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Unity Software (Unity Software) Altman Z-Score

: 0.99 (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 1.01 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Unity Software has a Altman Z-Score of 0.99, 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 Unity Software's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

U' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.01   Med: 6.09   Max: 39.97
Current: 1.01

During the past 6 years, Unity Software's highest Altman Z-Score was 39.97. The lowest was 1.01. And the median was 6.09.


Unity Software Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unity Software'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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Unity Software Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only - 39.97 10.12 1.19 2.06

Unity Software Quarterly Data
Dec18 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 1.19 1.38 2.05 1.40 2.06

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Unity Software'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.


Unity Software Altman Z-Score Distribution

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

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



Unity Software 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.

Unity Software'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*0.1975+1.4*-0.4241+3.3*-0.1068+0.6*2.3358+1.0*0.302
=0.99

* 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 $7,243 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,325 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $894 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-3,072 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -244.275 + -117.539 + -188.533 + -247.498 = $-798 Mil.
Interest Expense was -6.155 + -6.154 + -6.142 + -6.129 = $-25 Mil.
Revenue was 609.268 + 544.21 + 533.478 + 500.361 = $2,187 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $8,944 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $3,829 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
=(2324.891 - 894.103)/7243.441
=0.1975

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-3071.83/7243.441
=-0.4241

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-797.845 - -24.58)/7243.441
=-0.1068

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=8943.996/3829.063
=2.3358

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=2187.317/7243.441
=0.302

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Unity Software has a Altman Z-Score of 0.99 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.


Unity Software  (NYSE:U) 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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Unity Software (Unity Software) Business Description

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30 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94103-3104
Unity Software Inc provides a software platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D content. The platform can be used to create, run and monetize interactive, real-time 2D and 3D content for mobile phones, tablets, PCs, consoles, and augmented and virtual reality devices. The business is spread across the United States, Greater China, EMEA, APAC and Other Americas, of which key revenue is derived from the EMEA region. The products are used in the gaming industry, architecture and construction sector, animation industry, and designing sector.
Executives
Tomer Bar-zeev director, officer: President, Grow C/O IRONSOURCE LTD., 121 MENACHEM BEGIN STREET, TEL AVIV L3 6701203
Anirma Gupta officer: SVP, General Counsel C/O UNITY SOFTWARE INC., 30 3RD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Mark Barrysmith officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O UNITY SOFTWARE INC., 30 3RD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
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Marc Whitten officer: SVP & GM, Create Solutions C/O UNITY SOFTWARE INC., 30-3RD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Luis Felipe Visoso director C/O UNITY SOFTWARE INC., 30 3RD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Carol W. Carpenter officer: SVP & Chief Marketing Officer 1040 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
David Helgason director C/O UNITY SOFTWARE INC., 30 - 3RD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
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Clive Downie officer: SVP & Chief Marketing Officer 699 8TH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Ingrid Lestiyo officer: SVP & GM, Operate Solutions C/O UNITY SOFTWARE INC., 30-3RD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103