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VIAP (VIA Pharmaceuticals) Altman Z-Score : N/A (As of Sep. 22, 2024)


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What is VIA Pharmaceuticals 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.

VIA Pharmaceuticals has a Altman Z-Score of N/A, 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 VIA Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


VIA Pharmaceuticals Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for VIA Pharmaceuticals'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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VIA Pharmaceuticals Altman Z-Score Chart

VIA Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
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Altman Z-Score
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VIA Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of VIA Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score

For the Biotechnology subindustry, VIA Pharmaceuticals'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.


VIA Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, VIA Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



VIA Pharmaceuticals 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.

VIA Pharmaceuticals'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*-37.09+1.4*-182.412+3.3*7.124+0.6*0+1.0*0
=N/A

* 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 Dec. 2010:
Total Assets was $0.50 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $0.44 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $18.99 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-91.21 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Interest Expense was -1.583 + -0.901 + -0.697 + -0.381 = $-3.56 Mil.
Revenue was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $0.00 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $19.00 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
=(0.444 - 18.989)/0.5
=-37.09

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-91.206/0.5
=-182.412

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(0 - -3.562)/0.5
=7.124

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=0.000/18.997
=0

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=0/0.5
=0

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

VIA Pharmaceuticals has a Altman Z-Score of N/A 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.


VIA Pharmaceuticals  (GREY:VIAP) 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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VIA Pharmaceuticals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
750 Battery Street, Suite 330, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94111
VIA Pharmaceuticals Inc is a development stage biotechnology company focuses on the development of small-molecule drugs to treat cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.
Executives
Fred B Craves director 750 BATTERY ST, STE 600, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Bay City Capital Fund Iv, L.p. 10 percent owner 750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Bay City Capital Management Iv Llc 10 percent owner 750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Bay City Capital Fund Iv Co Invesment Fund Lp 10 percent owner 750 BATTERY ST STE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Bay City Capital Llc 10 percent owner 750 BATTERY STREET STE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Douglas B Given director C/O NEORX CORP, 410 WEST HARRISON ST, SEATTLE WA 98119
Karen Steil Wright officer: V.P. ? Finance, Controller 750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 330, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Lawrence Kenneth Cohen director, officer: CEO and President 750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 330 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Richard L Anderson director 14031 216TH WAY NE, WOODINVILLE WA 98072
Mark Bagnall director 3876 BAY CENTER PLACE, HAYWARD CA 94545
Rebecca Taub officer: SVP, Research & Development 750 BATTERY STREET, SUITE 330, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Adeoye Y Olukotun officer: Chief Medical Officer 3621 SOUTH STATE ST, 695 KMS PL, ANN ARBOR MI 48108
Deerfield Special Situations Fund International Ltd 10 percent owner, other: Possible Member of 10% Group BISON COURT, ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA D8 -
Deerfield Special Situations Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner, other: Possible Member of 10% Group 780 3RD AVENUE, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
James E Flynn 10 percent owner, other: Possible Member of 10% Group 780 THIRD AVENUE, 37TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017

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