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.
Premiere Global Services has a Altman Z-Score of 1.33, 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 Premiere Global Services's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:
Premiere Global Services Altman Z-Score Historical Data
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of Premiere Global Services's Altman Z-Score
For the Telecom Services subindustry, Premiere Global Services'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.
Premiere Global Services's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Premiere Global Services's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Premiere Global Services's Altman Z-Score falls into.
Premiere Global Services 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.
* 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.
Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones
Premiere Global Services has a Altman Z-Score of 1.33 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.
Premiere Global Services (NYSE:PGI) 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.
Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.
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Premiere Global Services (Premiere Global Services) Business Description
Premiere Global Services Inc was incorporated in Florida in 1991 and reincorporated in Georgia in 1995. The Company provides cloud-based solutions that deliver multi-point, real-time virtual collaboration using video, voice, mobile, web streaming and file sharing technologies. Its solutions are available via desktops, tablets and mobile devices, helping businesses worldwide be more productive, mobile and environmentally responsible. The Company has a global presence in 25 countries on five continents and an established base of over 45,000 enterprise customers. In 2011, the Company began transitioning its business toward a software-as-a-service, or SaaS, model. The Company offers three primary software solutions: iMeet is the Companys next-generation, online meeting solution that lets people meet and collaborate face-to-face online anywhere, anytime, from any device; GlobalMeet is the Companys integrated conference calling and web conferencing solution; and GlobalMeet Audio is the Companys enterprise-class audio conferencing solution. Its software solutions are accessible via a suite of desktop and mobile applications, including its apps for the iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry and Android phones. They are also accessible via all market-leading Internet browsers on the web and the mobile web, as well as through access points embedded in third-party software applications. The Company markets its solutions globally through a multi-channel sales approach that includes direct sales, channel resellers, strategic technology partners and marketing alliances and are also available for purchase online. The markets for the Companys solutions are highly competitive, rapidly evolving and subject to changing technology, shifting customer needs and introductions of new products and services. It competes for customers based on product offerings, price, customer service, quality of user experience, ease of use, reliability, global capabilities, scalability, value-added functionality, security and integration with multiple operating systems and devices. The Company is subject to various federal, state, local and international laws regulating the provision of its services. The Company currently has 28 patents issued and 68 applications pending in the United States and internationally.
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