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.
Diamond Foods has a Altman Z-Score of 1.42, 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 Diamond Foods's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:
Diamond Foods Altman Z-Score Historical Data
The historical data trend for Diamond Foods'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.
Competitive Comparison of Diamond Foods's Altman Z-Score
For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Diamond Foods'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.
Diamond Foods's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Diamond Foods's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Diamond Foods's Altman Z-Score falls into.
Diamond Foods 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.
Diamond Foods'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
*
0.1153
+
1.4
*
-0.2194
+
3.3
*
0.0588
+
0.6
*
1.2249
+
1.0
*
0.6572
=
1.42
* 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.
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.
Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.
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Diamond Foods (Diamond Foods) Business Description
Diamond Foods Inc was incorporated in Delaware in 2005 as the successor to Diamond Walnut Growers, Inc., a member-owned California agricultural cooperative association. In July 2005, Diamond Walnut Growers, Inc. merged with and into Diamond Foods, Inc., converted from a cooperative association to a Delaware corporation and completed an initial public offering of Diamond Foods' common stock. The Company is a packaged food company focused on building and energizing brands. It is engaged in processing, marketing and distributing snack products and culinary, in-shell and ingredient nuts. The Company's segments include Snacks and Nuts. The Company sells snack products under Kettle Brand(r) and Pop Secret(r) brands. Microwave popcorn products are offered in traditional flavors. In March 2010, the Company complemented its snack portfolio with the acquisition of Kettle Foods, a premium potato chip company. Kettle Foods products are offered in a variety of flavors and sizes. Its snack products are typically available in grocery store snack, natural and produce aisles, mass merchandisers, club stores, convenience stores, drug stores, natural food stores and other places where snacks are sold. Under the nuts segment the Company sells nut products under the Emerald brand, and Diamond of California(r) brand in grocery store baking aisles and produce aisles and through mass merchandisers and club stores. Culinary nuts are marketed to individuals who prepare meals or baked goods at home and who value fresh, high-quality products. The Company also sell in-shell nuts under the Diamond of California(r) brand during the winter holiday season. Its non-retail nut business includes international markets and North American ingredient customers. It market ingredient nuts internationally under the Diamond of California(r) brand to food processors, restaurants, bakeries and food service companies and their suppliers. Diamond's institutional and industrial customers use its standard or customer-specified products to add flavor and texture in their product offerings. It also sells in-shell nuts to international markets. Emerald products include roasted, glazed and flavored nuts, trail mixes, granola, dried fruit and similar offerings that are sold where snack nuts and convenient breakfast items are sold. The Company obtains its raw materials from domestic and international sources. The Company's products competes with other food industries. It is subject to governmental laws and regulations.
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