DEFAULT RISK OF THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES IN RELATION TO THEIR FINANCIAL CONDITION
The construction industry is highly sensitive on economic cycle. So, construction companies have experienced hard times in the crisis period. The aim of the article is to identify, compare and evaluate financial position of companies with different payment habits in the Czech construction industry in the period 2008 – 2012 using individual data and suitable statistical methods (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test at the significance level of α = 0.05). The article also focuses on evaluation of the default risk coming from construction companies. The overall financial condition is analyzed through prediction models IN05 and Altman’s Z Score for emerging markets. Financial ratios of profitability, productivity, liquidity, indebtedness and turnover evaluate separately each area of financial situation. Based on the sample of 3 438 construction companies, the results show that payment habits increase with higher profitability (short-term and long-term), higher liquidity, lower debt ratio and higher liability turnover. Payment habits of construction companies could be better. Frequency analysis shows that 84.12 % of construction companies have proper, above-average or average payment habits with no later than 30 days delay in settlement of debt after maturity. However, 11 % of solvent companies have poor payments habits. Such companies are risky for their suppliers with respect to the secondary insolvency phenomenon.