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RENN Fund (RENN Fund) Probability of Financial Distress (%) : 0.13% (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is RENN Fund Probability of Financial Distress (%)?

Probability of Financial Distress (%) measures the probability that a company will go bankrupt in the upcoming year given its current financial position. A higher ratio indicates a larger probability of bankruptcy for the company, while a lower ratio indicates a healthier fundamental. As of today, RENN Fund's Probability of Financial Distress (%) is 0.13%.

Like the Altman Z-Score, the PFD measures a company's bankruptcy risk. However, the main drawback of the Z-score is it does not apply to banks and insurance companies. According to Investopedia, the concept of "working capital" does not apply to banks and insurance companies, as financial institutions do not have typical current assets or current liabilities like inventories or accounts payable.


Competitive Comparison of RENN Fund's Probability of Financial Distress (%)

For the Asset Management subindustry, RENN Fund's Probability of Financial Distress (%), along with its competitors' market caps and Probability of Financial Distress (%) data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


RENN Fund's Probability of Financial Distress (%) Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, RENN Fund's Probability of Financial Distress (%) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where RENN Fund's Probability of Financial Distress (%) falls into.



RENN Fund Probability of Financial Distress (%) Calculation

Probability of Financial Distress (%) (PFD) was developed by John Campbell, Jens Hilscher and Jan Szilagyi in their Search of Distress Risk. It measures the probability that a company will go bankrupt within the next 12 months given its current financial position.

The Probability of Financial Distress (%) was obtained by a logit probability model based on eight explanatory variables. The logit formula to compute the probability of financial distress (LPFD) is given below:

LPFD= -20.12 * NIMTAAVG + 1.60 * TLMTA - 7.88 * EXRETAVG + 1.55 * SIGMA - 0.005 * RSIZE - 2.27 * CASHMTA + 0.070 * MB - 0.09 * PRICE -8.87
=-6.65

The Probability of Financial Distress (%) (PFD) was then obtianed by:

PFD=1/(1 + e^(-LPFD))*100%
=0.13%

The eight explanatory variables are:

1. NIMTAAVG = Net Income to Market Total Assets

NIMTAAVG=Net Income / Market Total Assets
=Net Income / (Market Cap + Total Liabilities)

*Note that for companies reported quarterly, geometrically declining weighted quarterly Net Income data in latest four quarters are used.

2. TLMTA = Total liabilities to Market Total Assets

TLMTA=Total Liabilities / Market Total Assets

3. CASHMTA = Cash to Market Total Assets

For banks, CASHMTA is measured as:


4. EXRETAVG = Excess Return compared to the S&P 500

EXRETAVG is the weighted excess return compared to the S&P 500 in past 12 month. Geometrically declining weights are imposed on the monthly excess return to reflect lagged information. The weight is halved each quarter.

5. SIGMA = Standard Deviation of Daily Returns

For sigma, we use the annualized standard deviation of a company's returns over the past 92 days (or 63 trading days).

6. RSIZE = Relative Size

RSIZE=log (Market Cap / Total Market Cap of S&P 500 companies)

7. MB = Market to Adjusted Book Equity Ratio


8. PRICE

PRICE is measured as the log of the stock price, capped at log(15).


RENN Fund  (AMEX:RCG) Probability of Financial Distress (%) Explanation

Like the Altman Z-Score, the PFD measures a company's bankruptcy risk in the upcoming year. However, the main drawback of the Z-score is it does not apply to banks and insurance companies. According to Investopedia, the concept of "working capital" does not apply to banks and insurance companies, as financial institutions do not have typical current assets or current liabilities like inventories or accounts payable.


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RENN Fund (RENN Fund) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
470 Park Avenue South, New York, NY, USA, 10016
RENN Fund Inc is active in the financial services domain. It is a closed-end management investment company formed with the objective of providing long-term capital appreciation by investing substantially in privately placed convertible and equity securities of emerging growth companies traded on the United States securities exchanges. It invests in various industries, including communication services, surgical and medical instruments and apparatus, telecommunications, crude petroleum, and natural gas and medical chemicals, and botanical products.
Executives
Murray Stahl director, officer: President and CEO C/O HORIZON KINETICS LLC, 470 PARK AVE S 8TH FL S, NEW YORK NY 10016
Grimaldi Russell officer: Secretary C/O HORIZON KINETICS LLC, 470 PARK AVE S, 8TH FL S, NEW YORK NY 10016
Jay H Kesslen officer: President and CEO C/O HORIZON KINETICS LLC, 470 PARK AVE S, 8TH FL S, NEW YORK NY 10016
Alun Williams officer: Treasurer C/O HORIZON KINETICS LLC, 470 PARK AVE S, 8TH FL S, NEW YORK NY 10016
Doug Cohen director HORIZON KINETICS, LLC, 470 PARK AVE S, 4TH FL S, NEW YORK NY 10016
Alice C Brennan director C/O RENN FUND, INC., 470 PARK AVE S 8TH FL S, NEW YORK NY 10016
Steven Bregman other: Co-Portfolio Manager HORIZON KINETICS LLC, 470 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, 4TH FLOOR SOUTH, NEW YORK NY 10016
Peter Doyle other: Co-Portfolio Manager 470 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10016
Eric Sites director C/O RENN FUND, INC., 470 PARK AVE S 8TH FL S, NEW YORK NY 10016
Herbert M Chain director C/O RENN FUND, INC., 470 PARK AVE S 8TH FL S, NEW YORK NY 10016
J Philip Mccormick director
Pierce Charles C Jr director C/O RENAISSANCE CAPITAL GROUP INC, 8080 N. CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY #210 LB-59, DALLAS TX 75206
Renn Capital Group, Inc. 10 percent owner 8080 N. CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 210, LB-59, DALLAS TX 75204
Barbara Butschek officer: Secretary and Treasurer
Zed Eric Stephens officer: Vice President RENN CAPITAL GROUP, INC., 8080 N. CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 210, DALLAS TX 75206

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