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WRIT Media Group (WRIT Media Group) Altman Z-Score : -1.17 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is WRIT Media Group 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.

WRIT Media Group has a Altman Z-Score of -1.17, 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 WRIT Media Group's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


WRIT Media Group Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for WRIT Media Group'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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WRIT Media Group Altman Z-Score Chart

WRIT Media Group Annual Data
Trend Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -189.58 10.54 -4,910.71 -7,543.99 0.35

WRIT Media Group Quarterly Data
Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17
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 -0.56 0.35 5.87 5.55 1.61

Competitive Comparison of WRIT Media Group's Altman Z-Score

For the Entertainment subindustry, WRIT Media Group'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.


WRIT Media Group's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, WRIT Media Group's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



WRIT Media Group 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.

WRIT Media Group'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*-0.1053+1.4*-0.8371+3.3*-0.1653+0.6*0.6721+1.0*0.2715
=-1.17

* 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. 2017:
Total Assets was $5.66 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1.23 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1.83 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-4.74 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -0.024 + -0.494 + -0.344 + -0.177 = $-1.04 Mil.
Interest Expense was -0.015 + -0.055 + -0.018 + -0.015 = $-0.10 Mil.
Revenue was 1.369 + 0.092 + 0.065 + 0.011 = $1.54 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $1.23 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $1.83 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
=(1.231 - 1.827)/5.661
=-0.1053

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-4.739/5.661
=-0.8371

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-1.039 - -0.103)/5.661
=-0.1653

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=1.228/1.827
=0.6721

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=1.537/5.661
=0.2715

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

WRIT Media Group has a Altman Z-Score of -1.17 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.


WRIT Media Group  (OTCPK:WRIT) 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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WRIT Media Group (WRIT Media Group) Business Description

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Address
1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Suite 300, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 89135
WRIT Media Group Inc is a part of the media industry. It is mainly engaged in producing films, television programs, and similar entertainment programs for various media formats. It is a content creation company, which produces, acquires, licenses, and distributes music-related content in three-dimensional (3-D), and ultra-high definition (4K) for initial worldwide digital broadcast into digitally-enabled movie theatres. It also licenses classic pre-Windows computer game libraries and adapts, and republishes titles for smartphones, game consoles, personal computers, tablets, and other television streaming devices.

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