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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 4.64 is strong.
MercadoLibre has a Altman Z-Score of 4.64, 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 MercadoLibre's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 13 years, MercadoLibre's highest Altman Z-Score was 11.37. The lowest was 3.45. And the median was 6.15.
The historical data trend for MercadoLibre'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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11.37 | 5.95 | 3.45 | 4.82 | 4.03 |
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4.82 | 4.48 | 4.69 | 4.88 | 4.03 |
For the Internet Retail subindustry, MercadoLibre'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.
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, MercadoLibre's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where MercadoLibre's Altman Z-Score falls into.
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.
MercadoLibre'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 | * | 0.1405 | + | 1.4 | * | 0.1513 | + | 3.3 | * | 0.1031 | + | 0.6 | * | 5.1606 | + | 1.0 | * | 0.8246 | |
= | 4.64 |
* 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 $25,196 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $20,142 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $16,603 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $3,812 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 763 + 520 + 668 + 481 = $2,432 Mil.
Interest Expense was -48 + -40 + -39 + -38 = $-165 Mil.
Revenue was 6059 + 5312 + 5073 + 4333 = $20,777 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $107,573 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $20,845 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 | |
= | (20142 - 16603) | / | 25196 | |
= | 0.1405 |
X2 | = | Retained Earnings | / | Total Assets |
= | 3812 | / | 25196 | |
= | 0.1513 |
X3 | = | Earnings Before Interest and Taxes | / | Total Assets |
= | (Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense) | / | Total Assets | |
= | (2432 - -165) | / | 25196 | |
= | 0.1031 |
X4 | = | Market Value Equity | / | Book Value of Total Liabilities |
= | Market Cap | / | Total Liabilities | |
= | 107573.239 | / | 20845 | |
= | 5.1606 |
X5 | = | Revenue | / | Total Assets |
= | 20777 | / | 25196 | |
= | 0.8246 |
The zones of discrimination were as such:
Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones
MercadoLibre has a Altman Z-Score of 4.64 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.
MercadoLibre (NAS:MELI) 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.
Read more about Altman Z-Score and the original research.
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Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.
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Emiliano Calemzuk | director | C/O MERCADOLIBRE, INC., TRONADOR 4890, 8TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1430DNN |
De La Serna Juan Martin | officer: Executive VP Corporate Affairs | AV. PTE. PERON 2375, LOTE MN04, PILAR, BUENOS AIRES C1 1629 |
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