A dark and dirty descent into bankruptcy was the story of Cloud Peak Energy Inc., as America's coal industry continues to hover in a volatile space.
Based in Wyoming's Powder River Basin, Cloud Peak made news in March by skipping a $1.8 million interest payment, triggering talks of the need for Chapter 11 protection. As of Dec. 31, the company's Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC subsidiary owed $56.4 on 2024 bonds and $290.4 million on second-lien debt maturing in 2021, according to a fling with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Our proprietary FRISK® score was able to capture Cloud Peak's drop into the "red zone" of risk starting in the summer of 2018, giving creditors a competitive advantage to pivot away from this counterparty months before scary headlines arrived:
In this High Risk Report, we take a look at additional factors which caused Cloud Peak to crumble, including their intense decrease in working capital and unfavorable rates of return in late 2018 and 2019.
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