Altman Z-Score API Reference

This page documents the API for the Altman Z-Score function in Pypulate.

Altman Z-Score for bankruptcy prediction.

altman_z_score(working_capital, retained_earnings, ebit, market_value_equity, sales, total_assets, total_liabilities)

Calculate Altman Z-Score for predicting bankruptcy risk.

Z-Score = 1.2X1 + 1.4X2 + 3.3X3 + 0.6X4 + 0.999*X5

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
working_capital	float	Working capital	required
retained_earnings	float	Retained earnings	required
ebit	float	Earnings before interest and taxes	required
market_value_equity	float	Market value of equity	required
sales	float	Sales	required
total_assets	float	Total assets	required
total_liabilities	float	Total liabilities	required

Returns:

Type	Description
dict	Z-score value and risk interpretation