Resource Category Bankruptcy Case Studies

Out of gas: American propane giant Ferrellgas Partners L.P. has met bankruptcy after years of financial turmoil and ever-growing risk.

Bubble, bubble, oil, and trouble: Gulfport Energy Corporation’s FRISK® score told our subscribers for more than a year that a bankruptcy filing could be imminent.

With consumer demand plummeting because of the COVID-19 pandemic, highly leveraged automotive supplier Shiloh Industries, Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 restructuring.

Net Loss: Mile-high WiFi provider Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. has gone bankrupt, which is something our FRISK® score predicted could happen.

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.

¡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.

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., a global superstar in rent-a-car, was taken out of the driver’s seat and into bankruptcy thanks to many factors – including a propensity to load up on debt and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Animal pharma leader Akorn, Inc. had been in bankruptcy danger for several years. When a stern warning from the FDA and a failed takeover bid derailed their business, they were left with nowhere else to turn.