# Professor Edward Altman's Z-Score research is referenced

1 Faculty News January 31, 2019 ![inquirer.net logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/Inquirer.net-logo-feature.jpg?itok=nscONUrP)>

Excerpt from [INQUIRER.net](https://business.inquirer.net/264366/predicting-corporate-failures) -- "In 1968, a professor from New York University by the name of Edward Altman developed a handy financial model that can predict the likelihood of a company’s bankruptcy within two years. Known as the Altman Z-score, the model generates a number by taking the sum of five weighted financial ratios of a stock. The lower the resulting score, the larger the probability that the company will fail."

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