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Steel Connect (Steel Connect) Altman Z-Score : 1.84 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Steel Connect 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 1.85 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.

Steel Connect has a Altman Z-Score of 1.84, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Steel Connect 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 Steel Connect's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

STCN' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -73.89   Med: -18.15   Max: 1.85
Current: 1.85

During the past 13 years, Steel Connect's highest Altman Z-Score was 1.85. The lowest was -73.89. And the median was -18.15.


Steel Connect Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Steel Connect'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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Steel Connect Altman Z-Score Chart

Steel Connect Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -13.15 -12.54 -14.70 -73.89 1.73

Steel Connect Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 -64.96 -67.20 1.73 1.68 1.74

Competitive Comparison of Steel Connect's Altman Z-Score

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Steel Connect'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.


Steel Connect's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Steel Connect's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Steel Connect 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.

Steel Connect'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*0.5955+1.4*0.0395+3.3*0.058+0.6*0.7808+1.0*0.4151
=1.84

* 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 Jan. 2024:
Total Assets was $412.7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $321.4 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $75.6 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $16.3 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 5.54 + 5.107 + 7.751 + 3.88 = $22.3 Mil.
Interest Expense was -0.249 + -0.247 + -0.265 + -0.914 = $-1.7 Mil.
Revenue was 43.045 + 41.341 + 40.804 + 46.142 = $171.3 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $76.2 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $97.6 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
=(321.372 - 75.617)/412.715
=0.5955

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=16.321/412.715
=0.0395

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(22.278 - -1.675)/412.715
=0.058

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=76.224/97.619
=0.7808

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=171.332/412.715
=0.4151

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Steel Connect has a Altman Z-Score of 1.84 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.


Steel Connect  (NAS:STCN) 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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Steel Connect (Steel Connect) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
590 Madison Avenue, New York, DE, USA, 10022
Steel Connect Inc is a diversified holding company. The company's operating segment include Direct Marketing and Supply Chain. It generates maximum revenue from the Direct Marketing segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States and also has a presence in China; Netherlands, and others. The company serves clients in various industries including consumer electronics, communications, computing, software, storage, and retail industries.
Executives
Steel Partners Holdings L.p. other: See Explanation of Responses 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Joseph Richards Martin director C/O LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, 414 UNION STREET, SUITE 2000, NASHVILLE TN 37219
Ryan O'herrin officer: Chief Financial Officer 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022-8547
Webfinancial Holding Corp director, 10 percent owner 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Wf Asset Corp. 10 percent owner 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Gary Tankard officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS LP, 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jason Wong officer: Chief Financial Officer 590 MADISON AVENUE, FLOOR 32, C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS LP, NEW YORK NY 10022
Renata Simril director 5055 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 500, LOS ANGELES CA 90036
Fawaz Khalil officer: CEO, ModusLink Corporation C/O STEEL CONNECT, INC., 1601 TRAPELO ROAD, SUITE 170, WALTHAM MA 02451
John Ashe officer: CEO,IWCO Direct Holdings, Inc. C/O STEEL CONNECT, INC., 1601 TRAPELO ROAD, SUITE 170, WALTHAM MA 02451
Maria Molland director 1601 TRAPELO ROAD, SUITE 170, WALTHAM MA 02451
Joseph B Sherk officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O UNITED RENTALS INC, FIVE GREENWICH OFFICE PARK, GREENWICH CT 06830
Douglas Woodworth officer: Chief Financial Officer STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P., 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Steel Excel Inc. 10 percent owner 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Philip E. Lengyel director C/O MODUSLINK GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, INC., 1601 TRAPELO ROAD, SUITE 170, WALTHAM MA 02451

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