2015-07-012015-12-062015-11-072015-07https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/2142This paper has as main objective to build a composite metric of financial soundness for the private corporate sector in Colombia. Instead of relying on the individual and sometimes restrictive financial ratio analysis approach, the purpose of this document is to provide a single metric aimed at measuring the financial health of firms. Said metric, the financial soundness index, is derived by employing the cross-section approach of principal component analysis. For the time period of 2000-2013, the results allow to identify which industries have a weak, strong or similar balance sheet performance relative to that observed for the private corporate sector as a whole. Furthermore for firms that are debtors of the Colombian financial system, validation tests on the index confirm the apparent relationship between accounting data and the credit risk perception of and materialization for financial intermediaries.25 páginas : gráficas, tablasPDFengOpen AccessSolidez financiera de las empresasAnálisis de componentes principalesCoeficientes financierosÍndices compuestosEstabilidad financieraWorking PaperL25 - Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and ScopeG30 - Corporate Finance and Governance: GeneralG32 - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; GoodwillC3 - Multiple/Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple VariablesFirms' financial soundnessPrincipal component analysisFinancial ratiosComposite indicesFinancial stabilityEmpresas -- Finanzas -- Colombia -- 2000-2013Sistema financiero -- Colombia -- 2000-2013Crédito comercial -- Colombia -- 2000-2013Indicadores financieros -- MetodologíaAcceso abiertoAtribucion-NoComercial-CompartirIgual CC BY-NC-SA 4.0L25 - Rendimiento de la empresa: tamaño, diversificación y alcance de la empresaG30 - Gobierno y financiación de la empresa: GeneralidadesG32 - Política de financiación; riesgo financiero y gestión de riesgos; Estructura del capital y de la propiedad; Valor de empresa; fondo de comercioC3 - Modelos de ecuaciones múltiples/simultáneas; Variables múltiplesLas opiniones contenidas en el presente documento son responsabilidad exclusiva de los autores y no comprometen al Banco de la República ni a su Junta Directiva.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12134/2142