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Sally Beauty Holdings (Sally Beauty Holdings) Altman Z-Score

: 2.66 (As of Today)
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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 2.66 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.

Sally Beauty Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 2.66, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Sally Beauty Holdings 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 Sally Beauty Holdings's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SBH' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.95   Med: 3.34   Max: 4.22
Current: 2.66

During the past 13 years, Sally Beauty Holdings's highest Altman Z-Score was 4.22. The lowest was 1.95. And the median was 3.34.


Sally Beauty Holdings Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sally Beauty 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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Sally Beauty Holdings Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.49 2.13 2.77 2.72 2.61

Sally Beauty Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Altman Z-Score 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.66 2.77 2.72 2.61 2.75

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Sally Beauty 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.


Sally Beauty Holdings Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sally Beauty Holdings's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sally Beauty 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.

Sally Beauty 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*0.2525+1.4*0.2388+3.3*0.1126+0.6*0.4938+1.0*1.3555
=2.66

* 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 $2,731 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,263 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $573 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $652 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 51.809 + 57.191 + 71.471 + 54.723 = $235 Mil.
Interest Expense was -17.314 + -19.717 + -18.654 + -16.685 = $-72 Mil.
Revenue was 931.302 + 921.356 + 931.008 + 918.712 = $3,702 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $1,081 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $2,190 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
=(1262.864 - 573.069)/2731.386
=0.2525

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=652.247/2731.386
=0.2388

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(235.194 - -72.37)/2731.386
=0.1126

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=1081.350/2190.046
=0.4938

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=3702.378/2731.386
=1.3555

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Sally Beauty Holdings has a Altman Z-Score of 2.66 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.


Sally Beauty Holdings  (NYSE:SBH) 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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Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Sally Beauty Holdings (Sally Beauty Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3001 Colorado Boulevard, Denton, TX, USA, 76210
Sally Beauty Holdings Inc is a professional beauty-products retailer based in the United States. Sally Beauty operates throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, France, Ireland, Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands. The company operates through two business segments: Sally Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group. Product offerings include hair color and care, hair dryers and hair-styling appliances, nail care, skin care, and others.
Executives
Denise Paulonis director, officer: President & CEO 8000 BENT BRANCH DRIVE, IRVING TX 75063
Lawrence Molloy director 19601 N 27TH AVENUE, PHOENIX AZ 85027
Rachel Rothe Bishop director 2021 SPRING ROAD, SUITE 600, OAKBROOK IL 60523
Jeffrey N Boyer director 100 PIER 1 PLACE, FORT WORTH TX 76102
Susan R Mulder director 3001 COLORADO BLVD., DENTON TX 76210
Scott C Sherman officer: SVP & CHRO 3001 COLORADO BLVD., DENTON TX 76210
Robert R Mcmaster director, other: Chairman of the Board 907-B EAST MAIN STREET, HUMBLE TX 77338-4662
Platz Marlo Michelle Cormier officer: SVP, CFO 2180 RUTHERFORD ROAD, CARLSBAD CA 92008
John A Miller director 3001 COLORADO BLVD, DENTON TX 76210
Marshall E Eisenberg director TWO NORTH LASALLE STREET, CHICAGO IL 60602
Edward W Rabin director 200 WEST MADISON STE.3900, CHICAGO IL 60606
Pamela K Kohn officer: See Remarks 3001 COLORADO BLVD, DENTON TX 76210
Mark Gregory Spinks officer: See Remarks 3001 COLORADO BLVD., DENTON TX 76210
Linda Heasley director 4 BATTERYMARCH PARK, QUINCY MA 02169
John M Henrich officer: See Remarks 3001 COLORADO BLVD, DENTON TX 76210