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An Analysis of Financial Distress Prediction of Selected Listed Companies in Colombo Stock Exchange

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  • Kennedy Degaulle Gunawardana

    (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka)

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The main objective of the study is to predict financial distress and developing a prediction model using accounting related variables in selected listed firms in Sri Lanka. Decision criteria for financial distress has been selected based on the existing literature on financial distress prediction applicable to the Sri Lankan firms. A sample of 22 financially distressed firms along with 33 financially non-distressed firms have been used to conduct this study. Artificial neural network was used as the basic approach to the study in predicting financial distress. A neural network to predict financial distress was developed with an accuracy of 85.7% one year prior to its occurrence. The second analysis conducted was the panel regression considering five years of cross-sectional data for the sample of companies selected. This analysis was able to identify a significant relationship of leverage, price-to-book ratio and Tobin's Q ratio to the prediction of financial distress of a firm.

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  • Kennedy Degaulle Gunawardana, 2021. "An Analysis of Financial Distress Prediction of Selected Listed Companies in Colombo Stock Exchange," International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD), IGI Global, vol. 13(2), pages 48-70, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jskd00:v:13:y:2021:i:2:p:48-70
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