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CreditRiskMonitor recently published a Bankruptcy Case Study on apparel titan Sequential Brands Group, Inc. What were the glaring warning signs of failure? And how can you avoid a major bankruptcy write-down when the evidence of danger is cloaked? Our latest “Five Fast Facts” blog answers these questions and more.

The "Virtual Credit Group" is giving unfavorable reviews for AMC Entertainment Holdings and Cineworld Group, two of the largest - and riskiest - movie theater chains in the world.

CreditRiskMonitor’s integration of subscriber crowdsourcing into the FRISK® score continues to prove itself as a unique enhancement, unavailable in any other bankruptcy prediction model. Recently, the "Virtual Credit Group" highlighted the elevated risk of coal miners Peabody Energy Corporation and Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In a pandemic period when major public company bankruptcies are hitting hard daily, reliance on payment performance and/or financial statement analysis provides a whole new slew of dangers.

The decline and demise of oil services giant McDermott International, Inc. was missed by many due to an unwise reliance on trade payment data analysis. When it comes to public companies and bankruptcy prediction, payment data doesn't work.

If a premium grocery chain like Whole Foods can experience a multi-month SKU disaster, chances are that it can happen to your company too. Evaluate the financial health of your supply chain, see which vendors are most at risk of failure, and take the necessary steps to safeguard against them.

CreditRiskMonitor’s FRISK^® Stress Index today shows that the retail industry in the United States is experiencing near-record financial stress.