Using cash flow models to Forecasting financial failure and bankruptcy: An applied study in a number of companies listed in the Iraqi Stock Exchange

Abstract

The current study aims to predict the failure of companies through the use of financial ratios derived from cash flow disclosure and then categorize them into two categories, the safe category means that the company is in a secure financial position capable of providing cash and fulfilling financial obligations, and the second category is the unsafe category where the company is In a troubled financial situation unable to meet the financial obligations, as (11) financial ratios derived from the cash flow statement were used, and the study was applied in the Iraq Stock Exchange, as the sample consisted of (42) companies listed in it and for the period 2016-2020. Through the use of logistic regression analysis to the prediction model that works to classify companies, with an accuracy rate of 52.4%, the model consists of (4) financial ratios, which are (the ratio of operational activity, the ratio of operating cash to sales, the ratio of operating cash return to total assets, and finally the percentage of cash return operating to total liabilities)