Last reviewed August 10, 2026. Altman Z-Score combines profitability, leverage, liquidity, solvency, and asset-efficiency inputs to estimate financial-distress risk.
Ranking withheld pending a validated refresh
The dated articles showed company names and prices but omitted the actual Altman Z-Score values. Their repeated lists did not substantiate the claimed ranking, so they have been removed instead of presenting inaccurate output.
The active generator now fetches the named metric directly from Financial Modeling Prep, excludes inactive companies and missing or non-numeric values, and requires sufficient coverage before it updates this evergreen URL. It sorts by Altman Z-Score descending with ticker as a deterministic tie-breaker, and every published row includes the value used to rank it.
Altman Z-Score is one financial-health indicator, not a prediction or investment recommendation. Sector differences matter, and the original model is not equally applicable to every type of business. Use it alongside other fundamentals and your own research.
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