Altman Z-Score as an Indicator of Financial Health

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Nicole Hallas

Evaluating a company’s financial health and performance always involves a degree of uncertainty, but there are measures that can be utilized to more objectively review financial strength. Metrics, such as the Altman Z-Score, have been developed in an attempt to … Continue reading →

Audit Fees of the S&P 500

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Jessica McKeon

How much should an audit cost? That is a difficult question to answer; it’s not as simple as charging an hourly rate. There are many factors that affect the overall cost of an audit: the amount of time and labor … Continue reading →

Decade of Data: Trends in Audit Fees Across Europe

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Hallie Botnovcan

This is the first post of our Decade of Data series which will highlight our Europe databases containing ten years of data. As mentioned in last week’s post, the Audit Analytics Europe Audit Fees database now contains audit fees dating … Continue reading →

An Overview of European Databases

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Krystle Beaubrun and Steven Dixon

Audit Analytics offers a suite of data products covering public companies listed on European exchanges across 31 countries in the EEA and Switzerland, which includes comprehensive databases of Audit Fees, Audit Opinions, Auditor Changes, Auditor Engagements, Key Audit Matters, and … Continue reading →

Non-Audit Fees Among S&P 500

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Nicole Hallas

A review of non-audit fees in relation to overall audit fees is an interesting comparison, as the SEC considers high non-audit fees to be an auditor independence concern. If an auditor earns a large amount of fees performing non-audit fee … Continue reading →