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Frontier Transport Holdings (JSE:FTH) Altman Z-Score : 3.91 (As of May. 24, 2024)


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What is Frontier Transport Holdings 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.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 3.8 is strong.

Frontier Transport Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 3.91, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Altman Z-Score is strong.

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 Frontier Transport Holdings's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:FTH' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.46   Med: 2.72   Max: 3.8
Current: 3.8

During the past 7 years, Frontier Transport Holdings's highest Altman Z-Score was 3.80. The lowest was 2.46. And the median was 2.72.


Frontier Transport Holdings Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Frontier Transport Holdings'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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Frontier Transport Holdings Altman Z-Score Chart

Frontier Transport Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2.72 2.67 2.46 3.30 3.57

Frontier Transport Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 - 3.30 - 3.57 -

Competitive Comparison of Frontier Transport Holdings's Altman Z-Score

For the Railroads subindustry, Frontier Transport Holdings'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.


Frontier Transport Holdings's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Frontier Transport Holdings's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Frontier Transport Holdings's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Frontier Transport Holdings 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.

Frontier Transport Holdings'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*0.1549+1.4*0.5865+3.3*0.1665+0.6*2.2656+1.0*0.9932
=3.91

* 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 Mar. 2023:
Total Assets was R2,410 Mil.
Total Current Assets was R797 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was R423 Mil.
Retained Earnings was R1,414 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was R385 Mil.
Interest Expense was R-16 Mil.
Revenue was R2,394 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was R1,965 Mil.
Total Liabilities was R868 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
=(796.606 - 423.225)/2410.296
=0.1549

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=1413.596/2410.296
=0.5865

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(384.814 - -16.469)/2410.296
=0.1665

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=1965.467/867.526
=2.2656

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=2393.841/2410.296
=0.9932

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Frontier Transport Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 3.91 indicating it is in Safe Zones.

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


Frontier Transport Holdings  (JSE:FTH) 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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Frontier Transport Holdings (JSE:FTH) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
103 Bofors Circle, Epping Industria, Cape Town, WC, ZAF, 7460
Frontier Transport Holdings Ltd, formerly Hosken Passenger Logistics And Rail Ltd through its subsidiary provide a scheduled commuter bus operator in the Cape Metropole. It is engaged in the provision of passenger transport services within South Africa. The company operates in the luxury and semi-luxury coach markets.

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