive Comparison of Twenty-First Century Fox's Altman Z-Score

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Twenty-First Century Fox'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.


Twenty-First Century Fox's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Twenty-First Century Fox's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Twenty-First Century Fox's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Twenty-First Century Fox 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.

Twenty-First Century Fox'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*0.3959+1.4*0.3232+3.3*0.253+0.6*2.0383+1.0*0.4711
=3.46

* 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. 2018:
Total Assets was $65,886 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $34,017 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $7,935 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $21,292 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 11554 + 1484 + 1081 + 1331 = $15,450 Mil.
Interest Expense was -294 + -300 + -312 + -311 = $-1,217 Mil.
Revenue was 8499 + 7177 + 7941 + 7420 = $31,037 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $66,554 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $32,651 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
=(34017 - 7935)/65886
=0.3959

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=21292/65886
=0.3232

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(15450 - -1217)/65886
=0.253

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=66553.560/32651
=2.0383

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=31037/65886
=0.4711

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Twenty-First Century Fox has a Altman Z-Score of 3.46 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.


Twenty-First Century Fox  (OTCPK:TFOXL) 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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Twenty-First Century Fox (Twenty-First Century Fox) Business Description

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Address
1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA, 10036
21st Century Fox is a media conglomerate with a wide range of assets: a film studio, which creates television programs and movies; broadcast television, including the Fox broadcast network and local TV stations in the U.S.; cable networks, which comprise over 300 channels around the world; and direct-broadcast satellite TV in the form of Sky, a satellite pay-tv provider in Europe.