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Fixstars (TSE:3687) Altman Z-Score : 26.23 (As of Apr. 02, 2025)


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What is Fixstars 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.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 21.78 is strong.

Fixstars has a Altman Z-Score of 26.23, 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 Fixstars's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:3687' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.74   Med: 19.46   Max: 45.67
Current: 21.78

During the past 12 years, Fixstars's highest Altman Z-Score was 45.67. The lowest was 6.74. And the median was 19.46.


Fixstars Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fixstars'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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Fixstars Altman Z-Score Chart

Fixstars Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.45 6.74 8.63 13.06 20.97

Fixstars Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 16.37 25.49 24.48 20.97 -

Competitive Comparison of Fixstars's Altman Z-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Fixstars'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.


Fixstars's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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


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Fixstars 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.

Fixstars'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*0.7289+1.4*0.7995+3.3*0.3037+0.6*37.0169+1.0*1.027
=26.23

* 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 円8,238 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円7,361 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円1,356 Mil.
Retained Earnings was 円6,586 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 734.53 + 731.407 + 380.605 + 652.9 = 円2,499 Mil.
Interest Expense was -0.412 + -0.534 + -0.545 + -0.621 = 円-2 Mil.
Revenue was 2319.22 + 2173.447 + 1915.44 + 2052.172 = 円8,460 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was 円51,255 Mil.
Total Liabilities was 円1,385 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
=(7360.558 - 1355.634)/8237.931
=0.7289

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=6586.293/8237.931
=0.7995

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(2499.442 - -2.112)/8237.931
=0.3037

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=51255.177/1384.642
=37.0169

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=8460.279/8237.931
=1.027

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Fixstars has a Altman Z-Score of 26.23 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.


Fixstars  (TSE:3687) 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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Fixstars Business Description

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1-11-1 Ohsaki, Shinagawa-Ku, Gate City Ohsaki West Tower 18Floor, Tokyo, JPN, 141-0032
Fixstars Corp is a Japan based software company. It offers multicore processors and application acceleration for the next generation of memory technology that delivers high speed IO as well as power savings. The solutions offered by the company are quantum computing, IoT, machine learning and FPGA. It operates in the business areas of Automotive, Flash storage, Industrial equipment, Finance, Healthcare and HPC. The company's products are M-cubed, Geometric Performance Primitives, FlashAir and Yellow Dog Appliance Server.

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