In our most recent published report, Going Concerns: A 22-Year Review, Audit Analytics provides a comprehensive overview of trends in the SEC Audit Opinion market. Utilizing our data, research can be narrowed down to investigate specific industry trends using company … Continue reading
Category Archives: Going Concerns
Going Concerns: A 22-Year Review
In our latest report, Going Concerns: A Twenty-Two Year Review, we examine the trends and statistics of going concerns (opinions qualified by an uncertainty regarding the going concern assumption) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission since 2000. Using data from … Continue reading
Going Concern Trends in Eastern Europe
Over the last decade, companies headquartered in Eastern Europe had a going concern rate of 7.2%. Both the Eastern and Southern European regions have higher rates of going concern compared to the Northern and Western regions. In fiscal year 2020, … Continue reading
Going Concern Trends in Southern Europe
Southern European countries have some of the highest rates of going concern opinions in all of Europe. Four countries had going concern rates over 10% during fiscal year 2020. On average, Southern European countries had a going concern rate of … Continue reading
Going Concern Trends in Western Europe
Public companies headquartered in Western European countries collectively reached their highest rate of going concern opinions (GCOs) during fiscal year (FY) 2019, before falling during FY2020. Western Europe is made up of eight countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, … Continue reading
Going Concern Trends in Northern Europe
The rate of going concern opinions (GCOs) has been rising among northern European companies over the past decade. At the start of the decade, about 2% of companies headquartered in Scandinavian countries received a going concern opinion. GCOs peaked during … Continue reading
Going Concern Trends in the British Isles
London Stock Exchange Going concern opinions (GCO) grew rapidly among companies headquartered in the British Isles during FY2019. The COVID-19 pandemic drove the increase. The UK audit regulator, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), issued a Bulletin in March 2020 concerning … Continue reading