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Albemarle & Bond Holdings (LSE:ABM) Altman Z-Score : 1.76 (As of Jun. 22, 2024)


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What is Albemarle & Bond 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.

Albemarle & Bond Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 1.76, 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 Albemarle & Bond Holdings's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


Albemarle & Bond Holdings Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Albemarle & Bond 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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Albemarle & Bond Holdings Altman Z-Score Chart

Albemarle & Bond Holdings Annual Data
Trend Jun04 Jun05 Jun06 Jun07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13
Altman Z-Score
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Albemarle & Bond Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Jun92 Jun93 Jun94 Jun95 Jun96 Jun97 Jun98 Jun01 Jun02 Jun03 Jun04 Jun05 Jun06 Jun07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13
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Competitive Comparison of Albemarle & Bond Holdings's Altman Z-Score

For the Credit Services subindustry, Albemarle & Bond 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.


Albemarle & Bond Holdings's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Albemarle & Bond Holdings's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Albemarle & Bond Holdings's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Albemarle & Bond 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.

Albemarle & Bond 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*0.2272+1.4*0.3822+3.3*0.0479+0.6*0.0581+1.0*0.7614
=1.76

* 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. 2013:
Total Assets was £140.6 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £94.3 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £62.4 Mil.
Retained Earnings was £53.7 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was £4.9 Mil.
Interest Expense was £-1.8 Mil.
Revenue was £107.1 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was £3.7 Mil.
Total Liabilities was £63.7 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
=(94.332 - 62.377)/140.629
=0.2272

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=53.743/140.629
=0.3822

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(4.943 - -1.787)/140.629
=0.0479

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=3.702/63.671
=0.0581

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=107.069/140.629
=0.7614

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Albemarle & Bond Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 1.76 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.


Albemarle & Bond Holdings  (LSE:ABM) 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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Albemarle & Bond Holdings (LSE:ABM) Business Description

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Albemarle & Bond Holdings PLC was incorporated on January 17, 1986. The Company is a holding company engaged in pawnbroking, retail jewellery sales, gold purchasing, unsecured lending, including cheque cashing and other financial services. It has approximately 230 stores and 1,000 employees. Operating under the two brands, Albemarle Bond and Herbert Brown, it provides its customers with a range of services including jewellery retailing, pawnbroking loans, gold purchasing and a range of unsecured loan products. The pawn loan is secured against jewellery for a maximum of six months. The customer can redeem their jewellery by repaying the loan and interest owing at any time without incurring penalties for early redemption. The Company provides short-term loans through three products, PayDay Advances, Speedloans, and Cheque Cashing. PayDay Advances offer customers short-term unsecured loans to meet their cash flow requirements until wages are received. Speedloans provide customers with immediately available installment loans over a longer term of between six and 18 months and Cheque Cashing provides access to their cash for customers who have received cheques. The Company offers a range of new and second hand jewellery. Herbert Brown offers a range of new, second hand and antique jewellery.