The media and financial institutions, including the Federal Reserve, underreport the proliferation of zombie firms, a frightening reality you must not ignore. Learn how you can use the FRISK® score and other CreditRiskMonitor report features to protect your company from bankruptcy-prone zombies.
Companies have been ramping up efforts in nearshoring their purchased goods from Mexico and Canada while keeping other regions steady. This trend indicates supply chains are focused on dual sourcing and seeking alternative suppliers.
Most trade payments only become past due after a bankruptcy filing. Thus, unsecured creditors are given a false sense of security and after months - or years - of legal proceedings, they recover pennies on the dollar.
The FRISK® score cuts through the “Cloaking Effect” by identifying financially stressed companies with a differentiated and proprietary method that doesn't rely on payment history.
Public and private companies need to be proactively evaluated in distinct, different ways by risk management professionals - fortunately, with the FRISK® score and PAYCE® score, CreditRiskMonitor has world-class solutions for both subportfolios.
Retailers left and right exited stage left and into bankruptcy this summer. CreditRiskMonitor has the read on a few potential industry giants who might not survive to see 2021.
Unless there is a rapid economic recovery, more retailers are going to go the way of J. C. Penney, Pier 1 Imports, Neiman Marcus and J.Crew. That is: bankruptcy.
In a pandemic period when major public company bankruptcies are hitting hard daily, reliance on payment performance and/or financial statement analysis provides a whole new slew of dangers.