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Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP) Altman Z-Score : 1.04 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP 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.

Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP has a Altman Z-Score of 1.04, 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 Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:


Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP'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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Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP Altman Z-Score Chart

Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP Annual Data
Trend Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.79 5.01 2.05 1.63 0.99

Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP Quarterly Data
Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.63 1.86 1.71 1.27 0.99

Competitive Comparison of Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's Altman Z-Score

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP'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.


Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP 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.

Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP'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*0.0499+1.4*0+3.3*-0.3304+0.6*1.0912+1.0*1.4117
=1.04

* 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. 2015:
Total Assets was $241.4 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $65.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $53.5 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $0.0 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -18.715 + -25.533 + -66.202 + 8.991 = $-101.5 Mil.
Interest Expense was -5.557 + -5.57 + -5.546 + -5.028 = $-21.7 Mil.
Revenue was 77.381 + 84.323 + 109.853 + 69.174 = $340.7 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $444.8 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $407.6 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
=(65.509 - 53.471)/241.37
=0.0499

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-101.459 - -21.701)/241.37
=-0.3304

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=444.820/407.636
=1.0912

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=340.731/241.37
=1.4117

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP has a Altman Z-Score of 1.04 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.


Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP  (NYSE:RNF) 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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Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP (Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP) Business Description

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Rentech Nitrogen Partners LP is a Delaware limited partnership formed in July 2011. The Company is engaged in manufacturing of nitrogen fertilizer. The Company owns and operates two fertilizer facilities: East Dubuque Facility and Pasadena Facility. The East Dubuque Facility produces ammonia, UAN, liquid and granular urea, nitric acid and food-grade carbon dioxide, or CO2, using natural gas as its primary feedstock. Some of these products are final products sold to customers, and others, including ammonia, are both final products and feedstocks for other products, such as UAN, nitric acid, liquid urea and granular urea. The Pasadena Facility ceased production of diammonium phosphate and monoammonium phosphate. Its Pasadena Facility is the producer of synthetic ammonium sulfate and the third largest producer of ammonium sulfate in North America. The Pasadena Facility's products are applied to many types of crops including soybeans, potatoes, cotton, canola, alfalfa, corn and wheat. The Company is subject to a number of federal and state laws and regulations related to safety, including the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, or OSHA, and comparable state statutes, the purpose of which are to protect the health and safety of workers.
Executives
Michael S Burke director C/O AECOM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, 555 S. FLOWER STREET, SUITE 3700, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Keith B Forman director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7200 TEXAS COMMERCE TOWER, 600 TRAVIS ST, HOUSTON TX 77002
John Howard Diesch director, officer: President 1331 17TH STREET, SUITE 720, DENVER CO 80202
Rentech, Inc. 10 percent owner 10877 WILSHIRE BLVD, 10TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Carl C Icahn 10 percent owner C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH-1, SUNNY ISLES BEACH FL 33160
Halbert S Washburn director 515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET 48TH FLOOR, SUITE 4800, LOS ANGELES CA 90071