Credit scoring (See Chapter 8 of the Vernimmen) Credit scoring is an analytical technique used for carrying out a pre-emptive check-up of a company. The basic idea is to prepare ratios from companies’ accounts that are leading indicators (i.e. two or three years ahead) of potential difficulties. Once the ratios have been established, they merely have to be calculated for a given company and cross-checked against the values obtained for companies that are known to have run into problems or have failed. The ratios are combined in a function known as the Z-score that yields a score for each company. Credit scoring (See Chapter 8 of the Vernimmen) Credit scoring is an analytical technique used for carrying out a pre-emptive check-up of a company. The basic idea is to prepare ratios from companies’ accounts that are leading indicators (i.e. two or three years ahead) of potential difficulties. Once the ratios have been established, they merely have to be calculated for a given company and cross-checked against the values obtained for companies that are known to have run into problems or have failed. The ratios are combined in a function known as the Z-score that yields a score for each company. See all terms in the dictionary of finance To know more about it, look at what we have already written on this subject :

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CAPM CBO CD CDO CDPC CFROI CLO CSR CVA CVR Call option Call provision Callable instrument Cap Capital Asset Pricing Model, CAPM Capital adequacy ratio Capital decrease Capital employed Capital expenditures Capital gain/loss Capital increase Capital intensity Capital invested Capital lease Capital market economy Capital market line Capital rationing Capital reduction Capital structure Capital turn Capital-employed analysis Capitalisation Capitalisation factor Captive insurance company Carried interest Carrybacks Carryforwards Carveout Cash (and cash equivalents) Cash Value Added Cash budget Cash certificate Cash flow Cash flow budget Cash flow fade model Cash flow from operating activities Cash flow from operations Cash flow matching approach Cash flow plan Cash flow return on investment, CFROI Cash flow statement Cash flow value Cash management Cash mutual fund Cash pooling

Cash ratio Certificate of deposit, CD Characteristic line Charges Chart analysis Chartist Chirographic creditor Claw-back clause Claw-back commitment Claw-back provision Clearing house, clearinghouse Clientele effect Closing rate method Club deal Co-lead managers Co-leads Co-managers Collar Collateralised bond obligation Collateralised debt obligation, CDO Collateralised loan obligation Combined leverage Combined ratio Commercial currency risk Commercial interest rate risk Commercial loan Commercial paper Commercial synergy Commitment fee Committed facility Common equity Common stock Company-friendly bankruptcy process Comparables model Comparative analysis Competitive bidding Completed contract method Compound interest Concentration bank Confirmed credit line Conglomerate Conglomerate discount Consolidated accounts Consolidation Consolidation methods Constant amortisation Construction contracts Contango Contingent assets Contingent claims model Contingent liabilities Contingent tax liabilities Contingent taxation Contingent value rights, CVR Contribution margin

Contribution of assets Contribution of shares Control premium Conventional convertible preferred stock Conversion option into shares of the target company Conversion premium Conversion price Conversion ratio Conversion value of the convertible bond Convertible bonds Convertible preferred stock Convexity Cooke ratio Corporate governance Corporate social responsibility Cost Cost of capital Cost of debt Cost of equity Cost of refunding Cost of shareholders’ equity Counterparty risk Coupon payment Coupon rate Coupon reinvestment risk Cov-lite loan Covariance Covenant-lite loan Covenants Covered warrant Credit default swap Credit derivative Credit derivative product company Credit facility Credit insurance Credit line Credit ratings Credit risk Credit scoring Credit spread Credit-based economy Creditor-friendly bankruptcy process Creditors (U.K.) Cross default covenant Currency at (forward) premium/at discount Currency option Currency risk Currency swap (with principal) Currency swap without principal Currency translation Current assets Current liabilities Current rate method Current ratio Customer credit