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Keystone Law Group (LSE:KEYS) Altman Z-Score : 8.76 (As of May. 09, 2024)


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What is Keystone Law 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 8.68 is strong.

Keystone Law Group has a Altman Z-Score of 8.76, 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 Keystone Law Group's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:KEYS' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.16   Med: 8.69   Max: 12.09
Current: 8.68

During the past 10 years, Keystone Law Group's highest Altman Z-Score was 12.09. The lowest was 6.16. And the median was 8.69.


Keystone Law Group Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Keystone Law 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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Keystone Law Group Altman Z-Score Chart

Keystone Law Group Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.81 9.30 12.09 7.63 7.80

Keystone Law Group Semi-Annual Data
Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
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 12.09 - 7.63 - 7.80

Competitive Comparison of Keystone Law Group's Altman Z-Score

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Keystone Law 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.


Keystone Law Group's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

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



Keystone Law 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.

Keystone Law 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*0.2952+1.4*0.1428+3.3*0.2662+0.6*8.6601+1.0*2.1293
=8.76

* 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 Jan. 2024:
Total Assets was £41.30 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £33.56 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £21.37 Mil.
Retained Earnings was £5.90 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was £10.31 Mil.
Interest Expense was £-0.69 Mil.
Revenue was £87.93 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was £210.93 Mil.
Total Liabilities was £24.36 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
=(33.561 - 21.37)/41.295
=0.2952

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=5.896/41.295
=0.1428

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(10.306 - -0.687)/41.295
=0.2662

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=210.925/24.356
=8.6601

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=87.931/41.295
=2.1293

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Keystone Law Group has a Altman Z-Score of 8.76 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.


Keystone Law Group  (LSE:KEYS) 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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Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Keystone Law Group (LSE:KEYS) Business Description

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Address
48 Chancery Lane, London, GBR, WC2A 1JF
Keystone Law Group PLC is a law firm. The company provides legal services to a client base comprising of small and medium enterprises and private individuals. It offers conventional legal advice in the areas including property, commercial, corporate, employment, family, litigation, and private client. It derives revenue from rendering of services and other revenue. It serves sectors such as Aviation, Education, Financial Services, Food and Beverage, High-Net-Worth Family Office, Hotels, Hospitality and Leisure, In-House Legal, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Marine and Shipping, Media, Satellite, Space and Communications, and others.