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CPP (Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals) Altman Z-Score : N/A (As of Jun. 19, 2025)


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What is Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals 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.

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals 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 Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals'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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Competitive Comparison of Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals'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.


Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score falls into.


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Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals 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.

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals'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*-0.0233+1.4*-2.8257+3.3*-0.8225+0.6*0+1.0*0.1393
=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 Mar. 2016:
Total Assets was $9.19 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $9.18 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $9.40 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-25.97 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -3.325 + -2.396 + 0 + -2.009 = $-7.73 Mil.
Interest Expense was -0.172 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $-0.17 Mil.
Revenue was 1.038 + 0.121 + 0 + 0.121 = $1.28 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $0.00 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $32.04 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
=(9.182 - 9.396)/9.189
=-0.0233

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-25.965/9.189
=-2.8257

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-7.73 - -0.172)/9.189
=-0.8225

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=0.000/32.039
=0

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=1.28/9.189
=0.1393

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals 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.


Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals  (AMEX:CPP) 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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Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Business Description

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Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Inc is a pharmaceutical company. It was originally incorporated under the laws of the state of Arizona on June 9, 2008, as Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, LLC and on December 22, 2009, Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in the state of Delaware. The Company currently operates mainly in the development and commercialization of compound CPP-1X, otherwise known as DFMO or eflornithine. It is involved in familial adenomatous polyposis, neuroblastoma and the prevention of recurrence in colon cancer survivors. However, CPP also has therapeutic prevention approaches for prostate cancer, breast cancer, and skin cancers which will be developed together with the National Cancer Institute (as resources become available in the future) and multiple academic partners. Its competitors are Marina Biotech, Inc., SLA Pharma AG, StemSynergy Therapeutics, Inc. and Thetis Pharmaceuticals LLC. The Company holds license to approximately six issued patents in the United States. The Company's activities are subject to risks and uncertainties including failure to obtain required regulatory approvals to market the products, once developed, in the USA or foreign markets.

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