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Willis Lease Finance (Willis Lease Finance) Probability of Financial Distress (%) : 0.07% (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Willis Lease Finance 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, Willis Lease Finance's Probability of Financial Distress (%) is 0.07%.

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 Willis Lease Finance's Probability of Financial Distress (%)

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, Willis Lease Finance'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.


Willis Lease Finance's Probability of Financial Distress (%) Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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Willis Lease Finance 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
=-7.28

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

PFD=1/(1 + e^(-LPFD))*100%
=0.07%

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).


Willis Lease Finance  (NAS:WLFC) 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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Willis Lease Finance (Willis Lease Finance) Business Description

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Address
4700 Lyons Technology Parkway, Coconut Creek, FL, USA, 33073
Willis Lease Finance Corp with its subsidiaries is a lessor and servicer of commercial aircraft and aircraft engines. The company has two reportable business segments namely Leasing and Related Operations which involves acquiring and leasing, pursuant to operating leases, commercial aircraft, aircraft engines and other aircraft equipment and the selective purchase and resale of commercial aircraft engines and other aircraft equipment and other related businesses and Spare Parts Sales segment involves the purchase and resale of after-market engine parts, whole engines, engine modules and portable aircraft components.
Executives
Willis Charles F Iv director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman 4700 LYONS TECHNOLOGY, COCONUT CREEK FL 33073
Scott B. Flaherty officer: SVP, CFO 4700 LYONS TECHNOLOGY, COCONUT CREEK FL 33073
Brian Richard Hole officer: President 4700 LYONS TECHNOLOGY, SUITE 2215, COCONUT CREEK FL 33073
Hans Jorg Hunziker director 4700 LYONS TECHNOLOGY, COCONUT CREEK FL 33073
Austin Chandler Willis director 4700 LYONS TECHNOLOGY, COCONUT CREEK FL 33073
Rae Ann Mckeating director PO BOX 593, MCCALL ID 83638
Robert J. Keady director 4700 LYONS TECHNOLOGY, COCONUT CREEK FL 33073
Robert T Morris director 4700 LYONS TECHNOLOGY, COCONUT CREEK FL 33073
Dean Michael Poulakidas officer: SVP, Gen. Counsel, Secretary 4700 LYONS TECHNOLOGY, COCONUT CREEK FL 33073
Anthony R. Spaulding officer: SVP, Technical Services 773 SAN MARIN DRIVE, SUITE 2215, NOVATO CA 94998
Donald A Nunemaker officer: EVP, General Mgr. Leasing 773 SAN MARIN DRIVE, SUITE 2215, NOVATO CA 94998
Bradley Stewart Forsyth officer: SVP, CFO 773 SAN MARIN DRIVE, SUITE 2215, NOVATO CA 94998
Ernest J. Furtado officer: Interim CFO 773 SAN MARIN DRIVE, SUITE 2215, NOVATO CA 94998
Coon W William Jr director 773 SAN MARIN DRIVE, SUITE 2215, NOVATO CA 94998
Judith M Webber officer: SVP, Technical Services 773 SAN MARIN DRIVE, SUITE 2215, NOVATO CA 94998