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Ventia Services Group (ASX:VNT) Altman Z-Score : 3.20 (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is Ventia Services 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.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 3.2 is strong.

Ventia Services Group has a Altman Z-Score of 3.20, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Altman Z-Score is strong.

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 Ventia Services Group's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:VNT' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.22   Med: 2.67   Max: 3.2
Current: 3.2

During the past 3 years, Ventia Services Group's highest Altman Z-Score was 3.20. The lowest was 2.22. And the median was 2.67.


Ventia Services Group Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ventia Services 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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Ventia Services Group Altman Z-Score Chart

Ventia Services Group Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
2.22 2.67 3.11

Ventia Services Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Altman Z-Score 2.22 - 2.67 - 3.11

Competitive Comparison of Ventia Services Group's Altman Z-Score

For the Infrastructure Operations subindustry, Ventia Services 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.


Ventia Services Group's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Ventia Services Group's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ventia Services 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.

Ventia Services 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*0.0219+1.4*0.0789+3.3*0.1087+0.6*1.2778+1.0*1.935
=3.20

* 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 A$2,934 Mil.
Total Current Assets was A$1,303 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was A$1,239 Mil.
Retained Earnings was A$232 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was A$270 Mil.
Interest Expense was A$-49 Mil.
Revenue was A$5,676 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was A$3,020 Mil.
Total Liabilities was A$2,363 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
=(1303.4 - 1239.2)/2933.6
=0.0219

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=231.6/2933.6
=0.0789

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(270.1 - -48.9)/2933.6
=0.1087

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=3019.860/2363.4
=1.2778

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=5676.4/2933.6
=1.935

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Ventia Services Group has a Altman Z-Score of 3.20 indicating it is in Safe Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


Ventia Services Group  (ASX:VNT) 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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Ventia Services Group (ASX:VNT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
80 Pacific Highway, Level 8, North Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2060
While Ventia is not the largest player with an estimated 7.5% share of addressable markets, it is a leading infrastructure maintenance services provider in Australia and New Zealand. Its capabilities span the full asset lifecycle including operations and maintenance, facilities management, minor capital works, environmental services, and other solutions. And its business model is favorably capital-light via flexing of a large contractor base complementing a deep pool of talented employees. Ventia has long-term relationships with a diverse range of public and private sector clients with many client relationships maintained for decades. Contracts are favorably long with an average five-year duration at inception and most containing some form of embedded price escalation.

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