The CreditRiskMonitor® Blog

Thoughts and perspectives on a financial risk and more.

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More than one full year into restrictive stay-at-home orders across the globe and with vaccinations being administered slowly, there are no guarantees that air travel will experience a full rebound anytime soon.

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From the start of the coronavirus pandemic, CreditRiskMonitor subscribers have experienced an increase in public company FRISK® scored corporate failures* throughout North America.

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CreditRiskMonitor subscribers were the first to see the danger in now-bankrupt propane giant Ferrellgas Partners. The keys to successful risk evaluation were regularly keeping a keen eye upon the FRISK® score and not being swayed by payment data.

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There is hope for U.S. senior housing companies, as COVID-19 will one day relent despite claiming more than 400,000 lives – and counting. It is unclear, however, if all operators will make it to the end of the pandemic without meeting bankruptcy first.

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The U.S. oil and natural gas sector has been struggling to deal with low energy prices, a problem that was exacerbated when COVID-19 shuttered economies around the world. We survey the landscape for bankruptcy risk.

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Amazon’s push into the prescription delivery market along with COVID-19 have had varying impacts on retail pharmacies. For merchandise vendors selling to Rite Aid Corporation, now is the time to evaluate risk exposure.

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Knowledge of how and when to react to a business defaulting is essential; cutting ties with a customer or supplier too soon could lead to a missed sales opportunity, while being too late can result in financial loss.

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The coronavirus has reignited challenges for Contura Energy, Inc. and for the coal industry in general, with the price of coal dropping towards multi-year lows.

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As the world grapples with a new surge of COVID-19 infections, it is worth revisiting Hertz Global Holdings’ bankruptcy and what their tribulation should teach you about other distressed travel names in your portfolio.

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In the restaurant industry during COVID-19, the ability to pay your bill today doesn't mean that you can just as easily pay the bill tomorrow. We see the danger in many high-profile eateries across the U.S.

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CreditRiskMonitor's FRISK® score continues to outperform other risk scores in 2020 by appropriately distinguishing which public companies are low, medium, and high risk.

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As default rates are rising, creditors are receiving rock bottom recoveries on their debt. Trade credit is even more vulnerable, likely to accept pennies on the dollar.

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