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Harmony Gold Mining Co (Harmony Gold Mining Co) Altman Z-Score : 4.06 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Harmony Gold Mining Co 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.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 4.08 is strong.

Harmony Gold Mining Co has a Altman Z-Score of 4.06, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Altman Z-Score is strong.

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 Harmony Gold Mining Co's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

HMY' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.19   Med: 1   Max: 4.08
Current: 4.08

During the past 13 years, Harmony Gold Mining Co's highest Altman Z-Score was 4.08. The lowest was 0.19. And the median was 1.00.


Harmony Gold Mining Co Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Harmony Gold Mining Co'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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Harmony Gold Mining Co Altman Z-Score Chart

Harmony Gold Mining Co Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.85 1.54 2.27 1.82 2.53

Harmony Gold Mining Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 - 1.82 - 2.53 -

Competitive Comparison of Harmony Gold Mining Co's Altman Z-Score

For the Gold subindustry, Harmony Gold Mining Co'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.


Harmony Gold Mining Co's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Harmony Gold Mining Co's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Harmony Gold Mining Co's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Harmony Gold Mining Co 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.

Harmony Gold Mining Co'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*0.0316+1.4*-0.0866+3.3*0.1328+0.6*4.7345+1.0*0.8608
=4.06

* 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 Jun. 2023:
Total Assets was $3,054 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $463 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $366 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-264 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was $352 Mil.
Interest Expense was $-53 Mil.
Revenue was $2,629 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $5,648 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $1,193 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
=(462.955 - 366.342)/3053.647
=0.0316

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-264.34/3053.647
=-0.0866

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(352.418 - -53.028)/3053.647
=0.1328

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=5647.653/1192.864
=4.7345

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=2628.729/3053.647
=0.8608

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Harmony Gold Mining Co has a Altman Z-Score of 4.06 indicating it is in Safe Zones.

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


Harmony Gold Mining Co  (NYSE:HMY) 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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Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Harmony Gold Mining Co (Harmony Gold Mining Co) Business Description

Address
Corner Main Reef Road and Ward Avenue, Randfontein Office Park, Randfontein, ZAF, 1759
Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd is a gold mining and exploration company having operations in South Africa and Papua New Guinea (PNG). Its projects include Bambanani, Joel, Masimong, Phakisa, Target 1, Tshepong, Unisel, Doornkop, and Kusasalethu. The group's segments are Tshepong Operations, Bambanani, Joel, Doornkop, Moab Khotsong, Hidden Valley, Target 1, Kusasalethu, Masimong, Unisel, and all other surface operations.

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