Assessment of financial health of Slovak family businesses using models predicting financial distress

The financial health of a company can be seen as the ability to maintain a balance against changing conditions in the environment and companies should pay more attention to the financial viability and risk management. There many models for predicting of financial problems of the companies, especiall...

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Main Author: Trúchliková Mária
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2021-01-01
Series:SHS Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://www.shs-conferences.org/articles/shsconf/pdf/2021/26/shsconf_appsconf2021_02010.pdf
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Summary:The financial health of a company can be seen as the ability to maintain a balance against changing conditions in the environment and companies should pay more attention to the financial viability and risk management. There many models for predicting of financial problems of the companies, especially Altman, Ohlson or Zmijewski are the most cited ones. The main objective of the article is the review and assessment of the level of financial health of Slovak family business in selected industries. The data was obtained from Finstat database and financial statements from 2017, 2018 and 2019 were analysed. For assessing the financial health of selected family businesses 3 models predicting financial distress were used: Kralicek Quick Test, Taffler model and Virág-Hajdu model. The results show how many family businesses are facing to the financial problems using different types of predicting models.
ISSN:2261-2424