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 Morningstar DBRS, and crowdsourced behavioral data from a subscriber group that includes nearly 40% 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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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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While COVID-19 provided the final push to propel Neiman Marcus into a Chapter 11 filing, a long history of leveraging up gave our subscribers ample time to reduce exposure to this retail giant.

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Being one of the first major retailers derailed by COVID-19? Hardly fashionable. How did it all go wrong for J.Crew?

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Grounded in Oz: Airliner Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd entered into voluntary administration and later Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as the company succumbed to an overwhelming debt load.

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Bankruptcy was Frontier Communications Corporation's endgame. But how did a company that always paid its bills on time suddenly go bust? We explore.

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As the world reels from the effects of COVID-19, Quorum Health Corporation - a major American healthcare provider and operator of hospitals in 13 U.S. states - has filed for bankruptcy. 
 

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Whiting Petroleum Corporation's well has run dry, as the Denver-based company became the first big independent oil producer in the U.S. to succumb to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Internap Corporation's Chapter 11 filing was foretold many months ago by our one-of-a-kind FRISK® score. Were you paying attention to the dangers presented by this computer giant?

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American retailer Pier 1 Imports, Inc. struggled to stay solvent, leading to filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As the chain plans to close nearly half its stores, we focus on how things deteriorated to this point and how our subscribers were notified early. 

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Extra, extra! Read all about it: The McClatchy Company, one of the nation's largest newspaper publishers, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

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A popular technology solutions provider to the energy sector, Houston-based McDermott International, Inc. has met Chapter 11 bankruptcy - a fate which wouldn't have surprised vigilant CreditRiskMonitor subscribers.

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