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Encore Wire (Encore Wire) Altman Z2-Score : 17.30 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Encore Wire Altman Z2-Score?

Altman Z2-Score, also known as Z"-Score, is used to predict the likelihood that a non-manufacturing company (excluding property/financial company) will face bankruptcy within a two-year period.

Good Sign:

Encore Wire has a Altman Z2-Score of 17.30, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Altman Z2-Score is strong.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Altman Z2-Score <= 1.1, it is in Distress Zones.
When Altman Z2-Score >= 2.6, it is in Safe Zones.
When Altman Z2-Score is between 1.1 and 2.6, it is in Grey Zones.

The historical rank and industry rank for Encore Wire's Altman Z2-Score or its related term are showing as below:

WIRE' s Altman Z2-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.39   Med: 14.65   Max: 20.16
Current: 17.64

During the past 13 years, Encore Wire's highest Altman Z2-Score was 20.16. The lowest was 13.39. And the median was 14.65.


Encore Wire Altman Z2-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Encore Wire's Altman Z2-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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Encore Wire Altman Z2-Score Chart

Encore Wire Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z2-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.94 13.63 17.22 20.16 17.64

Encore Wire Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Altman Z2-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 21.07 18.83 18.22 17.64 -

Competitive Comparison of Encore Wire's Altman Z2-Score

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Encore Wire's Altman Z2-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Altman Z2-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.


Encore Wire's Altman Z2-Score Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Encore Wire's Altman Z2-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Encore Wire's Altman Z2-Score falls into.



Encore Wire Altman Z2-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.

Z2-Score, also known as Z"-Score is the Z-Score for non-manufacturing companies excluding property/financial companies.

Encore Wire's Altman Z2-Score for today is calculated with this formula:

Z=6.56*X1+3.26*X2+6.72*X3+1.05*X4_2
=6.56*0.5357+3.26*1.2596+6.72*0.2015+1.05*7.9313
=17.30

* 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 Z2-Score when X4_2 value is 0.

Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023:
Total Assets was $2,042 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,262 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $168 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $2,571 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 82.231 + 86.978 + 106.564 + 135.544 = $411 Mil.
Interest Expense was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $229 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
=(1262.154 - 168.407)/2041.54
=0.5357

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=2571.453/2041.54
=1.2596

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(411.317 - 0)/2041.54
=0.2015

X4_2=Net Worth/Total Liabilities
=(Total Stockholders Equity - Preferred Stock)/Total Liabilities
=(1812.957 - 0)/228.583
=7.9313

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Distress Zones - 1.1 < Grey Zones < 2.6 - Safe Zones

Encore Wire has a Altman Z2-Score of 17.30 indicating it is in Safe Zones.


Encore Wire  (NAS:WIRE) Altman Z2-Score Explanation

The original Z-Score model was based on publicly traded manufacturing companies while the Z2-Score, also known as Z"-score can be used for any type of company excluding property/financial companies. Both Z-Score and Z2-Score describes the financial health of a company, and its likelihood of financial distress.

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_2, Net Worth (Total Stockholders Equity - Preferred Stock)/Total Liabilities (NW/TL): it compares a company’s stock net worth with its total liabilities and can be used to assess the extent of its reliance on debt.

Read more about Altman Z2-Score, the original research on Z-Score and the additional research on Z2-Score.


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Altman Z2-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Encore Wire (Encore Wire) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1329 Millwood Road, McKinney, TX, USA, 75069
Encore Wire Corp is engaged in manufacturing electrical building wire and cable. It supplies building wire for interior electrical wiring in commercial and industrial buildings, homes, apartments, and manufactured housing. The company's principal customers are wholesale electrical distributors, who sell building wire and a variety of other products to electrical contractors. Encore offers an electrical building wire product line that consists primarily of NM-B cable, UF-B cable, THHN/THWN-2, XHHW-2, RHH/RHW-2, and other types of wire products, including tray cable, metal-clad, and armored cable.
Executives
William Kelvin Walker director 1329 MILLWOOD ROAD, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Matthew D. Ford officer: Controller 1329 MILLWOOD ROAD, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Daniel L Jones director, officer: Chairman, President & CEO 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Bret J Eckert officer: Vice President - Finance & CFO P O BOX 650205, DALLAS TX 75265
Gregory J Fisher director 14643 DALLAS PAKWAY, STE 1000, DALLAS TX 75254-8890
Scott D Weaver director C/O WESTERN REFINING, INC., 6500 TROWBRIDGE DRIVE, EL PASO TX 79905
Thomas William R Iii director 12900 PRESTON ROAD, SUITE 700, DALLAS TX 75230
John H Wilson director 12900 PRESTON RD, STE 700, DALLAS TX 75230
Gina A. Norris director 1329 MILLWOOD ROAD, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Frank J Bilban officer: Vice President - Finance & CFO 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Donald Eugene Courtney director
Capital Southwest Corp director 8333 DOUGLAS AVE, SUITE 1100, DALLAS TX 75225
Norman R Medlen officer: Controller 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069
Cunningham Thomas Lee Iii director
Joseph M Brito director 1410 MILLWOOD RD, C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP, MCKINNEY TX 75069

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