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SciClone Pharmaceuticals (SciClone Pharmaceuticals) Altman Z-Score : 14.33 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is SciClone Pharmaceuticals 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.

SciClone Pharmaceuticals has a Altman Z-Score of 14.33, 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 SciClone Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


SciClone Pharmaceuticals Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for SciClone Pharmaceuticals'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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SciClone Pharmaceuticals Altman Z-Score Chart

SciClone Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.21 5.39 10.82 8.56 13.97

SciClone Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17
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 19.71 14.17 13.97 16.72 14.16

Competitive Comparison of SciClone Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, SciClone Pharmaceuticals'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.


SciClone Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, SciClone Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



SciClone Pharmaceuticals 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.

SciClone Pharmaceuticals'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*0.7326+1.4*-0.2202+3.3*0.1684+0.6*20.9753+1.0*0.6196
=14.33

* 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 Jun. 2017:
Total Assets was $277.6 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $231.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $27.6 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-61.1 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 12.781 + 15.608 + 7.183 + 11.172 = $46.7 Mil.
Interest Expense was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.0 Mil.
Revenue was 44.52 + 42.892 + 44.062 + 40.544 = $172.0 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $581.9 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $27.7 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
=(231.008 - 27.627)/277.611
=0.7326

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-61.12/277.611
=-0.2202

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(46.744 - 0)/277.611
=0.1684

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=581.940/27.744
=20.9753

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=172.018/277.611
=0.6196

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

SciClone Pharmaceuticals has a Altman Z-Score of 14.33 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.


SciClone Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:SCLN) 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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SciClone Pharmaceuticals (SciClone Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

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SciClone Pharmaceuticals Inc is a specialty pharmaceutical company with a substantial commercial business in China and a product portfolio of therapies for oncology, infectious diseases and cardiovascular disorders.
Executives
Richard J Hawkins director 950 TOWER LANE, SUITE 900, FOSTER CITY CA 94404-2125
Nancy T Chang director 101 WESTCOTT, SUITE 603, HOUSTON TX 77007
Raymond Anthony Low director, officer: VP, Finance & Controller 25 SHADOW TREE CT, DANVILLE CA 94506
Wilson Wai-shun Cheung officer: CFO & Senior VP, Finance SCICLONE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 950 TOWER LANE, SUITE 900, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Jon S Saxe director FIRST HORIZON PHARMACEUTICAL CORP, 660 HEMBREE PKWY STE 106, ROSWELL GA 30076
Anthony Gregg Lapointe director PO BOX 83216, GAITHERSBURG MD 20883-3216
Robert King officer: SVP of Prod. Dev/Supply Chain 950 TOWER LANE, SUITE 900, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Winnie Wing-kei Tso other: VP, Finance and Controller 950 TOWER LANE, SUITE 900, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Stephanie Wong officer: VP, Finance and Controller 343 OYSTER POINT BLVD #200, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Gary Titus officer: Senior VP Finance & CFO SCICLONE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 950 TOWER LANE, SUITE 900, FOSTER CITY CA 94404-2125
Peter Barrett director C/O ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 300 THIRD STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
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