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PASSUR Aerospace (PASSUR Aerospace) Altman Z-Score

: -22.04 (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.

PASSUR Aerospace has a Altman Z-Score of -22.04, 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 PASSUR Aerospace's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


PASSUR Aerospace Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for PASSUR Aerospace'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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PASSUR Aerospace Annual Data
Trend Oct12 Oct13 Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.13 -0.93 -1.08 -12.54 -7.73

PASSUR Aerospace Quarterly Data
Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22
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 -5.84 -7.73 -12.44 -15.69 -21.97

Competitive Comparison

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, PASSUR Aerospace'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.


PASSUR Aerospace Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, PASSUR Aerospace's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



PASSUR Aerospace 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.

PASSUR Aerospace'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*-0.8862+1.4*-14.5939+3.3*-0.993+0.6*0.0047+1.0*2.7302
=-22.04

* 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 Jul. 2022:
Total Assets was $2.14 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1.43 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3.32 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-31.16 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -1.489 + -1.375 + -0.43 + 0.075 = $-3.22 Mil.
Interest Expense was -0.302 + -0.265 + -0.266 + -0.266 = $-1.10 Mil.
Revenue was 1.484 + 1.345 + 1.512 + 1.488 = $5.83 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $0.08 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $16.22 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
=(1.427 - 3.319)/2.135
=-0.8862

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-31.158/2.135
=-14.5939

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-3.219 - -1.099)/2.135
=-0.993

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=0.077/16.218
=0.0047

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=5.829/2.135
=2.7302

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

PASSUR Aerospace has a Altman Z-Score of -22.04 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.


PASSUR Aerospace  (OTCPK:PSSR) 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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PASSUR Aerospace (PASSUR Aerospace) Business Description

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Address
One Landmark Square, Suite 1905, Stamford, CT, USA, 06901
PASSUR Aerospace Inc is engaged in digital operational excellence, providing predictive analytics and decision support technology for the aviation industry, to improve the operational performance and cash flow of airlines and the airports where they operate. The company's information solutions are used at five North American airlines; by airlines in Europe; by more than 60 airport customers (used at the top 30 North American airports); by more than 100 business aviation organizations; and by the US government.
Executives
Allison O'neill officer: Exec. VP Finance & Admin 883 INMAN VILLAGE PARKWAY, ATLANTA GA 30307
Richard L Haver director C/O PASSUR AEROSPACE, INC., ONE LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 1900, STAMFORD CT 06901
Robert M. Stafford director C/O PASSUR AEROSPACE, ONE LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 1900, STAMFORD CT 06901
Michael Owen Hulley director ONE LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 1900, STAMFORD NY 06901
Michael P. Schumaecker director BOX 205, ORLEANS MA 02653
Sean L Doherty officer: Exec. VP Finance & Admin 34 MILSON CRESCENT, GUELPH A6 N1C1G9
Michael Henne officer: Chief Commercial Officer ONE LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 1900, STAMFORD CT 06901
Brian Gerald Cook director 840 ST. JOHNS AVE., GREEN COVE SPRINGS FL 32043
John Franklin Thomas director 25 BURR DRIVE, NEEDHAM MA 02492
Ronald Rose director
David Mackenzie Henderson officer: See Remarks ONE LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 1900, STAMFORD CT 06901
David Brukman officer: Chief Technology Officer 6 WATCH HILL DR., GREENWICH CT 06831
Keith D. Wichman officer: VP-Airline Solutions/Product C/O PASSUR AEROSPACE, ONE LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 1900, STANFORD CT 06901
William S. Leber officer: VP of Air-Traffic Innovations C/O PASSUR AEROSPACE, ONE LANDMARK SQUARE SUITE 1900, STANFORD CT 06901
Thomas Scott White officer: Senior VP ATM & Technology C/O PASSUR AEROSPACE, ONE LANDMARK SQUARE, SUITE 1900, STANFORD CT 06901

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