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Better Home & Finance Holding Co (Better Home & Finance Holding Co) Altman Z-Score : -3.65 (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is Better Home & Finance Holding Co 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.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -3.65 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Better Home & Finance Holding Co has a Altman Z-Score of -3.65, 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 Better Home & Finance Holding Co's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

BETR' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.65   Med: -3.54   Max: -3.12
Current: -3.65

During the past 3 years, Better Home & Finance Holding Co's highest Altman Z-Score was -3.12. The lowest was -3.65. And the median was -3.54.


Better Home & Finance Holding Co Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Better Home & Finance Holding Co'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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Better Home & Finance Holding Co Altman Z-Score Chart

Better Home & Finance Holding Co Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
- - -3.12

Better Home & Finance Holding Co Quarterly Data
Dec21 Mar22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Altman Z-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only - - -3.54 -3.12 -3.59

Competitive Comparison of Better Home & Finance Holding Co's Altman Z-Score

For the Mortgage Finance subindustry, Better Home & Finance Holding Co'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.


Better Home & Finance Holding Co's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Better Home & Finance Holding Co's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Better Home & Finance Holding Co's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Better Home & Finance Holding Co 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.

Better Home & Finance Holding Co'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*0.6471+1.4*-2.086+3.3*-0.5599+0.6*0.3867+1.0*0.1092
=-3.65

* 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 Mar. 2024:
Total Assets was $841.59 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $742.05 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $197.47 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-1,755.57 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -51.349 + -61.52 + -339.374 + -45.057 = $-497.30 Mil.
Interest Expense was 0 + -3.815 + -14.697 + -7.615 = $-26.13 Mil.
Revenue was 27.105 + 11.387 + 19.207 + 34.169 = $91.87 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $295.97 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $765.30 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
=(742.053 - 197.473)/841.586
=0.6471

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-1755.568/841.586
=-2.086

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-497.3 - -26.127)/841.586
=-0.5599

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=295.968/765.296
=0.3867

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=91.868/841.586
=0.1092

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Better Home & Finance Holding Co has a Altman Z-Score of -3.65 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.


Better Home & Finance Holding Co  (NAS:BETR) 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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Better Home & Finance Holding Co (Better Home & Finance Holding Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
175 Greenwich street, 3 World trade center, 57th floor, New York, NY, USA, 10007
Better Home & Finance Holding Co is a digital-first homeownership company whose services included mortgage, real estate, title, and homeowners insurance. The company has combined technology innovation and fresh thinking with a deep customer focus with the goal to revolutionize the homeownership industry.
Executives
Activant Ventures Iii Opportunities Fund 6, Lp director, 10 percent owner 323 RAILROAD AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06830
Sb Management Ltd 10 percent owner 9TH FLOOR, AL SILA TOWER, ADGM SQUARE, AL MARYAH ISLAND, ABU DHABI C0 NA
Riaz Valani director, 10 percent owner C/O OUSTER, INC., 350 TREAT AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94110
Kevin J Ryan officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O WESLEY JESSEN VISIONCARE INC, 333 EAST HOWARD AVE, DES PLAINES IL 60018-5903
Vishal Garg director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O MRU HOLDINGS, INC., 1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
J. Calamari Nicholas officer: CAO and Senior Counsel 450 PARK AVE, STE. 2702, NEW YORK NY 10022
Activant Ventures Iii, Lp director, 10 percent owner 323 RAILROAD AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06830
Activant Ventures Iii Opportunities Fund 1, Lp director, 10 percent owner 323 RAILROAD AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06830
Activant Ventures Iii Opportunities Fund 2, Lp director, 10 percent owner 323 RAILROAD AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06830
Activant Ventures Iii Opportunities Fund 3, Lp director, 10 percent owner 323 RAILROAD AVE., 2ND FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06830
Activant Ventures Iii Opportunities Fund 4, Lp director, 10 percent owner 323 RAILROAD AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06830
Softbank Group Corp 10 percent owner 1-7-1 KAIGAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO M0 105-7537
Paula Tuffin officer: General Counsel and CCO 3 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 175 GREENWICH ST 57TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10007
Svf Ii Beaver (de) Llc 10 percent owner 300 EL CAMINO REAL, MENLO PARK CA 94025
1/0 Mortgage Investment, Llc other: Shareholder 60 EAST 42ND STREET, SUITE 3014, NEW YORK NY 10165