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Veritone (Veritone) Altman Z-Score

: -1.57 (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 -1.56 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Veritone has a Altman Z-Score of -1.57, 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 Veritone's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

VERI' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -7.09   Med: -1.06   Max: 5.39
Current: -1.56

During the past 9 years, Veritone's highest Altman Z-Score was 5.39. The lowest was -7.09. And the median was -1.06.


Veritone Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Veritone'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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Veritone Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.61 3.76 0.43 -0.44 -1.68

Veritone 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 -0.44 -0.65 -1.38 -1.82 -1.68

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Veritone'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.


Veritone Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Veritone's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Veritone 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.

Veritone'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*-0.0161+1.4*-1.1439+3.3*-0.1576+0.6*0.3915+1.0*0.3394
=-1.57

* 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 $375.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $182.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $188.8 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-429.9 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 11.749 + -25.518 + -24.67 + -23.234 = $-61.7 Mil.
Interest Expense was -0.704 + -0.218 + -0.72 + -0.805 = $-2.4 Mil.
Revenue was 34.197 + 35.133 + 27.967 + 30.263 = $127.6 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $132.2 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $337.7 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
=(182.77 - 188.825)/375.814
=-0.0161

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-429.896/375.814
=-1.1439

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-61.673 - -2.447)/375.814
=-0.1576

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=132.190/337.667
=0.3915

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=127.56/375.814
=0.3394

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Veritone has a Altman Z-Score of -1.57 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.


Veritone  (NAS:VERI) 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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Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Veritone (Veritone) Business Description

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Address
2420 17th Street, Office 3002, Denver, CO, USA, 80202
Veritone Inc is a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) computing solutions and services. The company generates revenue through the delivery of its 1) Software Products and Services which consists of revenues generated from Commercial Enterprise and Government and Regulated Industries customers using the company's aiWARE platform and hiring solutions, any related support and maintenance services, and any related professional services associated with the deployment and/or implementation of such solutions, 2) Managed Services which consist of revenues generated from Commercial Enterprise customers using company's content licensing services, advertising agency, influencer management and related services. The company has a presence in the United States and Israel.
Executives
Ryan Steelberg director, 10 percent owner, officer: President 3366 VIA LIDO, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92663
Michael Zilis director C/O INGRAM MICRO INC., 1600 E. ST. ANDREW PLACE, SANTA ANA CA 92705
Graziadio G Louis Iii director 149 PALOS VERDES BLVD., SUITE G, REDONDO BEACH CA 90277
Jeff Patrick Gehl director 3366 VIA LIDO, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92663
Richard H Taketa director 7979 IVANHOE AVENUE, SUITE 500, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Knute P. Kurtz director 1253 SANTA BARABARA DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Nayaki R Nayyar director C/O VERITONE, INC., 575 ANTON BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Michael Leonard Zemetra officer: EVP, CFO & Treasurer 5264 CALATRANA DRIVE, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91364
Chad Steelberg director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO and Chairman of the Board 3366 VIA LIDO, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92663
Acacia Research Corp 10 percent owner 767 3RD AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Paul A Krieger director C/O VERITONE, INC., 575 ANTON BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Peter F Collins officer: Senior VP and CFO C/O VERITONE, INC., 575 ANTON BOULEVARD, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Ganley John A Jr officer: EVP, Human Resources 575 ANTON BOULEVARD, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Walsh Frank E. Iii director 330 SOUTH STREET, SUITE 4, MORRISTOWN NJ 07960
Edward Joseph Treska director 520 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, 12TH FLOOR, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660