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Vir Biotechnology (Vir Biotechnology) Altman Z-Score

: 1.66 (As of Today)
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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 1.61 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Vir Biotechnology has a Altman Z-Score of 1.66, 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 Vir Biotechnology's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

VIR' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.61   Med: 7.89   Max: 9
Current: 1.61

During the past 7 years, Vir Biotechnology's highest Altman Z-Score was 9.00. The lowest was 1.61. And the median was 7.89.


Vir Biotechnology Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vir Biotechnology'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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Vir Biotechnology Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.89 9.00 8.44 5.29 2.12

Vir Biotechnology Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Altman Z-Score 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.29 3.42 5.29 1.86 2.12

Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Vir Biotechnology'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.


Vir Biotechnology Altman Z-Score Distribution

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

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



Vir Biotechnology 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.

Vir Biotechnology'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*0.7362+1.4*-0.1239+3.3*-0.3273+0.6*3.3463+1.0*0.0206
=1.66

* 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. 2023:
Total Assets was $1,919.06 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,588.23 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $175.41 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-237.82 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -120.757 + -166.626 + -197.623 + -143.188 = $-628.19 Mil.
Interest Expense was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Revenue was 9.602 + -4.098 + -12.722 + 46.712 = $39.49 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $1,100.34 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $328.82 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
=(1588.226 - 175.407)/1919.06
=0.7362

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-237.824/1919.06
=-0.1239

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-628.194 - 0)/1919.06
=-0.3273

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=1100.336/328.824
=3.3463

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=39.494/1919.06
=0.0206

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Vir Biotechnology has a Altman Z-Score of 1.66 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.


Vir Biotechnology  (NAS:VIR) 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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Vir Biotechnology (Vir Biotechnology) Business Description

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Address
499 Illinois Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94158
Vir Biotechnology Inc is a commercial-stage immunology company focused on treating and preventing infectious diseases. Through internal development, collaborations, and acquisitions, it has four technology platforms, focused on antibodies, T cells, innate immunity, and small interfering ribonucleic acid, or siRNA. The company's pipeline consists of product candidates targeting hepatitis B, HBV, influenza A, human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, and tuberculosis, or TB. Its revenue sources are collaboration revenue, contract revenue, grant revenue, and license revenue.
Executives
Svf Endurance (cayman) Ltd 10 percent owner C/O WALKERS CORPORATE LIMITED, 27 HOSPITAL ROAD, GEORGE TOWN E9 KY1-9008
Vicki L Sato director 940 WINTER STREET, PERKINELMER, INC. LEGAL DEPARTMENT, WALTHAM MA 02451
Phillip Pang officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC., 499 ILLINOIS STREET, SUITE 500, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Steven J. Rice officer: Chief Administrative Officer C/O VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC., 499 ILLINOIS STREET, SUITE 500, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Saira Ramasastry director 501 CANAL BLVD., RICHMOND CA 94804
Backer Marianne De officer: Chief Executive Officer 177 E COLORADO BLVD, SUITE 700, PASADENA CA 91105
Ann M. Hanly officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC., 499 ILLINOIS STREET, SUITE 500, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Sung Lee officer: Chief Financial Officer 7000 MARINA BLVD, BRISBANE CA 94005
Johanna Friedl-naderer officer: Chief Business Officer, Global C/O VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC., 499 ILLINOIS STREET, SUITE 500, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
George A Scangos director, officer: President and CEO C/O EXELIXIS INC, 170 HARBOR WAY, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94083
Howard Horn officer: CFO C/O VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC., 499 ILLINOIS STREET, SUITE 500, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Charles Elliott Sigal director 32 BREARLY ROAD, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Herbert Virgin officer: EVP, Research & CSO C/O VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC., 499 ILLINOIS STREET, SUITE 500, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Janet Napolitano director C/O VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC., 499 ILLINOIS STREET, SUITE 500, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Robert J More director 680 S CACHE STREET, SUITE 100, BOX 10820, JACKSON WY 83001

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