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United Airlines Holdings (United Airlines Holdings) Probability of Financial Distress (%) : 0.05% (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is United Airlines Holdings 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, United Airlines Holdings's Probability of Financial Distress (%) is 0.05%.

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 United Airlines Holdings's Probability of Financial Distress (%)

For the Airlines subindustry, United Airlines Holdings'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.


United Airlines Holdings's Probability of Financial Distress (%) Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, United Airlines Holdings's Probability of Financial Distress (%) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where United Airlines Holdings's Probability of Financial Distress (%) falls into.



United Airlines Holdings 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
=-7.66

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

PFD=1/(1 + e^(-LPFD))*100%
=0.05%

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 non-financial companies, CASHMTA is measured as:

CASHMTA=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities / Market Total Assets

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).


United Airlines Holdings  (NAS:UAL) 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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United Airlines Holdings (United Airlines Holdings) Business Description

Industry
Address
233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
United Airlines is a major U.S. network carrier with hubs in San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, and Washington, D.C. United operates a hub-and-spoke system that is more focused on international and long-haul travel than its large U.S. peers.
Executives
Kennedy James A C director T ROWE PRICE GROUP INC, 100 E PRATT ST, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Michael D. Leskinen officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 233 S. WACKER DRIVE, WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Gerald Laderman officer: EVP and CFO 233 S. WACKER DRIVE 11TH FL WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Gregory L Hart officer: EVP & Chief Growth Officer 233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, 11TH FLOOR HDQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Edward M Philip director C/O HASBRO, INC., 1011 NEWPORT AVENUE, PAWTUCKET RI 02861
Carolyn Corvi director 233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE 11TH FL WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Barney Harford director C/O ORBITZ WORLDWIDE, INC., 500 W. MADISON STREET, SUITE 1000, CHICAGO IL 60661
Michele J Hooper director C/O PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., ONE PPG PLACE, PITTSBURGH PA 15272
Edward Shapiro director 275 GROVE STREET, NEWTON MA 02466
Chris Kenny officer: Vice President & Controller 233 S. WACKER DRIVE 11TH FL WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Andrew P Nocella officer: EVP & Chief Commercial Officer 233 S. WACKER DR. 11TH FL WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Torbjorn J Enqvist officer: EVP & Chief Operations Officer 233 S. WACKER DRIVE, 11TH FL WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Linda P Jojo officer: EVP & Chief Customer Officer 233 S. WACKER DRIVE 11TH FL WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Kate Gebo officer: EVP HR and Labor Relations 233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, 11TH FL - WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606
Brett J Hart officer: President 233 S. WACKER DRIVE, 11TH FL - WHQLD, CHICAGO IL 60606