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Amylyx Pharmaceuticals (Amylyx Pharmaceuticals) Altman Z-Score : 2.13 (As of May. 03, 2024)


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What is Amylyx Pharmaceuticals 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 2.12 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has a Altman Z-Score of 2.13, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Amylyx Pharmaceuticals is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may face bankrupcy risk.

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 Amylyx Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

AMLX' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.12   Med: 17.71   Max: 27.15
Current: 2.12

During the past 5 years, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals's highest Altman Z-Score was 27.15. The lowest was 2.12. And the median was 17.71.


Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Amylyx Pharmaceuticals'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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Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Altman Z-Score Chart

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
- - - 27.15 8.26

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 27.15 20.17 12.82 16.13 8.26

Competitive Comparison of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals'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.


Amylyx Pharmaceuticals's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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



Amylyx Pharmaceuticals 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.

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals'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*0.7394+1.4*-0.5893+3.3*0.1049+0.6*1.643+1.0*0.7359
=2.13

* 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 $517.5 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $464.7 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $82.0 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-304.9 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 6.476 + 22.411 + 24.007 + 1.403 = $54.3 Mil.
Interest Expense was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.0 Mil.
Revenue was 108.449 + 102.693 + 98.216 + 71.428 = $380.8 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $138.1 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $84.0 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
=(464.666 - 82.042)/517.454
=0.7394

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-304.949/517.454
=-0.5893

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(54.297 - 0)/517.454
=0.1049

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=138.051/84.022
=1.643

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=380.786/517.454
=0.7359

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has a Altman Z-Score of 2.13 indicating it is in Grey Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


Amylyx Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:AMLX) 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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Amylyx Pharmaceuticals (Amylyx Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
43 Thorndike Street, Cambridge, MA, USA, 02141
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company working on developing a novel therapeutic for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Executives
Joshua B Cohen director, officer: Co-Chief Executive Officer C/O AMYLYX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 43 THORNDIKE STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02141
Justin B. Klee director, officer: Co-Chief Executive Officer C/O AMYLYX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 43 THORNDIKE STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02141
Patrick D Yeramian officer: Chief Medical Officer 1815 PARKSIDE CIRCLE SOUTH, BOCA RATON FL 33486
James M Frates officer: Chief Financial Officer 88 SIDNEY ST, CAMBRIDGE MA 021394136
Karen Firestone director C/O AMYLYX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 43 THORNDIKE ST., CAMBRIDGE MA 02141
Gina Mazzariello officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O AMYLYX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 43 THORNDIKE STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02141
Morningside Venture Investments Ltd 10 percent owner MCCARTHY LEGAL SERVICES, 1188 CENTRE STREET, NEWTON CENTRE MA 02459
Milne George M Jr director
Margaret Olinger officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O AMYLYX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 43 THORNDIKE STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02141
Viking Global Investors Lp 10 percent owner 600 WASHINGTON BLVD., FLOOR 11, STAMFORD CT 06901
Dragsa 96 Llc 10 percent owner 55 RAILROAD AVE., GREENWICH CT 06830
Als Invest 1 B.v. 10 percent owner EERSTE WELERINGDWARSSTRAAL 54E, 1017 TP, AMSTERDAM P7 1017
Isaac Cheng director C/O ATEA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 125 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON MA 02110
Mvil, Llc 10 percent owner 22ND FLOOR HANG LUNG CENTRE, 2-20 PATERSON STREET, CAUSEWAY BAY K3 00000
Ole Andreas Halvorsen 10 percent owner 600 WASHINGTON BLVD., FLOOR 11, STAMFORD CT 06901

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