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Microwave Filter Co (Microwave Filter Co) Altman Z-Score : 3.88 (As of Jun. 23, 2024)


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What is Microwave Filter 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.

Microwave Filter Co has a Altman Z-Score of 3.88, 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 Microwave Filter Co's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


Microwave Filter Co Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Microwave Filter 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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Microwave Filter Co Altman Z-Score Chart

Microwave Filter Co Annual Data
Trend Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.01 2.72 3.49 2.86 3.55

Microwave Filter Co Quarterly Data
Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19
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 3.27 3.55 3.33 3.67 3.91

Competitive Comparison of Microwave Filter Co's Altman Z-Score

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Microwave Filter 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.


Microwave Filter Co's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Microwave Filter Co's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Microwave Filter 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.

Microwave Filter 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*0.6299+1.4*-0.4498+3.3*0.0757+0.6*2.2426+1.0*2.1589
=3.88

* 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. 2019:
Total Assets was $1.74 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1.46 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.36 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-0.78 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -0.012 + 0.085 + -0.06 + 0.119 = $0.13 Mil.
Interest Expense was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Revenue was 0.841 + 1.046 + 0.858 + 1.018 = $3.76 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $1.21 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $0.54 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
=(1.459 - 0.361)/1.743
=0.6299

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-0.784/1.743
=-0.4498

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(0.132 - 0)/1.743
=0.0757

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=1.211/0.54
=2.2426

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=3.763/1.743
=2.1589

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Microwave Filter Co has a Altman Z-Score of 3.88 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.


Microwave Filter Co  (OTCPK:MFCO) 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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Microwave Filter Co (Microwave Filter Co) Business Description

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Address
6743 Kinne Street, East Syracuse, Syracuse, NY, USA, 13057
Microwave Filter Co Inc operates in the United States and principally in one Industry. The Company extends credit to business customers, including original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), distributors and other end users, based upon ongoing credit evaluations. MFC designs, develops, manufactures and sells electronic filters, both for radio and microwave frequencies, to help process signal distribution and to prevent unwanted signals from disrupting transmit or receive operations. Markets served include 5G, cable television, television and radio broadcast, satellite broadcast, mobile radio and commercial and defense electronics.
Executives
Hummingbird Value Fund Lp other: See explanation of responses 145 E. 57TH STREET, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Hummingbird Management Llc other: See explanation of responses 145 E. 57TH STREET, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Paul D Sonkin other: See explanation of responses 145 E. 57TH STREET, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Hummingbird Capital Llc other: See explanation of responses 145 E. 57TH STREET, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Tarsier Nanocap Value Fund, Lp other: See explanation of responses C/O HUMMINGBIRD MANAGEMENT, LLC, 145 E. 57TH STREET, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Christopher N Argyrople 10 percent owner 50 MILK STREET, 21ST FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02109

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