SKYX Platforms Corp. — financial distress indicators
Financial-health summary
SKYX Platforms Corp.'s reported numbers place it in the 'Watch' financial-health band (distress score 48/100). The main indicators are losses in each of the last 3 years, material debt with no ebitda and operations consume cash. Independently, the Ohlson accounting model puts its 1-year failure probability at 97% and the market-implied (Merton) default probability is 3.2%. In its favour: strong current ratio (1.70).
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.
Net income negative in 3 of 3 fiscal years.
Persistent losses erode equity and the capacity to absorb shocks.
Debt is 46% of assets while EBITDA is not positive.
With no operating earnings, repayment depends entirely on asset sales or fresh capital.
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 3.32 → model probability 97%.
Ohlson (1980) logit model of 1-year corporate failure; O > 0 (p > 50%) is the original failure cut-off.
Price is -65% from its 52-week high.
For financial firms a share-price run often precedes a deposit or funding run (confidence channel).
Revenue vs net income
Cash generation
Debt vs cash vs equity
✅ Mitigating factors
- Strong current ratio (1.70).
- High insider/promoter ownership (30%) aligns management with survival.
📰 Recent news scan
- SKYX Platforms Eyes Deako Merger to Expand Smart-Home Builder ReachYahoo Finance · 2026-10-06
- SKYX Platforms Eyes Deako Merger to Scale Smart-Home Electrical TechnologyYahoo Finance · 2026-10-04
- SKYX Signs Agreement to Supply Its Safe-Advanced & Smart Technologies to Trump Towers Landmark Luxury Development in Hyderabad, India, One of India’s Leading Tech HubsYahoo Finance · 2026-09-30
- SKYX Signs Merger with Leading U.S. AI Smart Home Silicon Valley Backed Company Deako, Aiming to Lead the Smart Home, Builder & Hotel Markets with Their Combined Platform TechnologiesYahoo Finance · 2026-09-10
- SKYX Platforms Corp (SKYX) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Record Revenue and Strategic ...Yahoo Finance · 2026-08-13
- SKYX Platforms Corp. (SKYX) Reports Q2 Loss, Tops Revenue EstimatesYahoo Finance · 2026-08-12
⚖️ 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 SKYX Platforms Corp.'s financial-health indicators show?
As of 2026-10-08, SKYX Platforms Corp.'s public financial data places it in the 'Watch' band with a distress score of 48/100, driven by losses in each of the last 3 years, material debt with no ebitda 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 SKYX Platforms Corp.'s financial distress score?
48/100 ('Watch'). Ohlson O-score 3.32 (model 1-year failure probability 97%). Merton distance-to-default 1.86 σ (model default probability 3.2%).
What works in SKYX Platforms Corp.'s favour?
Strong current ratio (1.70). High insider/promoter ownership (30%) 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.