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 - ...

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 ...

Among all stocks trading on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, two medical companies, Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG) and Anika Therapeutics Inc. (ANIK), have relatively strong Altman Z-scores.

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 ...

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 ...