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Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (Keryx Biopharmaceuticals) Altman Z-Score : -8.01 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Keryx Biopharmaceuticals 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.

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals has a Altman Z-Score of -8.01, 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 Keryx Biopharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

KERX' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -22.63   Med: 4.55   Max: 228.54
Current: -7.96

During the past 13 years, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals's highest Altman Z-Score was 228.54. The lowest was -22.63. And the median was 4.55.


Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Keryx Biopharmaceuticals'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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Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Altman Z-Score Chart

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 29.55 16.30 -2.27 -7.38 -8.01

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18
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 -6.46 -8.01 -9.90 -7.79 -7.95

Competitive Comparison of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals'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.


Keryx Biopharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Keryx Biopharmaceuticals 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.

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals'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*0.4566+1.4*-6.9726+3.3*-0.1798+0.6*1.9634+1.0*0.6207
=-8.01

* 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 Sep. 2018:
Total Assets was $151.78 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $126.41 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $57.10 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-1,058.33 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -16.995 + -21.518 + -22.53 + -30.724 = $-91.77 Mil.
Interest Expense was -0.144 + -1.367 + 0 + -62.965 = $-64.48 Mil.
Revenue was 28.036 + 25.749 + 21.751 + 18.682 = $94.22 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $404.46 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $206.00 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
=(126.412 - 57.1)/151.784
=0.4566

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-1058.331/151.784
=-6.9726

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-91.767 - -64.476)/151.784
=-0.1798

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=404.460/206.003
=1.9634

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=94.218/151.784
=0.6207

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals has a Altman Z-Score of -8.01 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.


Keryx Biopharmaceuticals  (NAS:KERX) 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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Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (Keryx Biopharmaceuticals) Business Description

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Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc focuses on developing medicines to people with kidney diseases. The marketed product of the company is auryxia tablet, which is a iron based medicine.
Executives
Scott A Holmes officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC 1 MARINA PARK DR., 10TH FLOOR BOSTON MA 02210
Daniel Paul Regan director C/O INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 18 DESBROSSES ST., NEW YORK NY 10013
Jodie Pope Morrison director, officer: Interim CEO C/O TOKAI PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., ONE BROADWAY, 14TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Mark J Enyedy director C/O FATE THERAPEUTICS, INC., 3535 GENERAL ATOMICS COURT, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Michael Thomas Heffernan director C/O CORNERSTONE THERAPEUTICS INC., 1255 CRESCENT GREEN DRIVE, SUITE 250, CARY NC 27518
Steven C Gilman director 110 HARTWELL AVENUE, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Michael W Rogers director C/O KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC, ONE MARINA PARK DRIVE, BOSTON MA 02210
Baupost Group Gp, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 10 ST. JAMES AVENUE, SUITE 1700, BOSTON MA 02116
Baupost Group Llc/ma director, 10 percent owner 10 ST JAMES AVE, SUITE 1700, BOSTON MA 02116
Seth A Klarman 10 percent owner 10 ST JAMES AVENUE, STE 1700, BOSTON MA 02116
Greg Madison director, officer: President and CEO ONE MARINA PARK DRIVE LEXINGTON MA 02210
Brian Adams officer: General Counsel and Secretary 750 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
John P. Butler director C/O RELYPSA, INC., 700 SAGINAW DR., REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Sak Corp 10 percent owner 10 ST JAMES AVENUE, STE 1700, BOSTON MA 02116
Oliviero James F Iii officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 750 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022