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.

I computed Altman's Z2-Score for XOM, CVX, CHK, DNR, CLR, DVN, EOG, NBL, OAS, OXY, PXD, RRC, NOG, SWN, SN, WLL, FANG, MRD, APA, and APC. Altman's Z2-Score indicated ...

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When Needham & Co. analyst Mark Langley mentions the Altman Z-score in presentations to money managers, he often senses he has stirred distant memories of classrooms and finance textbooks among some ...

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 ...

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Altman's original five-ratio model (see Altman Z-score) was designed for manufacturers, or sectors with high capital intensity, such as mining. The problem is it uses the sales/total assets ratio, ...

Naturally, the formula isn’t perfect. The Altman Z-Score doesn’t do the best job accounting for deferred revenue, which can make software companies in particular look worse off than they really are.

When Needham & Co. analyst Mark Langley mentions the Altman Z-score in presentations to money managers, he often senses he has stirred distant memories of classrooms and finance textbooks among some ...