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Polaris Renewable Energy (TSX:PIF) Altman Z-Score : -0.27 (As of May. 04, 2024)


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What is Polaris Renewable Energy 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 -0.27 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Polaris Renewable Energy has a Altman Z-Score of -0.27, 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 Polaris Renewable Energy's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:PIF' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.57   Med: -0.47   Max: 0.03
Current: -0.27

During the past 13 years, Polaris Renewable Energy's highest Altman Z-Score was 0.03. The lowest was -1.57. And the median was -0.47.


Polaris Renewable Energy Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Polaris Renewable Energy'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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Polaris Renewable Energy Altman Z-Score Chart

Polaris Renewable Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.52 0.03 -0.06 -0.33 -0.24

Polaris Renewable Energy 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.33 -0.31 -0.20 -0.21 -0.24

Competitive Comparison of Polaris Renewable Energy's Altman Z-Score

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Polaris Renewable Energy'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.


Polaris Renewable Energy's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Polaris Renewable Energy's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Polaris Renewable Energy's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Polaris Renewable Energy 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.

Polaris Renewable Energy'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*0.0437+1.4*-0.7914+3.3*0.0506+0.6*0.7739+1.0*0.1519
=-0.27

* 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 C$696.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was C$72.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was C$42.1 Mil.
Retained Earnings was C$-551.5 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -0.111 + 1.509 + 3.203 + 4.13 = C$8.7 Mil.
Interest Expense was -6.55 + -6.764 + -6.534 + -6.657 = C$-26.5 Mil.
Revenue was 25.152 + 25.495 + 27.657 + 27.523 = C$105.8 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was C$259.0 Mil.
Total Liabilities was C$334.7 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
=(72.503 - 42.063)/696.827
=0.0437

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-551.494/696.827
=-0.7914

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(8.731 - -26.505)/696.827
=0.0506

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=259.018/334.686
=0.7739

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=105.827/696.827
=0.1519

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Polaris Renewable Energy has a Altman Z-Score of -0.27 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.


Polaris Renewable Energy  (TSX:PIF) 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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Polaris Renewable Energy (TSX:PIF) Business Description

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Address
7 St. Thomas Street, Suite 606, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5S 2B7
Polaris Renewable Energy Inc is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of renewable energy projects in the Americas. The Company operates in five reportable operating segments: 1) Nicaragua which includes the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of a geothermal project; 2) Peru which includes the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of hydroelectric projects; 3) Panama which includes acquisition, development and operation of solar projects; 4) Dominican Republic which includes acquisition, development and operation of solar projects; 5) Ecuador which includes acquisition, exploration, development and operation of hydroelectric projects.

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