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Kingsway Linked Return Of Capital Trust (TSX:KSP.UN.PFD) Altman Z-Score


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What is Kingsway Linked Return Of Capital Trust 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.

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Kingsway Linked Return Of Capital Trust Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kingsway Linked Return Of Capital Trust's Altman Z-Score can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of Kingsway Linked Return Of Capital Trust's Altman Z-Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, Kingsway Linked Return Of Capital Trust'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.


Kingsway Linked Return Of Capital Trust's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Kingsway Linked Return Of Capital Trust's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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Kingsway Linked Return Of Capital Trust  (TSX:KSP.UN.PFD) 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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Kingsway Linked Return Of Capital Trust (TSX:KSP.UN.PFD) Business Description

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Kingsway Linked Return is an investment trust established in Canada. The Company seeks to provide quarterly fixed cumulative distributions of $0.3125 per LROC Preferred Unit. The Company will use the net proceeds of this offering to subscribe for and purchase all of the limited partnership units of KL Limited Partnership. The Company's activities are managed by Scotia Managed Companies Administration Inc., and overseen by the trustees of the Trust.

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