Gogoro Inc. — financial distress indicators
Financial-health summary
Gogoro Inc.'s reported numbers place it in the 'Very weak' financial-health band (distress score 81/100). The main indicators are operating profit does not cover interest, market-implied default probability >20% and losses in each of the last 3 years. Independently, the Ohlson accounting model puts its 1-year failure probability at 90% and the market-implied (Merton) default probability is 88.4%. In its favour: operating cash flow is positive over the latest 12 months.
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.
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) is -2.92×.
When EBIT < interest, debt service is funded from cash reserves or new borrowing — the classic precursor to payment default and covenant breach.
Merton distance-to-default -1.20 σ → PD 88%.
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.
Total debt is 10.8× EBITDA.
Debt above ~6× EBITDA is deep sub-investment-grade territory; refinancing becomes difficult when rates or earnings move against the company.
O-score 2.15 → model probability 90%.
Ohlson (1980) logit model of 1-year corporate failure; O > 0 (p > 50%) is the original failure cut-off.
Current ratio is 0.79.
Short-term obligations exceed short-term resources — the company relies on rolling over credit.
Short-term debt is 1.4× cash on hand.
Maturity wall: debt due within a year must be refinanced, which is the most common proximate cause of filings.
Revenue declined every year for three years.
Structural, not cyclical, decline.
Revenue vs net income
Cash generation
Debt vs cash vs equity
✅ Mitigating factors
- Operating cash flow is positive over the latest 12 months.
- High insider/promoter ownership (58%) aligns management with survival.
📰 Recent news scan
- Gogoro Inc. Appoints Three New Directors to Strengthen Board Leadership and GovernanceYahoo Finance · 2026-10-07
- Gogoro (GGR) Q2 2026 Earnings Call TranscriptYahoo Finance · 2026-08-31
- Gogoro Inc (GGR) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Revenue Growth and Record Margins Signal ...Yahoo Finance · 2026-08-24
- Gogoro Inc. Q2 2026 Earnings Call SummaryYahoo Finance · 2026-08-24
- Gogoro Shares Slide 15% Despite Smaller Loss and Stronger MarginsYahoo Finance · 2026-08-24
- Gogoro Inc. Announces Retirement of Chief Financial Officer and Appointment of Principal Financial OfficerYahoo Finance · 2026-08-24
⚖️ 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 Gogoro Inc.'s financial-health indicators show?
As of 2026-10-08, Gogoro Inc.'s public financial data places it in the 'Very weak' band with a distress score of 81/100, driven by operating profit does not cover interest, market-implied default probability >20% and losses in each of the last 3 years. 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 Gogoro Inc.'s financial distress score?
81/100 ('Very weak'). Ohlson O-score 2.15 (model 1-year failure probability 90%). Merton distance-to-default -1.2 σ (model default probability 88.4%).
What works in Gogoro Inc.'s favour?
Operating cash flow is positive over the latest 12 months. High insider/promoter ownership (58%) aligns management with survival.
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.