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CoSine Communications (CoSine Communications) Altman Z-Score : N/A (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is CoSine Communications 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.

CoSine Communications has a Altman Z-Score of N/A, 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 CoSine Communications's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


CoSine Communications Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for CoSine Communications'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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CoSine Communications Altman Z-Score Chart

CoSine Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -17.45 6.01 - - -

CoSine Communications Semi-Annual Data
Dec98 Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09
Altman Z-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -17.45 6.01 - - -

Competitive Comparison of CoSine Communications's Altman Z-Score

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, CoSine Communications'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.


CoSine Communications's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, CoSine Communications's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



CoSine Communications 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.

CoSine Communications'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*0.9896+1.4*-22.8669+3.3*-0.0264+0.6*81.3362+1.0*0
=N/A

* 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. 2009:
Total Assets was $22.60 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $22.59 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.23 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-516.72 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was $-0.60 Mil.
Interest Expense was $0.00 Mil.
Revenue was $0.00 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $18.87 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $0.23 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
=(22.594 - 0.232)/22.597
=0.9896

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-516.724/22.597
=-22.8669

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-0.597 - 0)/22.597
=-0.0264

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=18.870/0.232
=81.3362

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=0/22.597
=0

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

CoSine Communications has a Altman Z-Score of N/A 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.


CoSine Communications  (OTCPK:COSN) 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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CoSine Communications (CoSine Communications) Business Description

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Cosine Communications develops and markets switches and software used telecom service providers to manage their data communication networks. Carriers use CoSine's switches to incorporate virtual private networks, firewalls, virtual routing, secure broadband connections, and similar services into their service offerings. CoSine's software helps to manage the functions of the equipment.
Executives
Jack L Howard director 182 FARMERS LANE, STE 101, SANTA ROSA CA 95405
Charles J Abbe director 2445 WESTSIDE ROAD HEALDSBURG CA 95448
Steel Partners Holdings L.p. 10 percent owner 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Warren G Lichtenstein 10 percent owner C/O STEEL PARTNERS II L P, 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Steel Partners Llc 10 percent owner 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Steel Partners Ii Lp 10 percent owner 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Steel Partners Llc 10 percent owner 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Handy & Harman Ltd. 10 percent owner 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Whx Cs Corp. 10 percent owner 555 THEODORE FREMD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10580
Emh Howard Llc other: See Explanation of Responses 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Steel Partners Ii Master Fund L.p. 10 percent owner C/O MORGAN STANLEY FND SVCS LTD (CAYMAN), CRICKET SQ 2ND FL HUTCHINS DR PO BX 2681, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1111
George Weaver Haywood other: 10% Owner prior to 10/26/05 CARE OF CRONIN AND VRIS, LLP, 380 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
R David Spreng director 3800 FIRST BANK PL, P O BOX 357, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402

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