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UP (Wheels Up Experience) Altman Z-Score : -2.71 (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is Wheels Up Experience 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 -2.72 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Wheels Up Experience has a Altman Z-Score of -2.71, 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 Wheels Up Experience's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

UP' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.72   Med: -1.29   Max: 0.82
Current: -2.72

During the past 5 years, Wheels Up Experience's highest Altman Z-Score was 0.82. The lowest was -2.72. And the median was -1.29.


Wheels Up Experience Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wheels Up Experience'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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Wheels Up Experience Altman Z-Score Chart

Wheels Up Experience Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
- - 0.21 -1.28 -1.29

Wheels Up Experience Quarterly Data
Dec19 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 -2.43 -1.29 -2.03 -2.70 -2.60

Competitive Comparison of Wheels Up Experience's Altman Z-Score

For the Airports & Air Services subindustry, Wheels Up Experience'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.


Wheels Up Experience's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Wheels Up Experience's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Wheels Up Experience 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.

Wheels Up Experience'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*-0.5916+1.4*-1.932+3.3*-0.2592+0.6*1.2624+1.0*0.7992
=-2.71

* 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 $1,043.1 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $271.3 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $888.4 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-2,015.4 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -57.326 + -96.532 + -97.507 + -80.483 = $-331.8 Mil.
Interest Expense was -16.041 + -16.667 + -14.555 + -14.22 = $-61.5 Mil.
Revenue was 193.903 + 196.285 + 197.101 + 246.38 = $833.7 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $1,465.4 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $1,160.8 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
=(271.31 - 888.409)/1043.137
=-0.5916

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-2015.357/1043.137
=-1.932

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-331.848 - -61.483)/1043.137
=-0.2592

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=1465.405/1160.803
=1.2624

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=833.669/1043.137
=0.7992

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Wheels Up Experience has a Altman Z-Score of -2.71 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.


Wheels Up Experience  (NYSE:UP) 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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Be Aware

Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Wheels Up Experience Business Description

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Address
2135 American Way, Chamblee, GA, USA, 30341
Wheels Up Experience Inc is a provider of on-demand private aviation in the United States. It is pioneering data and technology-driven solutions that connect consumers to safety-vetted and verified private aircraft. It connects private flyers to aircraft, and one another, through an open platform that enables life's most important experiences. Its offering is delivered through a mix of programmatic and charter options that strategically utilize its owned and leased aircraft fleet and an "asset-light" charter model to deliver a greater range of global travel alternatives. The company operates in a single operating and reportable segment, private aviation services. Geographically the company generates the majority of its revenue from the United States.
Executives
Donald Lee Moak director 601 WEST 26TH STREET, SUITE 900, NEW YORK NY 10001
Mark Briffa officer: Chief Commercial Officer 601 WEST 26TH ST. SUITE 900, NEW YORK NY 10001
Laura Heltebran officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O WHEELS UP EXPERIENCE INC., 601 WEST 26TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Knighthead Opportunities Capital Management, Llc 10 percent owner 280 PARK AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR EAST, NEW YORK NY 10017
Andrew Stephen Davis director 500 OLD DOMINION WAY, THOMASVILLE NC 27360
Certares Opportunities Llc 10 percent owner 350 MADISON AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Adam Ross Zirkin director 280 PARK AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR EAST, NEW YORK NY 10017
Jeffrey Nedelman director 8501 WILLIAMS ROAD, ESTERO FL 33928
Alain Bellemare director C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC., DEPT. 981, P.O. BOX 20574, ATLANTA GA 30320
Cantor Adam Corey director 280 PARK AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR EAST, NEW YORK NY 10017
Ck Wheels Llc 10 percent owner 280 PARK AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR EAST, NEW YORK NY 10017
George N Mattson director C/O DELTA AIR LINES, INC., P.O. BOX 20574, DEPT. 981, ATLANTA GA 30320
Ck Opportunities Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 280 PARK AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR EAST, NEW YORK NY 10017
Zachary George Lazar director 350 MADISON AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Daniel C. Janki director 5020 WESTON PARKWAY, SUITE 400, CARY NC 27513