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Ching Lee Holdings (HKSE:03728) Altman Z-Score : 2.01 (As of Mar. 29, 2025)


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What is Ching Lee 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.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 2 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

Ching Lee Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 2.01, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Ching Lee Holdings is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may face bankrupcy risk.

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 Ching Lee Holdings's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:03728' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.7   Med: 2.76   Max: 11.46
Current: 2

During the past 11 years, Ching Lee Holdings's highest Altman Z-Score was 11.46. The lowest was 1.70. And the median was 2.76.


Ching Lee Holdings Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ching Lee 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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Ching Lee Holdings Altman Z-Score Chart

Ching Lee Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.52 2.87 2.29 1.70 2.08

Ching Lee Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24
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 - 1.70 - 2.08 -

Competitive Comparison of Ching Lee Holdings's Altman Z-Score

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Ching Lee 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.


Ching Lee Holdings's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Ching Lee Holdings's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Ching Lee 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.

Ching Lee 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*0.0968+1.4*0.1073+3.3*0.0433+0.6*0.0893+1.0*1.5437
=2.01

* 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 HK$581 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$509 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$452 Mil.
Retained Earnings was HK$62 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was HK$14 Mil.
Interest Expense was HK$-12 Mil.
Revenue was HK$897 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was HK$41 Mil.
Total Liabilities was HK$454 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
=(508.654 - 452.406)/580.862
=0.0968

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=62.348/580.862
=0.1073

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(13.501 - -11.648)/580.862
=0.0433

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=40.520/453.854
=0.0893

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=896.689/580.862
=1.5437

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Ching Lee Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 2.01 indicating it is in Grey Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


Ching Lee Holdings  (HKSE:03728) 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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Ching Lee Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
28 Shanghai Street, Room 203-204, 2nd Floor, Hang Bong Commercial Centre, Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
Ching Lee Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. It is engaged in providing substructure building works services, superstructure building works services, and repair, maintenance, alteration, and addition works services. Substructure building works refer to building works about the parts of the structure below or above the ground level respectively while the repair, maintenance, alteration, and addition work services segment accounts for existing structing. The superstructure works projects consist of demolition and hoarding, site formation and foundation work and the RMAA works services segment. The majority of the company's revenue comes from the superstructure building work services. The group is based in Hong Kong.
Executives
Ng Choi Wah 2101 Beneficial owner

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