BlackBerry was the king of smart phone just 5 years ago. However, the industry innovation has taken a much quicker pace to evolve and BlackBerry suddenly finds itself at the brink of bankruptcy. The company lost a whopping $1 billion in the 4th quarter of 2013. Experts are debating BlackBerry's survivor ship.
BlackBerry was said to have turned itself around in 2014 after a number of strategic adjustment by the new CEO.
Please use the solvency ratios to analyze BlackBerry's financial well being combining with its competitiveness in the smart phone industry and draw your conclusion.
BlackBerry used to be called Research-in-Motion and it recently changed its stock symbol from RIMM to BB in Canada and BBRY in the U.S. BlackBerry is a Canada-based company. Its fiscal year may be different from many U.S.-based companies. Use what the company provides to conduct your analysis.