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Core Scientific (Core Scientific) Altman Z-Score : -2.66 (As of May. 22, 2024)


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What is Core Scientific 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 -2.66 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Core Scientific has a Altman Z-Score of -2.66, 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 Core Scientific's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

CORZQ' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -11.56   Med: -5.8   Max: 0.82
Current: -2.66

During the past 5 years, Core Scientific's highest Altman Z-Score was 0.82. The lowest was -11.56. And the median was -5.80.


Core Scientific Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Core Scientific'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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Core Scientific Altman Z-Score Chart

Core Scientific Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
- - - -11.56 -5.19

Core Scientific Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -10.63 -7.02 -6.14 -5.19 -

Competitive Comparison of Core Scientific's Altman Z-Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Core Scientific'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.


Core Scientific's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Core Scientific's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Core Scientific 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.

Core Scientific'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*0.0064+1.4*-2.7145+3.3*0.0806+0.6*0.3034+1.0*0.6893
=-2.66

* 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 Mar. 2024:
Total Assets was $814.0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $143.3 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $138.1 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-2,209.5 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 210.897 + -195.357 + -41.032 + -9.131 = $-34.6 Mil.
Interest Expense was -14.087 + -83.921 + -2.196 + 0 = $-100.2 Mil.
Revenue was 179.291 + 141.929 + 112.904 + 126.912 = $561.0 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $343.6 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $1,132.5 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
=(143.32 - 138.145)/813.968
=0.0064

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-2209.522/813.968
=-2.7145

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-34.623 - -100.204)/813.968
=0.0806

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=343.559/1132.477
=0.3034

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=561.036/813.968
=0.6893

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Core Scientific has a Altman Z-Score of -2.66 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.


Core Scientific  (OTCPK:CORZQ) 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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Be Aware

Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Core Scientific (Core Scientific) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
210 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX, USA, 78704
Core Scientific Inc is engaged in Blockchain and AI Infrastructure, Digital Asset Self-Mining, Premium Hosting, Blockchain Technology, and Artificial Intelligence related services. The business operates in two segments being; Equipment Sales and Hosting which consists of blockchain infrastructure, third-party hosting business and equipment sales to customers. Mining segment consists of digital asset mining for its account. The blockchain business generates revenue from the sale of consumption-based contracts and by providing hosting services. The digital asset mining segment earns revenue from operating a firm's owned computer equipment as part of a pool of users that process transactions conducted on one or more blockchain networks. In exchange, it receives digital currency assets.
Executives
Adam Taylor Sullivan officer: President C/O CORE SCIENTIFIC, INC., 2407 S. CONGRESS AVENUE, AUSTIN TX 78704
Darin Feinstein director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Vision Officer 2800 NORTHUP WAY, SUITE 220, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Sterling Denise Marie Brucia officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CORE SCIENTIFIC, INC., 201 BARTON SPRINGS ROAD, AUSTIN TX 78704
Matt Minnis director 2800 NORTHUP WAY, SUITE 220, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Brian Neville officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O CORE SCIENTIFIC, INC., 2800 NORTHROP WAY, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Todd M Duchene officer: EVP, GC and Secretary 847 GIBRALTAR DR., MILPITAS CA 95035
Michael Trzupek officer: Chief Financial Officer 2800 NORTHUP WAY, SUITE 220, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Stacie Olivares director 2525 E. CAMELBACK RD., STE 850, PHOENIX AZ 85016
Jarvis V. Hollingsworth director 100 WEST HOUSTON STREET, SAN ANTONIO TX 78205
Michael J Levitt director, officer: Chief Executive Officer KAYNE ANDERSON CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P., 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, 3RD FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Dr Kneeland Youngblood director C/O GAP, INC., 2 FOLSOM ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
John P Mcgarrity officer: General Counsel and Secretary 321 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60054
Sullivan Colleen director 420 EXECUTIVE SQUARE SUITE 300, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Theodore J Brombach 10 percent owner 321 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60054
Patrick C Eilers director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA STE 3800, CHICAGO IL 60602

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