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Asia Power (SGX:A03) Altman Z-Score : 1.02 (As of Jun. 15, 2024)


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What is Asia Power 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.

Asia Power has a Altman Z-Score of 1.02, 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 Asia Power's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


Asia Power Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Asia Power'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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Asia Power Altman Z-Score Chart

Asia Power Annual Data
Trend Jun03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 1.25 0.72 0.41

Asia Power Quarterly Data
Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13
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 0.52 0.41 0.49 0.48 0.51

Competitive Comparison of Asia Power's Altman Z-Score

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers subindustry, Asia Power'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.


Asia Power's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Asia Power's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Asia Power 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.

Asia Power'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*0.1525+1.4*0+3.3*0.0114+0.6*1.127+1.0*0.1275
=1.02

* 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. 2013:
Total Assets was S$250.23 Mil.
Total Current Assets was S$68.39 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was S$30.23 Mil.
Retained Earnings was S$0.00 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 2.947 + 0.495 + -0.048 + -5.364 = S$-1.97 Mil.
Interest Expense was -1.244 + -1.236 + -1.214 + -1.133 = S$-4.83 Mil.
Revenue was 8.273 + 6.534 + 6.182 + 10.909 = S$31.90 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was S$73.62 Mil.
Total Liabilities was S$65.32 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
=(68.389 - 30.23)/250.227
=0.1525

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=0/250.227
=0

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-1.97 - -4.827)/250.227
=0.0114

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=73.616/65.321
=1.127

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=31.898/250.227
=0.1275

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Asia Power has a Altman Z-Score of 1.02 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.


Asia Power  (SGX:A03) 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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Asia Power (SGX:A03) Business Description

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Asia Power Corporation Limited is incorporated in Singapore. The Company is engaged in the business of ownership, management and operation of power plants in China. The Company operates under the following segments: Power plant operations which include owning, managing and operating power plants to generate and sell power, heat and steam; Power-related technology which includes design, manufacture and assembly of computerized automation systems which are used for the regulation of electricity flow and protection of power grids; Investment holding and others which include Holding of long-term investments and provision of power related business consultancy and management services.

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