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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. 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.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2020-12/Contura_Blog_2121_1414_1.jpg.webp?itok=ogcCIres)
![When the FRISK® score becomes your go-to metric for financial risk analysis, incredibly accurate (read: good) adjustments follow.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2020-01/Champion_2.jpg.webp?itok=saj8tY61)
When the FRISK® score becomes your go-to metric for financial risk analysis, incredibly accurate (read: good) adjustments follow.
![The Perilous Payment Data Dilemma Within Pharma Retail](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2020-01/Rite_Aid_2121_1414_4.jpg.webp?itok=1uSSqM4J)
Rite Aid Corporation's elevated risk of financial failure might be imperceptible if a credit and procurement managers put too much stock into whether or not the pharma retail mainstay continues to pay bills on time.
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The FRISK® score cuts through the “Cloaking Effect” by identifying financially stressed companies with a differentiated and proprietary method that doesn't rely on payment history.
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A recent high-profile bankruptcy within telecom provides a golden example of how reliance on payment data in assessing risk within public companies is foolhardy.
![The party's over. Party City Holdco put up a fight, but suffocating debt and supply chain woes forced the American retailer into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Party City storefront](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2023-03/Party_City_2121_1414.png.webp?itok=3k8_Qf9l)
CreditRiskMonitor offers up five quick and important facts that you need to know about Party City Holdco Inc. to make a more solid business evaluation – or, more advisable, even an alteration of credit extension or a pivot to a peer.
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One of the largest department store collapses of the last several years, the downfall of Debenhams Plc was foretold long ago by our FRISK® score.
![What are the root causes of the failure of risk models to provide adequate warning? After nearly 25 years of company operation and observation, CreditRiskMonitor® has identified four common problems among competing risk models. What are the root causes of the failure of risk models to provide adequate warning? After nearly 25 years of company operation and observation, CreditRiskMonitor® has identified four common problems among competing risk models.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2023-06/Inaccurate_2121_1414.png.webp?itok=sl3B2_O2)
What are the root causes of the failure of risk models to provide adequate warning? After nearly 25 years of company operation and observation, CreditRiskMonitor® has identified four common problems among competing risk models.
![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. 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.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2021-02/Ferrellgas_BCS_2121_1414_2.jpg.webp?itok=7sTv_nw6)
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.