Thanks to the tools and methods used nowadays in the financial sector, management of an enterprise in not only aware of the financial performance but is also able to assess the risks by which the company is threatened and thus prepare for necessary changes. The paper main purpose was to describe and apply the commonly used tools of the bankruptcy risk assessing. The methods were applied on four companies of the polish meat sector. Two of them went bankrupt in 2012 and other two are still operating. The paper indicates both advantages and limitations of the methods used.Głównym celem badań było przedstawienie i opis metod stosowanych do analizy ryzyka finansowego, zarówno na rynku polskim, jak i ogólnoświatowym. Analiza została przeprowadzon...