EHang Holdings Limited — financial distress indicators
Financial-health summary
EHang Holdings Limited's reported numbers place it in the 'Watch' financial-health band (distress score 49/100). The main indicators are market-implied default probability >20%, losses in each of the last 3 years and operations consume cash. Independently, the Ohlson accounting model puts its 1-year failure probability at 47% and the market-implied (Merton) default probability is 91.8%. In its favour: cash on hand covers all debt (net-cash balance sheet).
Stress by dimension
Share price — last 12 months
Indicators behind the score
Each red flag shows the evidence from the company’s own filings and the financial or legal principle behind it. Points add to the 0–100 score.
Merton distance-to-default -1.39 σ → PD 92%.
Structural (Merton/KMV) model: equity is a call option on assets; low distance-to-default means assets are close to the default point.
Net income negative in 3 of 3 fiscal years.
Persistent losses erode equity and the capacity to absorb shocks.
Operating cash flow negative in 2 of the last 3 years.
A business that cannot fund itself from operations depends on external capital to survive.
Price is -79% from its 52-week high.
For financial firms a share-price run often precedes a deposit or funding run (confidence channel).
Share count up +32% in a year.
Large issuance usually funds operating losses rather than growth.
Revenue vs net income
Cash generation
Debt vs cash vs equity
✅ Mitigating factors
- Cash on hand covers all debt (net-cash balance sheet).
- Strong current ratio (1.87).
📰 Recent news scan
- Joby Falls 2% as Jury Hands Aerosonic a $116.9 Million Trade-Secret Verdict; Archer Slips, EHang Declines 3%Yahoo Finance · 2026-10-07
- Prediction: The Next Big Aviation Revolution Could Start With JobyYahoo Finance · 2026-10-01
- Drones Have Morphed into Big Business -- And The Revenue Opportunity Is ExplodingYahoo Finance · 2026-09-29
- EHang’s Global Fast Track Program Expands to Vietnam, Its Second Country, Joining Hands with Hanoi to Build a Low‑Altitude SandboxYahoo Finance · 2026-09-29
- Can Archer's International Air Taxi Expansion Support Growth?Yahoo Finance · 2026-09-23
- Joby Aviation Just Dropped 20% in a Month. Is It Time to Sell?Yahoo Finance · 2026-09-18
⚖️ U.S. legal pathway — Title 11, U.S. Code
Which chapter would apply?
- Chapter 11 — reorganisation. Management usually stays in control as debtor-in-possession; the automatic stay (§362) halts collection; a plan must meet the best-interests test (§1129(a)(7)) and the absolute priority rule (§1129(b)) — creditors are paid before shareholders, who are frequently wiped out.
- Chapter 7 — liquidation. A trustee sells assets and distributes proceeds by statutory priority (§§507, 726).
- Subchapter V (“Chapter 5”) is a fast track for small-business debtors under a statutory debt cap, but SEC-reporting companies are excluded (§101(51D)) — so it rarely applies to listed companies.
What typically triggers a filing
- Payment default or covenant breach lenders will not waive; a debt maturity that cannot be refinanced.
- Auditor going-concern doubt (ASC 205-40 / PCAOB AS 2415) — often itself a default trigger in loan agreements.
- Creditors can force a case with an involuntary petition (§303) if debts are not paid as they come due.
- Delisting after sustained sub-$1 prices or equity deficits cuts off equity funding.
Transactions shortly before filing can be clawed back (preferences — 90 days, §547; fraudulent transfers — 2 years, §548).
Frequently asked questions
What do EHang Holdings Limited's financial-health indicators show?
As of 2026-10-08, EHang Holdings Limited's public financial data places it in the 'Watch' band with a distress score of 49/100, driven by market-implied default probability >20%, losses in each of the last 3 years and operations consume cash. This is a statistical screen of reported numbers — it does not mean the company is insolvent, has defaulted or will enter insolvency proceedings.
What is EHang Holdings Limited's financial distress score?
49/100 ('Watch'). Ohlson O-score -0.11 (model 1-year failure probability 47%). Merton distance-to-default -1.39 σ (model default probability 91.8%).
What works in EHang Holdings Limited's favour?
Cash on hand covers all debt (net-cash balance sheet). Strong current ratio (1.87).
How are shareholders treated if a company enters insolvency?
In a Chapter 11 reorganisation the absolute priority rule pays secured lenders, then unsecured creditors, before shareholders — so existing shares are usually cancelled or heavily diluted. In Chapter 7 the company is liquidated and shareholders rarely recover anything.
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Methodology
Score = capped sum of rule-based red flags across seven dimensions (liquidity, solvency, profitability, cash flow, sales trend, market signal, news). Ohlson O-score (1980) gives an accounting-based 1-year failure probability; Merton distance-to-default (Bharath & Shumway 2008) gives a market-implied probability. Financial institutions use a capital-based rule set. Recalculated every trading day from the latest filings, prices and news.