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Zhonghua Gas Holdings (HKSE:08246) Altman Z-Score : 1.30 (As of Mar. 24, 2025)


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What is Zhonghua Gas 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 1.23 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Zhonghua Gas Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 1.30, 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 Zhonghua Gas Holdings's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:08246' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.23   Med: 3.35   Max: 11.69
Current: 1.23

During the past 13 years, Zhonghua Gas Holdings's highest Altman Z-Score was 11.69. The lowest was 1.23. And the median was 3.35.


Zhonghua Gas Holdings Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zhonghua Gas 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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Zhonghua Gas Holdings Altman Z-Score Chart

Zhonghua Gas Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.50 1.62 2.68 2.54 1.97

Zhonghua Gas Holdings Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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 2.89 2.78 2.54 2.57 1.97

Competitive Comparison of Zhonghua Gas Holdings's Altman Z-Score

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Zhonghua Gas 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.


Zhonghua Gas Holdings's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Zhonghua Gas Holdings's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Zhonghua Gas 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.

Zhonghua Gas 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*0.3991+1.4*-0.0167+3.3*-0.1085+0.6*1.7477+1.0*0.1494
=1.30

* 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. 2024:
Total Assets was HK$433.51 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$420.51 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$247.51 Mil.
Retained Earnings was HK$-7.22 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 0 + 0 + -31.581 + -17.325 = HK$-48.91 Mil.
Interest Expense was 0 + 0 + -1.735 + -0.134 = HK$-1.87 Mil.
Revenue was 0 + 0 + 61.078 + 3.685 = HK$64.76 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was HK$435.63 Mil.
Total Liabilities was HK$249.26 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
=(420.509 - 247.505)/433.505
=0.3991

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-7.223/433.505
=-0.0167

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-48.906 - -1.869)/433.505
=-0.1085

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=435.631/249.263
=1.7477

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=64.763/433.505
=0.1494

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Zhonghua Gas Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 1.30 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.


Zhonghua Gas Holdings  (HKSE:08246) 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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Zhonghua Gas Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
178 Gloucester Road, 23rd Floor, Chinachem Century Tower, Wan chai, Hong Kong, HKG
Zhonghua Gas Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. Along with its subsidiaries, the company is engaged in the provision of diverse integrated new energy services including technological development, construction and consultancy services in relation to heat supply and coal-to-natural gas conversion, operation of liquefied natural gas stations, coupled with the trading of new energy-related industrial products (New Energy Business); the operation of restaurants and trading of non-staple food (Catering Business) and the leasing of investment properties. The Group has two reportable operating segments, which are Energy Business; and Property Investments. It derives a majority of its revenue from the energy business.
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