Bankruptcy Case Studies

Post-filing analyses of recent bankruptcies

Gain unique insights into the business and financial decline that precedes bankruptcy - and how our solutions can help predict bankruptcy amongst your company's counterparties.

CreditRiskMonitor® Bankruptcy Case Studies provide post-filing analyses of public company bankruptcies. Our case studies educate subscribers about methods they can apply to assess bankruptcy risk using our proprietary FRISK® score, robust financial database, and timely news alerts.

In nearly every case, a low FRISK® score gave our subscribers early warning of financial distress within a one-year time horizon. Our proprietary FRISK® score predicts bankruptcy risk at public companies with 96% accuracy. The score is formulated by a number of indicators including stock market capitalization and volatility, financial ratios, bond agency ratings from Moody’s, Fitch and DBRS, and crowdsourced behavioral data from a subscriber group that includes 35% of the Fortune 1000 and thousands more worldwide.

Whether you are new to credit analysis or have decades of experience under your belt, CreditRiskMonitor® Bankruptcy Case Studies offer unique insights into the business and financial decline that precedes bankruptcy.

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Chesapeake Energy Corporation is the latest heavily indebted oil and gas business to seek bankruptcy protection since the coronavirus pandemic crippled demand for energy.

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Mexican department store chain Grupo Famsa SAB de CV has met bankruptcy, hammered by a huge drop in sales due to COVID-19.

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The (pizza) party's over. Texas-based CEC Entertainment, Inc., parent company of the popular Chuck E. Cheese theme restaurant chain in the U.S., has filed for bankruptcy as the combo of tremendous debt and stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic derailed their business.

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Time ran out for health retailer GNC Holdings, Inc. in their quest to shape up their balance sheet. The popular house of nutrition suffered mightily under the weight of debt.

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Tobacco giant Pyxus International has filed for bankruptcy, citing COVID-19-related supply chain disruptions and an overall decline in cigarette sales and consumption.

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Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., a global superstar in rent-a-car, was taken out of the driver's seat and into bankruptcy thanks to many factors - including a propensity to load up on debt and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Animal pharma leader Akorn, Inc. had been in bankruptcy danger for several years. When a stern warning from the FDA and a failed takeover bid derailed their business, they were left with nowhere else to turn.

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Louisiana-based Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., an operator of oil supply and support vessels, opted for bankruptcy after an acute collapse in energy prices.

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Canadian women's apparel staple Reitmans is being forced to restructure, its options exhausted from the outbreak of COVID-19. Yet signs of their bankruptcy potential were revealed by our FRISK® score a year prior to their filing.

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J. C. Penney Company, Inc., an American shopping mall icon, has lost in its fight to avoid bankruptcy. In this COVID-19 pandemic, struggling public retailers that have stayed alive by loading up on debt are running out of time.

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Ultra Petroleum Corporation has filed for Chapter 11 protection for the second time in four years, torpedoed in large part by persistently weak natural gas prices.

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Retail Apocalypse Now: Houston-based Stage Stores, Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, just one of several large U.S. retailers to do so thus far in the month of May.

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