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Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores (Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores) Altman Z-Score : 1.10 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores 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.

Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores has a Altman Z-Score of 1.10, 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 Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores'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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Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Altman Z-Score Chart

Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Annual Data
Trend Jan11 Jan12 Jan13 Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 3.72 3.96 4.04 2.72 2.04

Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Quarterly Data
Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19
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Competitive Comparison of Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores's Altman Z-Score

For the Department Stores subindustry, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores'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.


Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores 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.

Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores'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*0.2079+1.4*-1.1442+3.3*-0.1272+0.6*0.2501+1.0*2.7225
=1.10

* 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 Jul. 2019:
Total Assets was $403 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $387 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $303 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-461 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -19.173 + -11.786 + -29.965 + -5.094 = $-66 Mil.
Interest Expense was -3.154 + -3.97 + -4.019 + -3.601 = $-15 Mil.
Revenue was 168.594 + 291.072 + 298.52 + 339.115 = $1,097 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $77 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $309 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
=(386.732 - 302.936)/403.045
=0.2079

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-461.15/403.045
=-1.1442

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-66.018 - -14.744)/403.045
=-0.1272

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=77.190/308.59
=0.2501

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=1097.301/403.045
=2.7225

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores has a Altman Z-Score of 1.10 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.


Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores  (NAS:SHOS) 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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Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores (Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
5500 Trillium Boulevard, Suite 501, Hoffman Estates, IL, USA, 60192
Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc is a national retailer engaged in the selling of home appliances, lawn and garden equipment, and hardware at its stores and on its websites. It also offers its customers the opportunity to acquire home appliance, lawn and garden, fitness, bedding, and other categories of merchandise and product protection agreements through the lease-to-own program that it operates by agreement with a third party. Its business segments are the Sears Hometown and Hardware, and the Sears Outlet.
Executives
William K Phelan director 3333 BEVERLY ROAD HOFFMAN ESTATES IL 60179
James F Gooch director C/O 5500 TRILLIUM BOULEVARD, SUITE 501, HOFFMAN ESTATES IL 60192
Josephine Linden director 6601 SOUTH BERMUDA ROAD, LAS VEGAS NV 89119
Esl Partners Lp 10 percent owner 1170 KANE CONCOURSE, SUITE 200, BAY HARBOR FL 33154
Esl Investments Inc 10 percent owner 1170 KANE CONCOURSE, SUITE 200, BAY HARBOR ISLANDS FL 33154
Edward S Lampert 10 percent owner 1170 KANE CONCOURSE, SUITE 200, BAY HARBOUR FL 33154
Rbs Partners L P /ct 10 percent owner 1170 KANE CONCOURSE, SUITE 200, BAY HARBOR ISLANDS FL 33154
Ryan D Robinson officer: Senior VP and CFO/CAO 5500 TRILLIUM BOULEVARD, SUITE 501, HOFFMAN ESTATES IL 60192
Rbs Investment Management Llc 10 percent owner 1170 KANE CONCOURSE, SUITE 200, BAY HARBOR FL 33154
Esl Institutional Partners Lp 10 percent owner 1170 KANE CONCOURSE, SUITE 200, BAY HARBOR FL 33154
Crk Partners Llc 10 percent owner 1170 KANE CONCOURSE, SUITE 200, BAY HARBOR ISLANDS FL 33154
Spe Master I, L.p. 10 percent owner 1170 KANE CONCOURSE, SUITE 200, BAY HARBOR FL 33154
Spe I Partners, L.p. 10 percent owner 1170 KANE CONCOURSE, SUITE 200, BAY HARBOR FL 33154
Jeffrey Flug director C/O PENNANTPARK INVESTMENT CORPORATION, 445 PARK AVENUE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
William R Harker director 5500 TRILLIUM BOULEVARD, SUITE 501, HOFFMAN ESTATES IL 60192