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BlackSky Technology (BlackSky Technology) Altman Z-Score : -2.87 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is BlackSky Technology 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 -2.84 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

BlackSky Technology has a Altman Z-Score of -2.87, 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 BlackSky Technology's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

BKSY' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.84   Med: -2.68   Max: -1.6
Current: -2.84

During the past 4 years, BlackSky Technology's highest Altman Z-Score was -1.60. The lowest was -2.84. And the median was -2.68.


BlackSky Technology Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for BlackSky Technology'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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BlackSky Technology Altman Z-Score Chart

BlackSky Technology Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
- -1.60 -2.68 -2.77

BlackSky Technology Quarterly Data
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 -2.68 -2.52 -2.73 -3.31 -2.77

Competitive Comparison of BlackSky Technology's Altman Z-Score

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, BlackSky Technology'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.


BlackSky Technology's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, BlackSky Technology's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



BlackSky Technology 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.

BlackSky Technology'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*0.2314+1.4*-2.6732+3.3*-0.1958+0.6*1.3571+1.0*0.4217
=-2.87

* 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 $224.07 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $79.33 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $27.49 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $-598.97 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -3.375 + 0.813 + -33.422 + -17.202 = $-53.19 Mil.
Interest Expense was -2.679 + -2.532 + -2.242 + -1.853 = $-9.31 Mil.
Revenue was 35.508 + 21.26 + 19.327 + 18.397 = $94.49 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $177.66 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $130.91 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
=(79.331 - 27.491)/224.066
=0.2314

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-598.97/224.066
=-2.6732

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-53.186 - -9.306)/224.066
=-0.1958

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=177.656/130.907
=1.3571

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=94.492/224.066
=0.4217

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

BlackSky Technology has a Altman Z-Score of -2.87 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.


BlackSky Technology  (NYSE:BKSY) 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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Be Aware

Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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BlackSky Technology (BlackSky Technology) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
13241 Woodland Park Road, Suite 300, Herndon, VA, USA, 20171
BlackSky Technology Inc is a provider of real-time geospatial intelligence. The company delivers on-demand, high-frequency imagery, monitoring, and analytics of some of the critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events in the world. It designs, owns, and operates one of the industry's low earth orbit (LEO) small satellite constellations, optimized to capture imagery cost-efficiently where and when its customers need it. its Spectra AI software platform processes data from BlackSky's constellation and from other third-party sensors to develop the critical insights and analytics that provide its customers with the actionable intelligence. Geographically, the company operates in North America, the Middle East, Asia, and Others.
Executives
Tracy Ward officer: Principal Accounting Officer 3901 STONECROFT BOULEVARD, C/O INTERSECTIONS INC., CHANTILLY VA 20151
Brian E O'toole director, officer: CEO and President 2325 DULLES CORNER BLVD., HERNDON VA 20171
Henry Edward Dubois officer: Chief Development Officer C/O 13241 WOODLAND PARK ROAD, STE 300, HERNDON VA 20171
Christiana L Lin officer: General Counsel & Corp Sec 11465 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, SUITE 200, RESTON VA 20190
Johan G Broekhuysen officer: Chief Financial Officer LUMOS NETWORKS CORP., ONE LUMOS PLAZA, WAYNESBORO VA 22980
Susan M. Gordon director C/O CACI INTERNATIONAL, 1100 N. GLEBE ROAD, 3RD FLOOR, ARLINGTON VA 22201
Mithril Lp 10 percent owner ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, BUILDING C SUITE 400, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Peter Thiel 10 percent owner 9200 SUNSET BOULEVARD, SUITE 1110, WEST HOLLYWOOD CA 90069
S.a. Thales 10 percent owner TOUR CARPE DIEM, 31 PLACE, DES COROLLES, ESPLANADE NORD 92400, COURBEVOIE I0 92400
Thales Alenia Space Us Investment Llc 10 percent owner 1209 ORANGE STREET, WILMINGTON DE 19801
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Seahawk Spv Investment Llc 10 percent owner 2733 SOUTH CRYSTAL DRIVE, SUITE 1200, ARLINGTON TX 22202
Brian G. Daum officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O BLACKSKY TECHNOLOGY INC, 13241 WOODLAND PARK ROAD, SUITE 300, HERNDON VA 20271
Mithril Gp Lp 10 percent owner C/O MITHRIL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, 600 CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE 3100, AUSTIN TX 78701
Timothy M. Harvey director 13241 WOODLAND PARK ROAD, SUITE 300, HERNDON VA 20171