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Amicus Therapeutics (Amicus Therapeutics) Altman Z-Score

: -1.29 (As of Today)
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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 -1.22 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Amicus Therapeutics has a Altman Z-Score of -1.29, 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 Amicus Therapeutics's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

FOLD' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.48   Med: 0.2   Max: 2.79
Current: -1.22

During the past 13 years, Amicus Therapeutics's highest Altman Z-Score was 2.79. The lowest was -1.48. And the median was 0.20.


Amicus Therapeutics Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Amicus Therapeutics'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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Amicus Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.54 2.79 -0.14 -1.48 -0.21

Amicus Therapeutics Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Altman Z-Score 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.48 -1.90 -1.28 -1.15 -0.21

Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Amicus Therapeutics'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.


Amicus Therapeutics Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Amicus Therapeutics's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Amicus Therapeutics 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.

Amicus Therapeutics'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*0.4054+1.4*-3.4505+3.3*-0.1285+0.6*4.9445+1.0*0.5134
=-1.29

* 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 $777.9 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $483.1 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $167.7 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-2,684.1 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -31.66 + -24.705 + -40.517 + -53.219 = $-150.1 Mil.
Interest Expense was -12.827 + -12.986 + -12.492 + -11.844 = $-50.1 Mil.
Revenue was 115.082 + 103.501 + 94.503 + 86.27 = $399.4 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $3,054.3 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $617.7 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
=(483.061 - 167.689)/777.88
=0.4054

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-2684.074/777.88
=-3.4505

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-150.101 - -50.149)/777.88
=-0.1285

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=3054.256/617.706
=4.9445

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=399.356/777.88
=0.5134

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Amicus Therapeutics has a Altman Z-Score of -1.29 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.


Amicus Therapeutics  (NAS:FOLD) 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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Amicus Therapeutics (Amicus Therapeutics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3675 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19104
Amicus Therapeutics Inc is a biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and delivering medicines for people living with rare metabolic diseases. The company is engaged in developing a pipeline of medicines for rare metabolic diseases, including a rare disease gene therapy portfolio. It has a portfolio of product opportunities, including oral precision medicine for people living with Fabry disease who have amenable genetic variants; a clinical-stage, treatment paradigm for Pompe disease, and a rare disease gene therapy portfolio. The company has one segment focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of advanced therapies to treat a range of devastating rare and orphan diseases.
Executives
John F Crowley director, officer: Executive Chairman C/O AMICUS THERAPEUTICS, INC., 1 CEDAR BROOK DRIVE, CRANBURY NJ 08512
David Michael Clark officer: Chief People Officer 1 CEDAR BROOK DRIVE, CRANBURY NJ 08512
Samantha Prout officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O AMICUS THERAPEUTICS, INC., 1 CEDAR BROOK DRIVE, CRANBURY NJ 08512
Bradley L Campbell director, officer: President and CEO C/O AMICUS THERAPEUTICS, INC., 1 CEDAR BROOK DRIVE, CRANBURY NJ 08512
Ellen Rosenberg officer: General Counsel & Corp. Secy C/O AMICUS THERAPEUTICS, 1 CEDAR BROOK DRIVE, CRANBURY NJ 08560
Jeff Castelli officer: VP, Program Management 1 CEDAR BROOK DRIVE, CRANBURY NJ 08512
Harford Simon N.r. officer: Chief Financial Officer AVON PRODUCTS, INC., 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10105
Michael Raab director 1119 ST PAUL STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Daphne Quimi officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O AMICUS THERAPEUTICS, INC., 1 CEDAR BROOK DRIVE, CRANBURY NJ 08512
Margaret G Mcglynn director C/O MERCK & CO INC, ONE MERCK DRIVE PO BOX 100, WHITEHOUSE STATION NJ 08889-0100
Burke W Whitman director 13455 NOEL ROAD # 2000, DALLAS TX 75240
Eiry Roberts director C/O NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC., 12780 EL CAMINO REAL, SAN DIEO CA 92130
Hung Do officer: Sr Vice President Discovery C/O AMICUS THERAPEUTICS, INC., 1 CEDAR BROOK DRIVE, CRANBURY NJ 08512
Michael Aaron Kelly director C/O HOOKIPA PHARMA INC., 430 EAST 29TH ST., NEW YORK NY 10016
Jay Barth officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O AMICUS THERAPEUTICS, INC., 1 CEDAR BROOK DRIVE, CRANBURY NJ 08512