Since its debut in 1968, the Altman Z-Score has been followed religiously by analysts worldwide due to its ease of calculation and relative accuracy at predicting bankruptcies (72% in its initial test ...

Developed by NYU Stern financial economist Edward Altman, the Altman Z-score predicts the likelihood of a company of going bankrupt within a two-year period. Unlike the Piotroski F-score, which only ...

The Altman z-score takes five basic financial ratios from a company's balance sheet and uses them to assess its performance strength. These are the ratios: A - working capital / total assets. B - ...

This article uses a modified Altman Z-score to predict financial distress within the nursing home industry. The modified Altman Z-score model uses multiple discriminant analysis (MDA) to examine ...

Given the ongoing panic in coal shares, I decided to do a series which will look at several coal stocks using the Altman Z-score. The purpose will be to get a feel of the relative risk with each coal ...

USA Today.com, just covered something called The Altman Z-Score ” a financial indicator that predicts when companies are careening toward serious financial distress, which the article says is commonly ...

And Insider Monkey offered this chart showing that declines in Google searches of Nouriel Roubini have been a bullish indicator for stocks: Which one is right? My gut feeling is to lean toward the ...

The New York University professor who developed one of the best-known formulas for predicting corporate insolvencies has a warning for U.S. credit investors: this year’s spate of “mega” bankruptcies ...

Legendary bankruptcy expert Dr. Edward Altman cautioned that this benign credit cycle — characterized by low default rates, low yields, low spreads, and lots of liquidity — could come to an abrupt end ...

Devised in the 1960s by Edward Altman, a Z score indicates the probability of a company entering bankruptcy within the next two years. The higher the Z score, the lower the probability of bankruptcy.