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RIVN (Rivian Automotive) Altman Z-Score : -0.97 (As of Jul. 01, 2025)


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What is Rivian Automotive 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 -0.98 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Rivian Automotive has a Altman Z-Score of -0.97, 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 Rivian Automotive's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

RIVN' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.61   Med: 0.21   Max: 19.98
Current: -0.98

During the past 6 years, Rivian Automotive's highest Altman Z-Score was 19.98. The lowest was -1.61. And the median was 0.21.


Rivian Automotive Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rivian Automotive'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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Rivian Automotive Altman Z-Score Chart

Rivian Automotive Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 19.98 1.07 0.11 -1.07

Rivian Automotive Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 -1.03 -1.17 -1.61 -1.07 -1.07

Competitive Comparison of Rivian Automotive's Altman Z-Score

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Rivian Automotive'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.


Rivian Automotive's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Rivian Automotive's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Rivian Automotive 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.

Rivian Automotive'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*0.4906+1.4*-1.5382+3.3*-0.227+0.6*1.6983+1.0*0.3229
=-0.97

* 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 Mar. 2025:
Total Assets was $15,505 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $10,394 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2,788 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-23,850 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -539 + -740 + -1100 + -1456 = $-3,835 Mil.
Interest Expense was -72 + -81 + -87 + -75 = $-315 Mil.
Revenue was 1240 + 1734 + 874 + 1158 = $5,006 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $15,752 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $9,275 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
=(10394 - 2788)/15505
=0.4906

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-23850/15505
=-1.5382

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-3835 - -315)/15505
=-0.227

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=15751.878/9275
=1.6983

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=5006/15505
=0.3229

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Rivian Automotive has a Altman Z-Score of -0.97 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.


Rivian Automotive  (NAS:RIVN) 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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Rivian Automotive Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
14600 Myford Road, Irvine, CA, USA, 92606
Rivian Automotive Inc is an automotive manufacturer that develops and builds electric vehicles ("EVs") as well as software and services. It launches its consumer vehicle business with the R1 platform consisting of two vehicles: the R1T, and the R1S. The company has two reportable segments: Automotive, which derives the majority of revenue, and Software and Services segment. The Automotive reportable segment derives its revenues and cost of revenues from the production and sale of new EVs and the sale of regulatory credits generated by the production and sale of EVs. The Software and services reportable segment derives its revenues and cost of revenues primarily from remarketing, vehicle repair and maintenance services, and vehicle electrical architecture and software development services.
Executives
Robert J Scaringe director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, INC., 14600 MYFORD ROAD, IRVINE CA 92618
Claire Mcdonough officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, INC., 14600 MYFORD ROAD, IRVINE CA 92618
Jeff Baker officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1221 BROADWAY, OAKLAND CA 94612
Kjell Gruner officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC., 3700 W JUNEAU AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
John Krafcik director C/O RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, INC., 14600 MYFORD ROAD, IRVINE CA 92618
Harald Kroeger director C/O RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, INC., 14600 MYFORD ROAD, IRVINE CA 92606
Jay T Flatley director 9885 TOWNE CENTRE DR, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Jiten Behl officer: Chief Growth Officer C/O RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, INC., 14600 MYFORD ROAD, IRVINE CA 92618
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Karen Boone director 15 KOCH ROAD, SUITE J, CORTE MADERA CA 94925
Rose M Marcario director 21101 OXNARD STREET, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
Peter Krawiec director C/O RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, INC., 14600 MYFORD ROAD, IRVINE CA 92618
Sanford Harold Schwartz director C/O RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, INC., 14600 MYFORD ROAD, IRVINE CA 92618
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