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PRTH (Priority Technology Holdings) Altman Z-Score : 0.84 (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is Priority Technology Holdings 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.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.86 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Priority Technology Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 0.84, 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 Priority Technology Holdings's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

PRTH' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.25   Med: 0.71   Max: 11.63
Current: 0.86

During the past 9 years, Priority Technology Holdings's highest Altman Z-Score was 11.63. The lowest was 0.25. And the median was 0.71.


Priority Technology Holdings Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Priority Technology Holdings'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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Priority Technology Holdings Altman Z-Score Chart

Priority Technology Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 0.64 2.14 0.64 0.73 0.65

Priority Technology Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 0.64 0.65 0.68 0.71 0.78

Competitive Comparison of Priority Technology Holdings's Altman Z-Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Priority Technology Holdings'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.


Priority Technology Holdings's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Priority Technology Holdings's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Priority Technology Holdings 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.

Priority Technology Holdings'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*0.0214+1.4*-0.0833+3.3*0.0654+0.6*0.3872+1.0*0.4841
=0.84

* 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 Sep. 2024:
Total Assets was $1,759.7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,028.9 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $991.2 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-146.6 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 15.507 + 3.509 + 7.775 + 1.807 = $28.6 Mil.
Interest Expense was -21.746 + -21.71 + -18.78 + -24.247 = $-86.5 Mil.
Revenue was 227.049 + 219.867 + 205.719 + 199.279 = $851.9 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $704.0 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $1,818.5 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
=(1028.894 - 991.197)/1759.669
=0.0214

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-146.571/1759.669
=-0.0833

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(28.598 - -86.483)/1759.669
=0.0654

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=704.044/1818.519
=0.3872

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=851.914/1759.669
=0.4841

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Priority Technology Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 0.84 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.


Priority Technology Holdings  (NAS:PRTH) 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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Priority Technology Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2001 Westside Parkway, Suite 155, Alpharetta, GA, USA, 30004
Priority Technology Holdings Inc is a provider of merchant acquiring and commercial payment solutions to small and medium businesses enterprises in the United States. The company has three reportable segments which are SMB Payments, B2B Payments and Enterprise Payments. SMB Payments segment which generates majority revenue provides full-service acquiring and payment-enabled solutions for B2C transactions, leveraging priority's proprietary software platform, distributed through ISO; B2B Payments segment provides AP automation solutions to corporations, software partners and industry FIs: and Enterprise Payments segment provides embedded payment and treasury solutions to enterprise customers to modernize legacy platforms and accelerate software partners' strategies to monetize payments.
Executives
Sean Kiewiet officer: Chief Technology Officer 2001 WESTSIDE PARKWAY, SUITE 155, ALPHARETTA GA 30004
Rajiv Kumar officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC., 2001 WESTSIDE PARKWAY, SUITE 155, ALPHARETTA GA 30004
Thomas Charles Priore director, 10 percent owner, officer: President, CEO and Chairman 2001 WESTSIDE PARKWAY, SUITE 155, ALPHARETTA GA 30004
John Vito Priore director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO 2001 WESTSIDE PARKWAY, SUITE 155, ALPHARETTA GA 30004
Tim O'leary officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC., 2001 WESTSIDE PARKWAY, SUITE 155, ALPHARETTA GA 30004
Stephen W Hipp director C/O PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC., 2001 WESTSIDE PARKWAY, SUITE 155, ALPHARETTA GA 30004
Marc A Crisafulli director C/O GTECH HOLDINGS CORPORATION, 55 TECHNOLOGY WAY, WEST GREENWICH RI 02817
David Faupel officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC., 2001 WESTSIDE PARKWAY, SUITE 155, ALPHARETTA GA 30004
Ranjana Ram officer: Head of M&A Strategic Initiati C/O PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC., 2001 WESTSIDE PARKWAY, ALPHARETTA GA 30004
Anthony Martin Bonventre officer: EVP Operations C/O PRIORITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC., 2001 WESTSIDE PARKWAY, SUITE 155, ALPHARETTA GA 30004
Marietta Davis director C/O SHARPSPRING, 550 SW 2ND AVENUE, GAINESVILLE FL 32601
Michael Passilla director 2001 WESTSIDE PARKWAY, SUITE 155, ALPHARETTA GA 30004
Pamela A Tefft officer: Corporate Controller and Chief 11720 AMBER PARK DRIVE, SUITE 600, ALPHARETTA GA 30004
Bradley J Miller officer: General Counsel and CRO C/O UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC., P.O. BOX 398, BLAIRSVILLE GA 30514
Priority Incentive Equity Holdings, Llc director, 10 percent owner, officer: President, CEO and Chairman 2001 WESTSIDE PARKWAY, SUITE 155, ALPHARETTA GA 30004