Windstream Holdings, Inc., is trending in the high-risk FRISK® "red zone," which is, in part, a reflection of its cumbersome debt load. But that's not the only trouble spot for this telecom provider.
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![Cumulus media microphone](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2020-01/bankruptcy-cumulus.jpg.webp?itok=Tc1K7Wf8)
Cumulus Media's FRISK® score of "1" highlighted an elevated probability of bankruptcy well before it filed for Chapter 11. Here were some of the warning signs.
![An iconic specialty retailer of toys and baby products, Toys "R" Us, Inc. filed for bankruptcy on Sept. 19, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2020-01/Toys-R-Us_3.jpg.webp?itok=CzzOdQJ7)
An iconic specialty retailer of toys and baby products, Toys "R" Us, Inc. filed for bankruptcy on Sept. 19, 2017.
![Whiting Petroleum Corporation's well has run dry, as the Denver-based company became the first big independent oil producer in the U.S. to succumb to the coronavirus pandemic. Whiting Petroleum Corporation](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2020-04/Whiting_2121_1414_1.jpg.webp?itok=nyZh9vT8)
Whiting Petroleum Corporation's well has run dry, as the Denver-based company became the first big independent oil producer in the U.S. to succumb to the coronavirus pandemic.
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CPI Card Group, Inc. has seen it's FRISK® score flatline for 12 consecutive months as persistent negative net worth suggests loanable collateral has been exhausted.
![Claires bankruptcy](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2020-01/bankruptcy-claires.jpg.webp?itok=NHmZSMFi)
Claire's Stores, Inc., a retailer aimed at providing boutique jewelry and accessories for young women, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
![FTD companies, woman smiling with flowers](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2020-01/hrr-FTD-companies.jpg.webp?itok=AKvuEIVO)
Floral and gifting outfit FTD Companies, Inc., parent company of ProFlowers, might not stick around to see next spring's bloom based upon their alarming financials, as discovered in this High Risk Report.
![Parker drilling](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2020-01/bankruptcy-parker-drilling.jpg.webp?itok=ysgv-3jZ)
This Bankruptcy Case Study shows that Parker Drilling Company was choked by more than a half a billion dollars in debt in 2018, never rising above a FRISK® score of "1."
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Ohio-based chemical giant Hexion, Inc. has seen it's FRISK® score stay sunk at a bottom-dwelling "1" for more than two years, indicating tremendous potential bankruptcy risk.