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Jazz Pharmaceuticals (Jazz Pharmaceuticals) Altman Z-Score

: 1.35 (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 1.34 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has a Altman Z-Score of 1.35, 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 Jazz Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

JAZZ' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.13   Med: 3   Max: 4.37
Current: 1.34

During the past 13 years, Jazz Pharmaceuticals's highest Altman Z-Score was 4.37. The lowest was 1.13. And the median was 3.00.


Jazz Pharmaceuticals Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Jazz Pharmaceuticals'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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Jazz Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.32 3.13 1.13 1.37 1.41

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.37 1.36 1.28 1.32 1.41

Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Jazz Pharmaceuticals'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.


Jazz Pharmaceuticals Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Jazz Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Jazz Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Jazz Pharmaceuticals 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.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals'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*0.1667+1.4*0.0771+3.3*0.0516+0.6*0.8898+1.0*0.3365
=1.35

* 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 $11,393 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $3,435 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,537 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $879 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 61.526 + 99.518 + 81.784 + 55.101 = $298 Mil.
Interest Expense was -70.324 + -71.497 + -73.47 + -74.147 = $-289 Mil.
Revenue was 1011.935 + 972.14 + 957.317 + 892.812 = $3,834 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $6,812 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $7,656 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
=(3435.428 - 1536.692)/11393.359
=0.1667

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=878.656/11393.359
=0.0771

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(297.929 - -289.438)/11393.359
=0.0516

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=6812.469/7656.362
=0.8898

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=3834.204/11393.359
=0.3365

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has a Altman Z-Score of 1.35 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.


Jazz Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:JAZZ) 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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Jazz Pharmaceuticals (Jazz Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Waterloo Road, Fifth Floor, Waterloo Exchange, Dublin, IRL, D04 E5W7
Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an Ireland-domiciled biopharmaceutical firm focused primarily on treatments for sleeping disorders and oncology. Jazz has nine approved drugs across neuroscience and oncology indications; its portfolio includes Xyrem and Xywav for narcolepsy, Zepzelca for the treatment of metastatic small cell lung cancer, Rylaze for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and Vyxeos for acute myeloid leukemia. In May 2021, Jazz acquired GW Pharmaceuticals and gained its leading product, Epidiolex for the treatment of severe, rare forms of epilepsy.
Executives
Jennifer E. Cook director C/O DENALI THERAPEUTICS INC., 151 OYSTER POINT BLVD., 2ND FLOOR, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Mark Douglas Smith director C/O TELADOC HEALTH, INC., 2 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 203, PURCHASE NY 10577
Neena M Patil officer: SVP, General Counsel JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, 3170 PORTER DRIVE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Patricia Carr officer: VP, Finance& PAO JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, 3170 PORTER DRIVE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Heather Ann Mcsharry director C/O JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PLC, 5TH FL, WATERLOO EXCHANGE, WATERLOO RD, DUBLIN L2 4 L2
Patrick G Enright director, 10 percent owner CO LONGITUDE CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC, 800 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 220, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Norbert G Riedel director BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC, ONE BAXTER PKWY DF2-1W, DEERFIELD IL 60015
Catherine A. Sohn director C/O JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PLC, 5TH FL, WATERLOO EXCHANGE, WATERLOO RD, DUBLIN L2 4 L2
Rick E Winningham director 901 GATEWAY BOULEVARD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Peter Gray director C/O JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PLC, 5TH FL, WATERLOO EXCHANGE, WATERLOO RD, DUBLIN L2 4 L2
Anne Oriordan director HOUSE 120, TAI HANG HAU VILLAGE, LOBSTER BAY, CLEARWATER BAY K3 HK
Kenneth W O'keefe director C/O BEECKEN PETTY O'KEEFE & COMPANY, 131 S. DEARBORN STREET, SUITE 2800, CHICAGO IL 60603
Mary Elizabeth Henderson officer: SVP, Technical Operations 3170 PORTER DRIVE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Renee D Gala officer: EVP & CFO 901 GATEWAY BLVD, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Kim Sablich officer: EVP & GM, North America C/O MYOVANT SCIENCES INC., 2000 SIERRA POINT PARKWAY, BRISBANE CA 94005

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