Newton Golf Company, Inc. — financial distress indicators
Financial-health summary
Newton Golf Company, Inc.'s reported numbers place it in the 'Very weak' financial-health band (distress score 87/100). The main indicators are liabilities exceed assets (negative equity), cash runway under 12 months and severe working-capital shortfall. Independently, the Ohlson accounting model puts its 1-year failure probability at 100% and the market-implied (Merton) default probability is 0.6%. 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.
Total liabilities are 1.58× total assets.
Balance-sheet insolvency test: debts exceeding the fair value of assets is the statutory definition of 'insolvent' in 11 U.S.C. §101(32).
At the current free-cash-flow burn, cash covers ~1 months.
Going-concern standard: management must assess ability to continue for 12 months (ASC 205-40). Runway below that horizon forces dilution, asset sales or default.
Current ratio is 0.42 (current assets cover 42% of near-term obligations).
Cash-flow insolvency test: inability to pay debts as they fall due is the trigger for both U.S. involuntary petitions and Indian IBC default.
Net income negative in 3 of 3 fiscal years.
Persistent losses erode equity and the capacity to absorb shocks.
Operating cash flow negative in 3 of the last 3 years.
A business that cannot fund itself from operations depends on external capital to survive.
O-score 15.75 → model probability 100%.
Ohlson (1980) logit model of 1-year corporate failure; O > 0 (p > 50%) is the original failure cut-off.
Share count up +1445% in a year.
Survival financing: repeated equity raises at depressed prices.
Revenue vs net income
Cash generation
Debt vs cash vs equity
✅ Mitigating factors
- Cash on hand covers all debt (net-cash balance sheet).
- Revenue still growing (+136% YoY).
📰 Recent news scan
- Newton Golf Acquires Option on Nevada Beryllium-Tungsten Project, Marking Entry into U.S. Critical Minerals SectorYahoo Finance · 2026-09-24
- CORRECTION: Emerging Growth Research Issues Quarterly Update on Newton Golf Company, Inc.Yahoo Finance · 2026-09-17
- Newton Golf Reports Q2 2026 Results and Unveils Next-Generation 2.0 Shaft ProductsYahoo Finance · 2026-08-14
- Newton Golf Sets Second Quarter 2026 Conference Call for Friday, August 14, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ETYahoo Finance · 2026-07-24
- Newton Golf Fast Motion Shaft Powers GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Fastest Golf DriveYahoo Finance · 2026-06-03
- Emerging Growth Research Reiterates Buy-Emerging Rating and $3.00 Price Target on Newton Golf Following Q1:26 Quarterly UpdateYahoo Finance · 2026-05-28
⚖️ 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 Newton Golf Company, Inc.'s financial-health indicators show?
As of 2026-10-08, Newton Golf Company, Inc.'s public financial data places it in the 'Very weak' band with a distress score of 87/100, driven by liabilities exceed assets (negative equity), cash runway under 12 months and severe working-capital shortfall. 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 Newton Golf Company, Inc.'s financial distress score?
87/100 ('Very weak'). Ohlson O-score 15.75 (model 1-year failure probability 100%). Merton distance-to-default 2.53 σ (model default probability 0.6%).
What works in Newton Golf Company, Inc.'s favour?
Cash on hand covers all debt (net-cash balance sheet). Revenue still growing (+136% YoY).
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.