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Blade Air Mobility (Blade Air Mobility) Altman Z-Score

: 2.77 (As of Today)
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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.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 2.77 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

Blade Air Mobility has a Altman Z-Score of 2.77, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Blade Air Mobility is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may face bankrupcy risk.

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 Blade Air Mobility's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

BLDE' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.68   Med: 3.47   Max: 8.88
Current: 2.77

During the past 5 years, Blade Air Mobility's highest Altman Z-Score was 8.88. The lowest was 2.68. And the median was 3.47.


Blade Air Mobility Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blade Air Mobility'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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Blade Air Mobility Annual Data
Trend Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
- - 8.88 3.47 2.68

Blade Air Mobility Quarterly Data
Sep19 Sep20 Dec20 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Altman Z-Score 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 3.47 3.24 3.13 2.51 2.68

Competitive Comparison

For the Airports & Air Services subindustry, Blade Air Mobility'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.


Blade Air Mobility Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Blade Air Mobility's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Blade Air Mobility's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Blade Air Mobility 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.

Blade Air Mobility'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*0.579+1.4*-0.5417+3.3*-0.1951+0.6*4.5157+1.0*0.7635
=2.77

* 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. 2023:
Total Assets was $294.9 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $206.3 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $35.5 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-159.8 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -34.964 + 0.418 + -12.608 + -10.388 = $-57.5 Mil.
Interest Expense was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.0 Mil.
Revenue was 47.478 + 71.442 + 60.989 + 45.271 = $225.2 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $273.8 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $60.6 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
=(206.261 - 35.491)/294.938
=0.579

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-159.754/294.938
=-0.5417

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-57.542 - 0)/294.938
=-0.1951

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=273.822/60.638
=4.5157

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=225.18/294.938
=0.7635

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Blade Air Mobility has a Altman Z-Score of 2.77 indicating it is in Grey Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


Blade Air Mobility  (NAS:BLDE) 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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Be Aware

Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Blade Air Mobility (Blade Air Mobility) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
55 Hudson Yards, 14th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10016
Blade Air Mobility Inc is a technology-powered air mobility platform that provides consumers with a cost-effective and time-efficient alternative to ground transportation for congested routes. The company's Passenger reporting segment arranges charter and by-the-seat flights using helicopters, jets, turboprops, and amphibious seaplanes operating in various locations throughout the United States and abroad. The company's Medical reporting segment includes air medical transporters of human organs in the United States, providing end-to-end logistics for transplant centers and organ procurement organizations utilizing helicopters, jets, turboprops and ground vehicles.
Executives
Seth J Bacon officer: CEO, Trinity Air Medical C/O BLADE AIR MOBILITY, INC., 55 HUDSON YARDS, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Robert S Wiesenthal director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O SONY CORP OF AMERICA, 550 MADISON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10022
William A. Heyburn officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O BLADE AIR MOBILITY, INC., 31 HUDSON YARDS, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Melissa M. Tomkiel officer: President and General Counsel C/O BLADE AIR MOBILITY, INC., 31 HUDSON YARDS, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Amir Cohen officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O BLADE AIR MOBILITY, INC., 31 HUDSON YARDS, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Reginald Love director C/O BRIGHTSPHERE INC., 200 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Eric Affeldt director ONE CEDAR POINT DRIVE, SANDUSKY OH 44870
John Borthwick director C/O BLADE AIR MOBILITY, INC., 55 HUDSON YARDS, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Andrew Lauck director 667 MADISON AVE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10065
Brandon A. Keene officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O BLADE AIR MOBILITY, INC., 31 HUDSON YARDS, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Anatoli Arkhipenko officer: Chief Technology Officer 145 PARK PL, APT 5G, BROOKLYN NY 11217
Kenneth B Lerer director
Edward M Philip director C/O HASBRO, INC., 1011 NEWPORT AVENUE, PAWTUCKET RI 02861
Susan M Lyne director 11 WEST 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10036
Jane C Garvey director P.O. BOX 66100 - HDQLD, CHICAGO IL 60666