In this article, Manward Press Founder Andy Snyder looks at the Altman Z-Score. It’s a little-known but very powerful indicator formula that helps investors identify companies that are at high risk ...

Solvency is a concern for non-Tesla car companies. The Z-score formula for predicting bankruptcy was published in 1968 by Edward I. Altman, who was, at the time, an Assistant Professor of Finance at ...

In statistics and financial analysis, a Z score measures how normal any given data point is compared to the average value of the data. Finding Z scores, or standard scores, is relevant to many ...

Naturally, the formula isn’t perfect. The Altman Z-Score doesn’t do the best job accounting for deferred revenue, which can make software companies in particular look worse off than they really are.