Resources

Engine failure: the bankruptcy of Briggs & Stratton Corporation was an event long suspected by CreditRiskMonitor subscribers who watched the company's fledgling FRISK® score on a daily basis.

California Resources Corporation could not stave off bankruptcy in 2020, hit simultaneously by a price war in oil & gas and the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.

South African retailer Steinhoff is battling the fallout from a massive accounting fraud and facing legal claims amounting to more than $10 billion USD. Couple that with the overall industry deline due to coronavirus and bankruptcy could be very near.

¡Ay, Caramba! The coronavirus has grounded Grupo Aeroméxico SAB de CV, but their heavy debt load preceding the pandemic made the Mexican airliner a bankruptcy risk for many years prior.

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

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

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.

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.

Independent oil and natural gas exploration leader California Resources Corporation has seen its FRISK® score bottom out. The time has come for trade creditors to pay close attention.