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FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC

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Signs2 good1 warning3 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY16FY15FY14FY13FY12FY11
Revenue
Operating income$229.3M$169.6M−$93.3M−$113.2M−$182.0M
Net income$18.6M−$45.2M−$136.3M−$93.5M−$153.3M−$24.4M
Total assets$1.23B$1.32B$1.45B$1.60B$1.73B$1.99B
Total liabilities$1.28B$1.32B$2.05B$1.91B$2.05B$2.09B
Equity−$54.1M−$1.5M−$600.3M−$309.2M−$317.8M−$106.1M
EPS (diluted)$0.68$-1.70$-5.15$-3.57$-5.90$-0.95
Shares out.27.1M26.9M26.7M26.5M026.2M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2016
Operating margin
Net margin
Return on equity
−34.3%
Return on assets
1.5%
Return on capital (ROCE)
20.6%
Liabilities / assets
104.4%
Debt / equity
Book value / share
$-2.00
Revenue growth (YoY)
Net income growth (YoY)

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2016
Altman Z″ (distress)
-0.35distress
Accruals / assets
9.4%clean
Piotroski F-Score
5/7mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
56
/ 100
Profitability 67Growth n/aCatalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 25

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

3 severe1 warning2 good
  • Negative shareholder equity
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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  • SC 13G/AFeb 14, 2018
  • 15-12BJul 13, 2017
  • 8-KJul 7, 2017
  • 4Jul 6, 2017
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