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Powell Industries (Powell Industries) Altman Z2-Score : 5.08 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Powell Industries Altman Z2-Score?

Altman Z2-Score, also known as Z"-Score, is used to predict the likelihood that a non-manufacturing company (excluding property/financial company) will face bankruptcy within a two-year period.

Good Sign:

Powell Industries has a Altman Z2-Score of 5.08, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Altman Z2-Score is strong.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Altman Z2-Score <= 1.1, it is in Distress Zones.
When Altman Z2-Score >= 2.6, it is in Safe Zones.
When Altman Z2-Score is between 1.1 and 2.6, it is in Grey Zones.

The historical rank and industry rank for Powell Industries's Altman Z2-Score or its related term are showing as below:

POWL' s Altman Z2-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.89   Med: 7.25   Max: 9.26
Current: 5.08

During the past 13 years, Powell Industries's highest Altman Z2-Score was 9.26. The lowest was 4.89. And the median was 7.25.


Powell Industries Altman Z2-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Powell Industries's Altman Z2-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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Powell Industries Altman Z2-Score Chart

Powell Industries Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Altman Z2-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.46 6.80 7.20 6.04 4.89

Powell Industries Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Altman Z2-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 5.82 5.20 4.99 4.89 5.08

Competitive Comparison of Powell Industries's Altman Z2-Score

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Powell Industries's Altman Z2-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Altman Z2-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.


Powell Industries's Altman Z2-Score Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Powell Industries's Altman Z2-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Powell Industries's Altman Z2-Score falls into.



Powell Industries Altman Z2-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.

Z2-Score, also known as Z"-Score is the Z-Score for non-manufacturing companies excluding property/financial companies.

Powell Industries's Altman Z2-Score for today is calculated with this formula:

Z=6.56*X1+3.26*X2+6.72*X3+1.05*X4_2
=6.56*0.3057+3.26*0.4284+6.72*0.1203+1.05*0.8295
=5.08

* 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 Z2-Score when X4_2 value is 0.

Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023:
Total Assets was $807.9 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $674.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $427.9 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $346.2 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 29.878 + 32.718 + 23.645 + 10.973 = $97.2 Mil.
Interest Expense was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.0 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $441.6 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
=(674.825 - 427.851)/807.949
=0.3057

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=346.162/807.949
=0.4284

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(97.214 - 0)/807.949
=0.1203

X4_2=Net Worth/Total Liabilities
=(Total Stockholders Equity - Preferred Stock)/Total Liabilities
=(366.32 - 0)/441.629
=0.8295

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Distress Zones - 1.1 < Grey Zones < 2.6 - Safe Zones

Powell Industries has a Altman Z2-Score of 5.08 indicating it is in Safe Zones.


Powell Industries  (NAS:POWL) Altman Z2-Score Explanation

The original Z-Score model was based on publicly traded manufacturing companies while the Z2-Score, also known as Z"-score can be used for any type of company excluding property/financial companies. Both Z-Score and Z2-Score describes the financial health of a company, and its likelihood of financial distress.

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_2, Net Worth (Total Stockholders Equity - Preferred Stock)/Total Liabilities (NW/TL): it compares a company’s stock net worth with its total liabilities and can be used to assess the extent of its reliance on debt.

Read more about Altman Z2-Score, the original research on Z-Score and the additional research on Z2-Score.


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Altman Z2-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Powell Industries (Powell Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8550 Mosley Road, Houston, TX, USA, 77075-1180
Powell Industries Inc is a United States-based company that develops, designs, manufactures, and services custom-engineered equipment and systems for electrical energy distribution, control, and monitoring. The company's principal products comprise integrated power control room substations, custom-engineered modules, electrical houses, traditional and arc-resistant distribution switchgear and control gear, and so on. These products are applied in oil and gas refining, offshore oil and gas production, petrochemical, pipeline, terminal, mining and metals, light-rail traction power, electric utility, pulp and paper, and other heavy industrial markets. The company generates the majority of its sales from the United States.
Executives
Thomas W Powell director, officer: President, CEO
Milburn E Honeycutt officer: Vice President, Corp Controlle 7 AMBERSTONE DRIVE, SUGARLAND TX 77459
John David White director 8550 MOSLEY ROAD, HOUSTON TX 77075
Alaina K Brooks director 2501 CEDAR SPRINGS, SUITE 100, DALLAS TX 75201
John Stacey director C/O HARMAN INTERNATIONAL, 1101 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, NW #1010, WASHINGTON DC 20004
Katheryn Baucom Curtis director 8550 MOSLEY ROAD, HOUSTON TX 77075
Bonnie V Hancock director P O BOX 12818, HOUSTON TX 77075
Michael William Metcalf officer: Exec Vice President 8550 MOSLEY ROAD, HOUSTON TX 77075
James W Mcgill director 8550 MOSLEY ROAD, HOUSTON TX 77075
Perry L Elders director 8550 MOSLEY ROAD, HOUSTON TX 77075
Christopher E Cragg director
Richard E Williams director 8550 MOSLEY ROAD, HOUSTON X1 77075
William N. Clelland director, other: ADVISORY DIRECTOR 8550 MOSLEY ROAD, HOUSTON TX 77075
Brett Alan Cope officer: Sr VP, COO 8550 MOSLEY ROAD, HOUSTON TX 77075
Joseph L Becherer director PO BOX 12818, HOUSTON TX 77217