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Origin Agritech (Origin Agritech) Altman Z-Score : -2.83 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Origin Agritech 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.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -2.83 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Origin Agritech has a Altman Z-Score of -2.83, 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 Origin Agritech's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SEED' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -12.25   Med: -2.81   Max: 0.32
Current: -2.83

During the past 13 years, Origin Agritech's highest Altman Z-Score was 0.32. The lowest was -12.25. And the median was -2.81.


Origin Agritech Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Origin Agritech'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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Origin Agritech Altman Z-Score Chart

Origin Agritech Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.31 -4.03 -12.25 -7.28 -2.85

Origin Agritech Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 -12.25 - -7.28 - -2.85

Competitive Comparison of Origin Agritech's Altman Z-Score

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Origin Agritech'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.


Origin Agritech's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Origin Agritech's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Origin Agritech 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.

Origin Agritech'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*-0.7198+1.4*-2.5223+3.3*0.2676+0.6*0.4813+1.0*0.3912
=-2.83

* 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 Sep. 2023:
Total Assets was $32.68 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $19.43 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $42.95 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-82.43 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was $8.61 Mil.
Interest Expense was $-0.14 Mil.
Revenue was $12.79 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $21.09 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $43.82 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
=(19.428 - 42.952)/32.681
=-0.7198

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-82.43/32.681
=-2.5223

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(8.609 - -0.135)/32.681
=0.2676

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=21.090/43.816
=0.4813

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=12.785/32.681
=0.3912

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Origin Agritech has a Altman Z-Score of -2.83 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.


Origin Agritech  (NAS:SEED) 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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Origin Agritech (Origin Agritech) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 21 Sheng Ming Yuan Road, Changping District, Beijing, CHN, 102206
Origin Agritech Ltd is a Chinese agricultural technology company. In crop seed biotechnologies, the company's phytase corn was the first transgenic corn to receive the Bio-Safety Certificate from China's Ministry of Agriculture. Origin has established a robust biotechnology seed pipeline including products with glyphosate tolerance and pest resistance (Bt) traits.
Executives
Jeff Feinberg 10 percent owner 20600 NORTHRIDGE ROAD, CHATSWORTH CA 91311
Steven Urbach director C/O CHARDAN CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, 17 STATE STREET, SUITE 2575, NEW YORK NY 10004
Michael D Chermak director
Gengchen Han director, officer: Chairman of the Board and CEO 21 SHENGMINGYUAN RD, CHANGPING DISTRICT, BEIJING F4 102206
Bailiang Zhang director 95 WENHUA RD., HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, ZHENGZHOU F4 450002
Dafang Huang director BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 12 ZHONGGUANCUN SOUTH AVE., BEIJING F4 100081
Remo Richli director IM NEUHOF 28, EMMENBRUCKE V8 6020
Richard D Propper officer: VP for Corporate Development
Kerry Propper director CHARDAN CHINA ACQUISITION CORP, 777 SOUTH HIGHWAY 101, SOLANA BEACH CA 92075
Yasheng Yang director, officer: President, Treasurer, COO 21 SHENGMINGYUAN RD, CHANGPING DISTRICT, BEIJING F4 102206
Liang Yuan director, officer: Executive Vice Chairman 21 SHENGMINGYUAN RD, CHANGPING DISTRICT, BEIJING F4 102206