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United Breweries (BOM:532478) Altman Z-Score

: 14.19 (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 14.18 is strong.

United Breweries has a Altman Z-Score of 14.19, 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 United Breweries's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

BOM:532478' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.56   Med: 11.62   Max: 15.28
Current: 14.18

During the past 13 years, United Breweries's highest Altman Z-Score was 15.28. The lowest was 6.56. And the median was 11.62.


United Breweries Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Breweries'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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United Breweries Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.48 9.43 10.28 13.87 12.03

United Breweries 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 15.13 12.03 12.58 12.12 13.73

Competitive Comparison

For the Beverages - Brewers subindustry, United Breweries'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.


United Breweries Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Beverages - Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, United Breweries's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



United Breweries 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.

United Breweries'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*0.2289+1.4*0+3.3*0.0723+0.6*20.8153+1.0*1.1905
=14.19

* 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 ₹63,722 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ₹37,856 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ₹23,268 Mil.
Retained Earnings was ₹0 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 1168.8 + 1440.3 + 1804.7 + 134.8 = ₹4,549 Mil.
Interest Expense was -20.5 + -14.3 + -16.6 + -10.1 = ₹-62 Mil.
Revenue was 18244.6 + 18900.5 + 22747.9 + 15965.6 = ₹75,859 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was ₹489,956 Mil.
Total Liabilities was ₹23,538 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
=(37856.3 - 23268.1)/63721.9
=0.2289

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=0/63721.9
=0

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(4548.6 - -61.5)/63721.9
=0.0723

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=489955.961/23538.3
=20.8153

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=75858.6/63721.9
=1.1905

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

United Breweries has a Altman Z-Score of 14.19 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.


United Breweries  (BOM:532478) 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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United Breweries (BOM:532478) Business Description

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No. 24 Vittal Mallya Road, UB Tower, UB City, Bengaluru, KA, IND, 560 001
United Breweries Ltd brews and sells beer and flavored malt beverages in India. The company has dozens of production facilities in India, and it licenses its brands to be manufactured in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand for sale worldwide. The company's flagship brand is Kingfisher, which is prominent in India and is sold in dozens of countries around the world. It has two segments Beer and Non-alcoholic beverages. It derives the majority of its revenue from the Beer segment. The company's other brands include Bullet, Cannon 10000, Kalyani, UB Export, Zingaroo, and London Pilsner. United Breweries also sells the Heineken brand in India.

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