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.
Coventry Health Care, has a Altman Z-Score of 3.71, 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 Coventry Health Care,'s Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:
Coventry Health Care, Altman Z-Score Historical Data
The historical data trend for Coventry Health Care,'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.
Competitive Comparison of Coventry Health Care,'s Altman Z-Score
For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, Coventry Health Care,'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.
Coventry Health Care,'s Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry
For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, Coventry Health Care,'s Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Coventry Health Care,'s Altman Z-Score falls into.
Coventry Health Care, 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.
* 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.
Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones
Coventry Health Care, has a Altman Z-Score of 3.71 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.
Coventry Health Care, (FRA:HCA) 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.
Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.
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Coventry Health Care, (FRA:HCA) Business Description
Coventry Health Care, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on December 17, 1997 and is the successor to Coventry Corporation, which was incorporated on November 21, 1986. The Company provides risk and fee-based managed care products and services to a cross section of individuals, employer and government-funded groups, government agencies, and other insurance carriers and administrators. Its operations are segmented into three - Commercial Products, Government Programs and Workers' Compensation. The Commercial Products segment provides health plan commercial risk, commercial management services, Medicare Advantage Coordinated Care Plans, and Medicaid products. Its health plans offer commercial risk products, including health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, and point of service products to individuals and employer groups. This segment also provides health insurance benefits under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; and administrative services only products, such as medical claims administration, pharmacy benefits management, and utilization management and quality assurance programs. In addition, it offers consumer-directed benefit options comprising health reimbursement and savings accounts to commercial customers; provider network rental services through a PPO network to national, regional, and local third-party administrators, as well as insurance carriers; and coordination of mental health and substance abuse treatment services. The Government Programs segment offers Medicare Part D program that provides access to prescription drug coverage for eligible beneficiaries; and comprehensive health benefits on a risk basis to members participating in the Medicare Advantage CCP and Medicaid programs. Its Workers Compensation segment offers fee-based managed care services, such as provider network access, bill review, pharmacy benefit management, durable medical equipment and ancillary services, and care management services to underwriters and administrators of workers compensation insurance. The company serves individuals, employer and government-funded groups, government agencies, and other insurance carriers and administrators through direct sales staff, and independent insurance brokers and agents.
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