# EDGAR Fundamental Scores – Distress List

> EDGAR Fundamental Scores – Distress List is a paid API for AI agents from fundamental-scores-x402.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Returns a ranked list of US-listed companies with the worst combined financial distress scores (Altman Z, Piotroski F, Beneish M) plus recent SEC red-flag severity, worst-first.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fundamental-scores-x402.onrender.com/v1/distress-list?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/edgar-fundamental-scores-distress-list-6dbb3e46
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_bKaQygq_-sCICx6Mv06Ir

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## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability edgar-fundamental-scores-distress-list-6dbb3e46
```

Example prompt: Give me the 50 most financially distressed US-listed companies right now — ranked by combined Altman Z, Piotroski F, and Beneish M distress score, including any SEC red flags like going concern notices or late filings.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a precomputed, daily-refreshed leaderboard of the most distressed US public companies without having to query individual tickers. Ideal for screening short ideas, building credit watchlists, or monitoring systemic risk across the US equity universe. Prefer this over single-ticker endpoints when you want broad market-wide distress discovery rather than deep analysis of a known company.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid limit parameter (outside 1-100 range) returns a validation error without charge
- No data available for a given day may return an empty list
- Service unavailable on render.com cold-start may cause delayed initial response
- Network timeout if the underlying EDGAR data pipeline is refreshing

## How this service works

Daily-refreshed ranking of US exchange-listed (NYSE/Nasdaq/CBOE) operating companies with the worst combined distress: Altman Z, Piotroski F and Beneish M verdict risk points plus red-flag severity from recent filings (going concern, auditor change, restatement, delisting notice, late filing). Each row: ticker, distress score, verdict, fraud-risk, top red flags, F/Z/M. Query limit=1-100 (default 25). For short ideas, credit watchlists, risk monitoring. Errors are never charged (bad tickers rejec

## Output

A ranked list (up to 100 rows, default 25) of US exchange-listed operating companies ordered worst-first by combined distress score. Each row includes: ticker symbol, composite distress score, overall verdict, fraud-risk level, top SEC red-flag events (going concern, auditor change, restatement, delisting notice, late filing), and individual Piotroski F, Altman Z, and Beneish M scores. Data is refreshed daily from SEC EDGAR filings.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
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    "method": {
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     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "default": 25,
       "maximum": 100,
       "minimum": 1,
       "description": "rows to return, worst first"
      }
     }
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   },
   "additionalProperties": false
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}
```

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