Selected Methods of Predicting Financial Health of Companies: Neural Networks Versus Discriminant Analysis
This paper focuses on the financial health prediction of businesses. The issue of predicting the financial health of companies is very important in terms of their sustainability. The aim of this paper is to determine the financial health of the analyzed sample of companies and to distinguish financi...
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| description | This paper focuses on the financial health prediction of businesses. The issue of predicting the financial health of companies is very important in terms of their sustainability. The aim of this paper is to determine the financial health of the analyzed sample of companies and to distinguish financially healthy companies from companies which are not financially healthy. The analyzed sample, in the field of heat supply in Slovakia, consisted of 444 companies. To fulfil the aim, appropriate financial indicators were used. These indicators were selected using related empirical studies, a univariate logit model and a correlation matrix. In the paper, two main models were applied—multivariate discriminant analysis (MDA) and feed-forward neural network (NN). The classification accuracy of the constructed models was compared using the confusion matrix, error type 1 and error type 2. The performance of the models was compared applying Brier score and Somers’ D. The main conclusion of the paper is that the NN is a suitable alternative in assessing financial health. We confirmed that high indebtedness is a predictor of financial distress. The benefit and originality of the paper is the construction of an early warning model for the Slovak heating industry. From our point of view, the heating industry works in the similar way in other countries, especially in transition economies; therefore, the model is applicable in these countries as well. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1669fa9975aa4f61837c90116f51a27c2023-11-23T08:51:28ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892021-12-01121250510.3390/info12120505Selected Methods of Predicting Financial Health of Companies: Neural Networks Versus Discriminant AnalysisJarmila Horváthová0Martina Mokrišová1Igor Petruška2Department of Finance, Accounting and Mathematical Methods, Faculty of Management and Business, University of Prešov, Konštantínova 16, 080 01 Prešov, SlovakiaDepartment of Finance, Accounting and Mathematical Methods, Faculty of Management and Business, University of Prešov, Konštantínova 16, 080 01 Prešov, SlovakiaDepartment of Finance, Accounting and Mathematical Methods, Faculty of Management and Business, University of Prešov, Konštantínova 16, 080 01 Prešov, SlovakiaThis paper focuses on the financial health prediction of businesses. The issue of predicting the financial health of companies is very important in terms of their sustainability. The aim of this paper is to determine the financial health of the analyzed sample of companies and to distinguish financially healthy companies from companies which are not financially healthy. The analyzed sample, in the field of heat supply in Slovakia, consisted of 444 companies. To fulfil the aim, appropriate financial indicators were used. These indicators were selected using related empirical studies, a univariate logit model and a correlation matrix. In the paper, two main models were applied—multivariate discriminant analysis (MDA) and feed-forward neural network (NN). The classification accuracy of the constructed models was compared using the confusion matrix, error type 1 and error type 2. The performance of the models was compared applying Brier score and Somers’ D. The main conclusion of the paper is that the NN is a suitable alternative in assessing financial health. We confirmed that high indebtedness is a predictor of financial distress. The benefit and originality of the paper is the construction of an early warning model for the Slovak heating industry. From our point of view, the heating industry works in the similar way in other countries, especially in transition economies; therefore, the model is applicable in these countries as well.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/12/12/505artificial neural networkfinancial distressdiscriminant analysisprediction |
| spellingShingle | Jarmila Horváthová Martina Mokrišová Igor Petruška Selected Methods of Predicting Financial Health of Companies: Neural Networks Versus Discriminant Analysis Information artificial neural network financial distress discriminant analysis prediction |
| title | Selected Methods of Predicting Financial Health of Companies: Neural Networks Versus Discriminant Analysis |
| title_full | Selected Methods of Predicting Financial Health of Companies: Neural Networks Versus Discriminant Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Selected Methods of Predicting Financial Health of Companies: Neural Networks Versus Discriminant Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Selected Methods of Predicting Financial Health of Companies: Neural Networks Versus Discriminant Analysis |
| title_short | Selected Methods of Predicting Financial Health of Companies: Neural Networks Versus Discriminant Analysis |
| title_sort | selected methods of predicting financial health of companies neural networks versus discriminant analysis |
| topic | artificial neural network financial distress discriminant analysis prediction |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/12/12/505 |
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