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Planar Systems (Planar Systems) Altman Z-Score : 3.80 (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is Planar Systems Altman Z-Score?

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.

Planar Systems has a Altman Z-Score of 3.80, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Altman Z-Score is strong.

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 Planar Systems's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


Planar Systems Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Planar Systems'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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Planar Systems Altman Z-Score Chart

Planar Systems Annual Data
Trend Sep05 Sep06 Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.15 1.29 0.24 0.47 1.82

Planar Systems Quarterly Data
Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15
Altman Z-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 1.16 1.82 3.72 3.31 2.84

Competitive Comparison of Planar Systems's Altman Z-Score

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Planar Systems'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.


Planar Systems's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Planar Systems 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.

Planar Systems'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*0.5426+1.4*-1.6618+3.3*0.0833+0.6*4.5747+1.0*2.4574
=3.80

* 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 Jun. 2015:
Total Assets was $81.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $72.9 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $28.5 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-136.0 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -0.164 + 1.47 + 3.202 + 2.307 = $6.8 Mil.
Interest Expense was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.0 Mil.
Revenue was 42.484 + 49.169 + 55.78 + 53.618 = $201.1 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $149.7 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $32.7 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
=(72.931 - 28.539)/81.815
=0.5426

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-135.958/81.815
=-1.6618

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(6.815 - 0)/81.815
=0.0833

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=149.720/32.728
=4.5747

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=201.051/81.815
=2.4574

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Planar Systems has a Altman Z-Score of 3.80 indicating it is in Safe Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


Planar Systems  (NAS:PLNR) 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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Planar Systems (Planar Systems) Business Description

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Planar Systems Inc was incorporated on April 27, 1983. The Company is a provider of specialty display products, solutions, and services for customers in a number of end-market segments. Products include display components, completed displays, and display solutions and systems based on a variety of flat panel and front- and rear-projection technologies. The Company capitalizes on its strong supply chain, logistics, and distribution relationships to sell a variety of mainly LCD based displays to the United States marketplace. The Company offers High-End Home Display which offers various high-performance home theater front-projection systems, video processing equipment, large-format thin displays, and accessories, that aims at the high-end home market and certain commercial installations The Company employs sales professionals in many countries around the world and sells both directly to end users and through reseller channels.The Company's direct competitors are numerous and diverse. In display systems including AMLCD components sourced from manufacturers, Planar's value-added specialty display products compete against those of NEC, Acer, Viewsonic, Dell and others in the IT market. The Company's operations are subject to environmental and various other regulations in each of the jurisdictions in which it conducts business.
Executives
Richard Hill director
Harold Hughes director C/O RAMBUS INC., 1050 ENTERPRISE WAY, SUITE 700, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
David Sandberg director 40 SE 5TH STREET, SUITE 502, BOCA RATON FL 33432
Red Oak Partners, Llc director 95 S. FEDERAL HWY, SUITE 201, BOCA RATON FL 33432
Greg Turnbull director 123 SAGLNAW DRIVE, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Steven E Wynne director 27700 SW PARKWAY AVENUE, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Esther Kay Stepp director
Steven J Buhaly officer: COO/CFO 1195 NW LOMPTON DRIVE, BEAVESTON OR 97006
Jeffrey T Siegal officer: Corporate Controller 1195 NW LOMPTON DRIVE, BEAVESTON OR 97006
Balaji Krishnamurthy other: Chairman, President & CEO 1195 NW LOMPTON DRIVE, BEAVESTON OR 97006

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