Distress Diagnostics: From EBITDA Illusions to Cash Flow Realities

  • Author:
    Geoff Robinson
  • Level: 
    Intermediate to advanced
  • Study time:
    2-3 hours
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Course overview
This playlist is your diagnostic toolkit for understanding financial distress before it erupts into default or restructuring. Across ten focused sessions, it covers how to spot liquidity warning signs, decode debt covenant pressure, and analyze the hidden effects of impairments and deteriorating cash flows.

You'll learn to distinguish sustainable earnings from EBITDA illusions, uncover asset quality risks, and use restructured financials to gain true insight into a company’s solvency position. Whether it’s navigating bond issuance risk, assessing market access, or tracking distress signals in real time, this series equips you to detect financial trouble early—and respond decisively.

What's included?

  • 10 videos
  • See the cracks before they spread—learn to detect financial distress through deeper debt, liquidity, and cash flow analysis.
  • Insights from a #1 ranked data-driven analyst

Who should watch this playlist? 

Designed for credit analysts, restructuring professionals, and distressed investors, this playlist helps you spot financial distress before it becomes visible in defaults or downgrades. This playlist is ideal for individuals who are evaluating turnaround potential, risk exposure, or covenant headroom in companies that are stressed or leveraged.

Why TheInvestmentAnalyst.com?

We are the only training house that is able to bring top-ranked analyst experience into your classroom. We buck the trend. Most training businesses recruit junior ex-bankers to become their trainer. Our instructors cut their teeth teaching and then gain senior experience with investment banks.

We believe, you could not be in better hands.

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Geoff Robinson
FCA FMVA MFM

Thought leader, instructor, writer, financial influencer, Former UBS Managing Director and 8x #1 ranked analysts EMEA Institutional Investor Survey
ABOUT Geoff
Geoff has had a varied career. He was a Managing Director within UBS Equity Research, leading their Global Fundamental Analytics franchise. During this time, he was #1, ranked 10x in the EMEA Institutional Investor Survey. Before UBS, he was a material equity investor and LBO co-investor in two market exited training consultancies. Geoff has a passion for learning and is well-known for his ability to break down complex subject matter and distil it to an audience in a digestible and engaging manner. He brings this passion to TheInvestmentAnalyst.com. 
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