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Barka Desalination Co (MUS:BRDE) Altman Z-Score : 0.48 (As of May. 20, 2024)


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What is Barka Desalination Co 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 0.48 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Barka Desalination Co has a Altman Z-Score of 0.48, 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 Barka Desalination Co's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

MUS:BRDE' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.45   Med: 0.47   Max: 0.48
Current: 0.48

During the past 3 years, Barka Desalination Co's highest Altman Z-Score was 0.48. The lowest was 0.45. And the median was 0.47.


Barka Desalination Co Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Barka Desalination Co'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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Barka Desalination Co Altman Z-Score Chart

Barka Desalination Co Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
- 0.45 0.48

Barka Desalination Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score - 0.45 0.48

Competitive Comparison of Barka Desalination Co's Altman Z-Score

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Barka Desalination Co'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.


Barka Desalination Co's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Barka Desalination Co's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Barka Desalination Co's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Barka Desalination Co 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.

Barka Desalination Co'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*-0.022+1.4*0.042+3.3*0.0598+0.6*0.1131+1.0*0.1857
=0.48

* 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 ر.ع104.84 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ر.ع4.34 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ر.ع6.64 Mil.
Retained Earnings was ر.ع4.41 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was ر.ع1.39 Mil.
Interest Expense was ر.ع-4.88 Mil.
Revenue was ر.ع19.47 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was ر.ع9.82 Mil.
Total Liabilities was ر.ع86.83 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
=(4.341 - 6.644)/104.837
=-0.022

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=4.408/104.837
=0.042

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(1.387 - -4.883)/104.837
=0.0598

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=9.818/86.832
=0.1131

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=19.467/104.837
=0.1857

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Barka Desalination Co has a Altman Z-Score of 0.48 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.


Barka Desalination Co  (MUS:BRDE) 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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Barka Desalination Co (MUS:BRDE) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Al Wilaj Street, Way No 1013 Al Qurm, PO Box 252, Building No 1022, Office No 16, 1st Floor, Bousher, Muscat, OMN, 103
Barka Desalination Co is engaged in operation of seawater desalination plant in Oman. The objectives of the Company are to acquire, develop, finance, design, construct, operate, maintain a desalination facility at Barka Independent Water Project, a sea water reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant located in Barka, South Batinah Governorate, Sultanate of Oman.

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