Using accounting ratios in predicting financial distress: An empirical investigation in the Vietnam stock market

3 24 0. 00 00 35 4. 95 22 0. 00 00 32 4. 40 49 0. 00 00 36 0. 25 32 0. 00 00 LE V ER A G E 0. 10 44 49 0. 90 32 -0 .1 05 49 9 0. 90 39 TU R N 1. 42 84 23 0. 00 07 1. 44 44 11 0. 00 06 S_ C A SH -0 .0 02 37 7 0. 11 41 -0 .0 02 46 7 0. 08 97 -0 .0 02 10 1 0. 13 94 -0 .0 02 04 3 0. 12 89 S_ R EC E 0. 19 86 04 0. 00 43 0. 17 17 23 0. 00 89 M cF ad de n R -s qu ar ed 0. 29 89 66 0. 29 84 55 0. 29 25 18 0. 28 31 48 Pr ob (L R st at is tic ) 0. 00 00 0. 00 00 0. 00 00 0. 00 00 O bs w ith D ep =0 36 36 36 36 O bs w ith D ep =1 94 6 94 6 94 6 94 6 M od el 5 M od el 6 M od el 7 M od el 8 V ar ia bl e C oe ff ic ie nt Pr ob . C oe ff ic ie nt Pr ob . C oe ff ic ie nt Pr ob . C oe ff ic ie nt Pr ob . C 1. 08 57 79 0. 00 1 1. 16 48 64 0. 00 02 2. 53 06 63 0. 00 00 2. 74 78 85 0. 00 00 W O C A 3. 48 77 55 0. 00 00 2. 44 46 58 0. 00 07 0. 84 76 24 0. 05 2 1. 34 02 99 0. 01 69 PR O FI T 1. 25 34 83 0. 02 1 0. 67 71 08 0. 11 58 -2 .0 13 27 1 0. 01 46 -1 .7 22 87 5 0. 03 56 EP S 78 .4 66 36 0. 00 01 LE V ER A G E 1. 25 71 75 0. 00 06 C A SH 77 .7 91 61 0. 00 01 96 .7 51 02 0. 00 00 92 .8 78 35 0. 00 00 TU R N 1. 16 32 16 0. 00 13 -0 .0 03 14 1 0. 01 12 S_ C A SH -0 .0 02 60 1 0. 04 79 -0 .0 02 79 4 0. 04 18 -0 .0 02 33 4 0. 05 48 S_ R EC E 0. 19 13 84 0. 00 28 0. 13 24 92 0. 01 97 M cF ad de n R -s qu ar ed 0. 21 74 75 0. 21 09 34 0. 19 30 98 0. 16 71 91 Pr ob (L R st at is tic ) 0. 00 00 0. 00 00 0. 00 00 0. 00 00 O bs w ith D ep =0 36 36 36 36 O bs w ith D ep =1 94 6 94 6 94 6 94 6 Journal of Economics and Development Vol. 17, No.1, April 201548 stakeholders have been concerned with individ- ual firm performance assessment. This study has been conducted to find out the relationship between a set of financial ratios and the proba- bility of financial distress for listed companies in Viet Nam one year prior to failure. It is generally believed that symptoms for financial distress of a firm can be observed prior to a state in which a firm encounters fi- nancial difficulty or even financial crisis. Our results indicate that firm financial ratios could be employed to analyze and predict an early warning of financial distress in firms. Indica- tors that could be employed to investigate the probability of firm financial distress are liquid- ity ratio, profitability ratio, cash flow ratio and asset turnover ratio as presented in the analysis. Our results provide strong practical impli- cations for both firm management, investors and authorities in evaluating firms and predict- ing firm financial distress. 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