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Alaska Communications Systems Group (Alaska Communications Systems Group) Altman Z-Score : 0.82 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is Alaska Communications Systems Group 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.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.83 is in distress zone. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Alaska Communications Systems Group has a Altman Z-Score of 0.82, 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 Alaska Communications Systems Group's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

ALSK' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.34   Med: 0.68   Max: 1.84
Current: 0.83

During the past 13 years, Alaska Communications Systems Group's highest Altman Z-Score was 1.84. The lowest was -0.34. And the median was 0.68.


Alaska Communications Systems Group Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alaska Communications Systems Group'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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Alaska Communications Systems Group Altman Z-Score Chart

Alaska Communications Systems Group Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.85 0.91 0.91 0.77 0.87

Alaska Communications Systems Group Quarterly Data
Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21
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 0.79 0.87 0.84 0.87 0.82

Competitive Comparison of Alaska Communications Systems Group's Altman Z-Score

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Alaska Communications Systems Group'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.


Alaska Communications Systems Group's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Alaska Communications Systems Group's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alaska Communications Systems Group's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Alaska Communications Systems Group 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.

Alaska Communications Systems Group'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*0.0295+1.4*0.0177+3.3*0.0169+0.6*0.4603+1.0*0.4282
=0.82

* 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 Mar. 2021:
Total Assets was $567.5 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $80.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $63.7 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $10.0 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 0.702 + -8.453 + 3.221 + 3.412 = $-1.1 Mil.
Interest Expense was -2.652 + -2.643 + -2.659 + -2.739 = $-10.7 Mil.
Revenue was 60.668 + 62.333 + 60.514 + 59.456 = $243.0 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $184.5 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $400.9 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
=(80.468 - 63.702)/567.485
=0.0295

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=10.048/567.485
=0.0177

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-1.118 - -10.693)/567.485
=0.0169

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=184.531/400.893
=0.4603

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=242.971/567.485
=0.4282

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Alaska Communications Systems Group has a Altman Z-Score of 0.82 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.


Alaska Communications Systems Group  (NAS:ALSK) 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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Alaska Communications Systems Group (Alaska Communications Systems Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
600 Telephone Avenue, Anchorage, AK, USA, 99503-6091
Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc is a US-based fiber broadband and managed information technology services provider. The company is focused primarily on business and wholesale customers in and out of Alaska. It provides local, long-distance, and wireless telephone services, Internet access, and data services to residential and business customers.
Executives
Peter D Ley director C/O ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 600 TELEPHONE AVENUE, MS#65 ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Leonard Steinberg officer: SVP, Legal/Reg/Gov & Corp Sec.
Debra Morse officer: Vice President, HR C/O ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 600 TELEPHONE AVENUE ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Jim Gutcher officer: VP, Strategy and Product Mgt. C/O ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 600 TELEPHONE AVENUE ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Beth Barnes officer: VP, Mass Markets and Marketing C/O ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 600 TELEPHONE AVENUE ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Tiffany Hoogerhyde officer: VP, Finance & Controller C/O ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 600 TELEPHONE AVENUE ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Sean Lindamood officer: VP, Business Sales C/O ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 600 TELEPHONE AVE. ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Richard Benken officer: VP Network Strategy C/O ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 600 TELEPHONE AVE ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Aurora David officer: VP, Information Technology C/O ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 600 TELEPHONE AVE. ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Diedre Williams officer: SVP, Operations C/O ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 600 TELEPHONE AVE. ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Laurie Butcher officer: Chief Financial Officer 600 TELEPHONE AVENUE ANCHORAGE AK 99503
William H Bishop officer: President and CEO 600 TELEPHONE AVE. MS #65 ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Brian A Ross director 600 TELEPHONE AVE, MS#65, ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Peter D Aquino director MOTIENT CORP, 300 KNIGHTBRIDGE PARKWAY, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Benjamin Duster director 200 E. 84ST, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10028

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