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Boston Properties (Boston Properties) Altman Z-Score

: 0.61 (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 0.61 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Boston Properties has a Altman Z-Score of 0.61, 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 Boston Properties's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

BXP' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.61   Med: 1.25   Max: 1.41
Current: 0.61

During the past 13 years, Boston Properties's highest Altman Z-Score was 1.41. The lowest was 0.61. And the median was 1.25.


Boston Properties Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Boston Properties'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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Boston Properties 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 1.29 1.03 1.06 0.78 0.67

Boston Properties 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 0.78 0.70 0.70 0.62 0.67

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Office subindustry, Boston Properties'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.


Boston Properties Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Boston Properties's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Boston Properties 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.

Boston Properties'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*0.0934+1.4*-0.0314+3.3*0.0335+0.6*0.5129+1.0*0.1258
=0.61

* 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 $26,026 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $3,194 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $763 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-816 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 153.155 + -103.543 + 136.184 + 105.628 = $291 Mil.
Interest Expense was -155.08 + -147.812 + -142.473 + -134.207 = $-580 Mil.
Revenue was 828.933 + 824.283 + 817.153 + 803.2 = $3,274 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $9,147 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $17,834 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
=(3194.383 - 763.189)/26026.149
=0.0934

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-816.152/26026.149
=-0.0314

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(291.424 - -579.572)/26026.149
=0.0335

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=9147.329/17833.785
=0.5129

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=3273.569/26026.149
=0.1258

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Boston Properties has a Altman Z-Score of 0.61 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.


Boston Properties  (NYSE:BXP) 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.

Read more about Altman Z-Score and the original research.


Be Aware

Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Boston Properties (Boston Properties) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
800 Boylston Street, Suite 1900, Prudential Center, Boston, MA, USA, 02199-8103
Boston Properties owns over 190 properties consisting of approximately 54 million rentable square feet of space. The portfolio is dominated by office buildings and is spread across major cities such as New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and the Washington, D.C., region. The real estate investment trust also owns limited retail, hotel, and residential properties.
Executives
Eric G Kevorkian officer: SVP, CLO and Secretary 800 BOYLSTON STREET, SUITE 1900, BOSTON MA 02199
Rodney Diehl officer: Senior Vice President FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94549
Raymond A Ritchey officer: Executive Vice President BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC., 901 NEW YORK AVENUE, NW, WASHINGTON DC 20001
Peter V Otteni officer: Senior Vice President 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW, SUITE 200W, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Carol B. Einiger director POST ROCK ADVISORS, LLC, ONE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, 28TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10020
Tony West director 1455 MARKET STREET, 4TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Matthew J Lustig director LAZARD FRERES & CO LLC, 30 ROCKEFELLER PLZA 50TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10020
Donna D Garesche officer: EVP, Chief HR Officer C/O BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC., 800 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02199
Hilary J. Spann officer: Executive Vice President 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 16TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Mary E Kipp director 100 N STANTON, EL PASO TX 79901
Douglas T Linde officer: SVP & CFO BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC., 800 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02199
Frank D Burt officer: Senior Vice President BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC., 800 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02199
John J Stroman officer: Senior Vice President 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW, SUITE 200W, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Bryan J Koop officer: Senior Vice President BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC., 800 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON MA 02199
Bruce W Duncan director ONE NORTH WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 4200, CHICAGO IL 60606

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