# Professor Edward Altman shares the most common mistakes practicioners make in using his Z-Score research today

1 Faculty News February 9, 2016 ![CFA Institute blog logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032856.jpg?itok=V-VlUDNY)>

Excerpt from the [CFA Institute blog](https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2016/02/09/the-altman-z-score-after-50-years-use-and-misuse/) -- "To this date, I would say the vast majority of people are misusing the Z-score because they are applying it across the board regardless of the sector, the industry. And what we found over the years is that non-manufacturers, especially in certain industries like services or retail, have on average higher Z-scores than manufacturing companies."

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