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Meta Materials (Meta Materials) Altman Z-Score : -39.15 (As of May. 12, 2024)


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What is Meta Materials 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 -39.15 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Meta Materials has a Altman Z-Score of -39.15, 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 Meta Materials's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

MMAT' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -39.15   Med: 3.24   Max: 7.16
Current: -39.15

During the past 5 years, Meta Materials's highest Altman Z-Score was 7.16. The lowest was -39.15. And the median was 3.24.


Meta Materials Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Meta Materials'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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Meta Materials Altman Z-Score Chart

Meta Materials Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
- - 3.24 7.16 -38.72

Meta Materials Quarterly Data
Dec19 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 7.16 1.72 -12.63 -13.18 -38.72

Competitive Comparison of Meta Materials's Altman Z-Score

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Meta Materials'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.


Meta Materials's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Meta Materials's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Meta Materials's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Meta Materials 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.

Meta Materials'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*-0.1121+1.4*-11.0272+3.3*-7.2635+0.6*0.4123+1.0*0.1442
=-39.15

* 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 $55.23 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $17.40 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $23.59 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-609.01 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -79.061 + -9.278 + -294.271 + -18.965 = $-401.58 Mil.
Interest Expense was -0.185 + -0.125 + -0.005 + -0.113 = $-0.43 Mil.
Revenue was 2.323 + 2.2 + 2.031 + 1.412 = $7.97 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $13.73 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $33.29 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
=(17.396 - 23.585)/55.228
=-0.1121

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-609.012/55.228
=-11.0272

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-401.575 - -0.428)/55.228
=-7.2635

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=13.726/33.292
=0.4123

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=7.966/55.228
=0.1442

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Meta Materials has a Altman Z-Score of -39.15 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.


Meta Materials  (NAS:MMAT) 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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Meta Materials (Meta Materials) Business Description

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60 Highfield Park Drive, Dartmouth, NS, CAN, B3A 4R9
Meta Materials Inc delivers previously unachievable performance, across a range of applications, by inventing, designing, developing, and manufacturing sustainable, highly functional materials. Its extensive technology platform enables global brands to deliver breakthrough products to their customers in consumer electronics, 5G communications, health and wellness, aerospace, automotive, and clean energy. Its products include NANOWEB, which is a transparent conductive film; holoOPTIX; ARfusion; metaAIR; and glucoWISE.
Executives
Jennifer K. Cheraso officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 3901 MIDWAY PLACE NE, ALBUQUERQUE NM 87109
James Macmillan Fusaro director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1900 S. PRICE ROAD, CHANDLER AZ 85248
Philippe Morali director 400 N. MCCARTHY BLVD., MILPITAS CA 94089
Georgios Palikaras director, 10 percent owner, officer: See Remarks C/O META MATERIALS INC., 1 RESEARCH DRIVE, DARTMOUTH A5 BY2 4M9
David Daniel Eaton officer: Chief Legal Officer 1706 PASEO DE PERALTA, SANTA FE NM 87501
Uzi Sasson officer: See Remarks 2041 LANDINGS DRIVE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Vyomesh Joshi director 17343 VIA DEL CAMPO, SAN DIEGO CA 92127
Eugenia Corrales director C/O SHORETEL, INC., 960 STEWART DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Jonathan Waldern officer: Chief Technical Officer C/O META MATERIALS INC., 1 RESEARCH DRIVE, DARTMOUTH A5 B2Y 4M9
Rice Kenneth L Jr officer: See Remarks C/O 85 MAIN STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Thomas Gordon Welch 10 percent owner 47 PLEASANT STREET, PO BOX 40, CHESTER A5 B0J 1J0
John R Harding director C/O MARIMBA INC, 440 CLYDE AVENUE, MOUNTAINVIEW CA 94043
Steen Karsbo director C/O META MATERIALS INC., 1 RESEARCH DRIVE, DARTMOUTH A5 B2Y 4M9
Michael James Graves director 5700 PLANO PARKWAY, SUITE 3600, PLANO TX 75093
Anne Barber Lambert 10 percent owner 47 PLEASANT STREET, PO BOX 40, CHESTER A5 B0J 1J0