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SBLK (Star Bulk Carriers) Altman Z-Score : 1.15 (As of Oct. 31, 2024)


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What is Star Bulk Carriers 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 1.15 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Star Bulk Carriers has a Altman Z-Score of 1.15, 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 Star Bulk Carriers's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SBLK' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.48   Med: 0.44   Max: 1.68
Current: 1.15

During the past 13 years, Star Bulk Carriers's highest Altman Z-Score was 1.68. The lowest was -1.48. And the median was 0.44.


Star Bulk Carriers Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Star Bulk Carriers'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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Star Bulk Carriers Altman Z-Score Chart

Star Bulk Carriers Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.27 0.18 1.13 1.67 1.12

Star Bulk Carriers Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24
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 1.33 1.18 1.12 1.32 1.34

Competitive Comparison of Star Bulk Carriers's Altman Z-Score

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Star Bulk Carriers'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.


Star Bulk Carriers's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Star Bulk Carriers's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Star Bulk Carriers's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Star Bulk Carriers 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.

Star Bulk Carriers'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*0.0579+1.4*-0.1357+3.3*0.0828+0.6*1.2259+1.0*0.2593
=1.15

* 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 Jun. 2024:
Total Assets was $4,238 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $723 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $477 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-575 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 106.033 + 74.776 + 39.665 + 43.75 = $264 Mil.
Interest Expense was -25.982 + -20.701 + -22.032 + -18.058 = $-87 Mil.
Revenue was 352.875 + 259.39 + 263.461 + 223.087 = $1,099 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $2,182 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $1,780 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
=(722.781 - 477.207)/4238.036
=0.0579

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-575.115/4238.036
=-0.1357

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(264.224 - -86.773)/4238.036
=0.0828

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=2182.275/1780.133
=1.2259

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=1098.813/4238.036
=0.2593

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Star Bulk Carriers has a Altman Z-Score of 1.15 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.


Star Bulk Carriers  (NAS:SBLK) 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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Star Bulk Carriers Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
C/o Star Bulk Management Inc, 40 Agiou Konstantinou Street, Maroussi, Athens, GRC, 15124
Star Bulk Carriers Corp provides seaborne transportation solutions in the dry bulk sector. The company owns and operates dry bulk carrier vessels, which are used to transport bulk, such as iron ore, coal, grains, bauxite, fertilizers, and steel products. It owns a fleet of vessels that consists of Newcastlemax, Capesize, Post Panamax, Kamsarmax, Panamax, Ultramax, and Supramax. It generates revenues through the voyages it carries out.
Executives
Ramius Advisors Llc 10 percent owner 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Rcg Enterprise Ltd 10 percent owner 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Rcg Carpathia Master Fund Ltd 10 percent owner C/O RAMIUS LLC, 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Rcg Baldwin Lp 10 percent owner C/O RAMIUS LLC, 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Peter A Cohen 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 40 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 2020, NEW YORK NY 10019
Thomas W Strauss 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Ramius Capital Group Llc 10 percent owner 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
C4s & Co Llc 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses RAMIUS LLC, 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Morgan B Stark 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses C/O RAMIUS LLC, 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jeffrey M Solomon 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022