Comparing the values across the two companies

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1. Calculate the Altman Z-score for Ford and Toyota. What inferences do you draw from these values? What inferences do you draw from comparing the values across the two companies? (You may assume that the market value of equity for Ford and Toyota, respectively as of their 2012 fiscal year ends, is $38 billion and $110 billion.)

2. What do you predict would happen if Ford’s auditors issued a going-concern audit opinion? How would suppliers react? How would debt holders react?

3. Why might an audit firm be hesitant to issue a going-concern opinion?

4. What would happen to an audit firm if it did NOT issue a going-concern opinion and the company goes bankrupt in the following year?

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