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Blackhawk Network Holdings (Blackhawk Network Holdings) Altman Z-Score : 1.56 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Blackhawk Network Holdings 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.

Blackhawk Network Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 1.56, 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 Blackhawk Network Holdings's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


Blackhawk Network Holdings Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blackhawk Network Holdings'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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Blackhawk Network Holdings Altman Z-Score Chart

Blackhawk Network Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.16 1.33 1.32 1.05 0.85

Blackhawk Network Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.59 1.61 1.45 0.85 1.55

Competitive Comparison of Blackhawk Network Holdings's Altman Z-Score

For the Credit Services subindustry, Blackhawk Network Holdings'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.


Blackhawk Network Holdings's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Blackhawk Network Holdings's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Blackhawk Network Holdings's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Blackhawk Network Holdings 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.

Blackhawk Network Holdings'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*-0.0409+1.4*0.0228+3.3*-0.003+0.6*1.2659+1.0*0.8268
=1.56

* 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. 2018:
Total Assets was $2,726 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,148 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,259 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $62 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -27.093 + 16.277 + -19.444 + -10.785 = $-41 Mil.
Interest Expense was -7.786 + -10.724 + -7.374 + -7.051 = $-33 Mil.
Revenue was 429.208 + 941.965 + 419.259 + 463.146 = $2,254 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $2,579 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $2,037 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
=(1148.076 - 1259.464)/2725.666
=-0.0409

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=62.097/2725.666
=0.0228

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-41.045 - -32.935)/2725.666
=-0.003

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=2578.830/2037.101
=1.2659

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=2253.578/2725.666
=0.8268

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Blackhawk Network Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 1.56 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.


Blackhawk Network Holdings  (NAS:HAWK) 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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Blackhawk Network Holdings (Blackhawk Network Holdings) Business Description

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Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc is a United States-based prepaid payment network. It utilizes proprietary technology to offer to consumers and businesses a broad selection of prepaid cards in physical and electronic forms, as well as complementary prepaid products, payment services, and incentives solutions. Blackhawk's product offerings include single-use gift cards, loyalty, incentive and reward products and services; prepaid telecom products and prepaid financial services products, including general purpose reloadable (GPR) cards, and its reload network. The company distributes these prepaid products across multiple high-traffic channels such as grocery, convenience, specialty and online retailers in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia.
Executives
Arun Sarin director C/O SAFEWAY INC., 5918 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Hoskins Roche L Talbott director, officer: President and CEO C/O BLACKHAWK NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC., 6220 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Robert B Henske director 2535 GARCIA AVE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Paul Hazen director P O BOX 7070, CARMEL CA 93921
Robert L Edwards director C/O IMATION CORP, 1 IMATION PL, OAKDALE MN 55128
Mohan S Gyani director 7277 164TH AVE NE, BLDG1, REDMOND WA 98052
Jane J. Thompson director 628 GREEN VALLEY ROAD, SUITE 500, GREENSBORO NC 27408
Steven A Burd director C/O SAFEWAY INC, 5918 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Thomas Barnds director C/O ACCEL-KKR CAPITAL PARTNERS III, LP, 2500 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 300, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Jeffrey H Fox director ONE ALLIED DRIVE, LITTLE ROCK AR 72202
Probst Lawrence F Iii director 209 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Juli Spottiswood officer: SVP/GM Engagement Solutions 3250 BRIARPARK DRIVE, SUITE 400, HOUSTON TX 77042

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