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Instructure (Instructure) Altman Z-Score : 0.72 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Instructure 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.

Instructure has a Altman Z-Score of 0.72, 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 Instructure's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


Instructure Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Instructure'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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Instructure Altman Z-Score Chart

Instructure Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2.45 0.46 2.68 4.70 3.62

Instructure Quarterly Data
Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19
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 4.70 5.45 3.06 2.54 3.62

Competitive Comparison of Instructure's Altman Z-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Instructure'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.


Instructure's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Instructure's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Instructure 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.

Instructure'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*0.0157+1.4*-0.9476+3.3*-0.2297+0.6*3.4791+1.0*0.7033
=0.72

* 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. 2019:
Total Assets was $367.5 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $183.1 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $177.4 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-348.2 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -22.322 + -20.765 + -22.457 + -18.895 = $-84.4 Mil.
Interest Expense was -0.005 + 0 + -0.006 + -0.005 = $-0.0 Mil.
Revenue was 69.195 + 68.335 + 62.867 + 58.076 = $258.5 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $772.2 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $221.9 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
=(183.125 - 177.36)/367.5
=0.0157

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-348.241/367.5
=-0.9476

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-84.439 - -0.016)/367.5
=-0.2297

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=772.153/221.943
=3.4791

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=258.473/367.5
=0.7033

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Instructure has a Altman Z-Score of 0.72 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.


Instructure  (NYSE:INST) 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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Instructure (Instructure) Business Description

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6330 South 3000 East, Suite 700, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 84121
Instructure Inc provides cloud-based learning management platform for academic institutions and companies worldwide. The company offers its platform through a Software-as-a-Service business model. It develops Canvas, a learning management application for the education market; and Bridge for the corporate market to enable its customers in developing, delivering, and managing face-to-face and online learning experiences. Geographically, it operates in the market of the United States and its business is also expanding internationally and it derives revenue from Subscription and support source.
Executives
Kevin B Thompson director C/O RED HAT, INC, 1801 VARSITY DRIVE, RALEIGH NC 27606
Steven A Collins director 20 N. MERIDIAN STREET, SUITE 200, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46204
Ellen Levy director C/O INSTRUCTURE, INC., 6330 SOUTH 3000 EAST, SUITE 700, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84121
Jim Steele director C/O INTRALINKS, INC., 150 E. 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017
Openview Management, Llc 10 percent owner C/O OPENVIEW VENTURE PARTNERS, 303 CONGRESS STREET, 6TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02210
Byron B Deeter director C/O BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS, 1865 PALMER AVENUE SUITE 104, LARCHMONT NY 10538
Insight Venture Partners Viii (co-investors), L.p. 10 percent owner 680 FIFTH AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Insight Venture Associates Viii, Ltd. 10 percent owner 1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 36TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
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Insight Venture Partners Coinvestment Fund (delaware) Iii, L.p. 10 percent owner 680 FIFTH AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
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