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AAME (Atlantic American) Probability of Financial Distress (%) : 0.17% (As of Dec. 15, 2024)


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What is Atlantic American 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, Atlantic American's Probability of Financial Distress (%) is 0.17%.

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 Atlantic American's Probability of Financial Distress (%)

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Atlantic American'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.


Atlantic American's Probability of Financial Distress (%) Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Atlantic American's Probability of Financial Distress (%) distribution charts can be found below:

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



Atlantic American 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
=-6.40

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

PFD=1/(1 + e^(-LPFD))*100%
=0.17%

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 insurance companies, 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).


Atlantic American  (NAS:AAME) 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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Atlantic American Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
4370 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA, USA, 30319
Atlantic American Corp operates in specialty markets within the life and health and property and casualty insurance industries. The company has two segments: American Southern, It provides property and casualty insurance including bodily injury and property damage liability coverage, uninsured motorist coverage, and physical damage coverage for commercial accounts. It also provides tailored business automobile insurance coverage, on a multi-year contract basis, to state governments and local municipalities, and Bankers Fidelity, the company's life and health operations offer a variety of life and supplemental health products including ordinary and term life insurance, Medicare supplement, and other health insurance. It earns revenue from the collection of premiums and investment income.
Executives
Harriett J Robinson director, 10 percent owner, other: Trustee under Rule 16a-8
Bankers Fidelity Life Insurance Co other: Wholly owned subsidiary 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Jeffrey Ross Franklin officer: CFO 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD NE, ATLANTA GA 30319
Mark E. Preisinger director C/O ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORPORATION, 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, SUITE 200, ATLANTA GA 30319
D Keehln Wheeler director 3731 WIEUCA ROAD, ATLANTA GA 30342
William H Whaley director 3980 RANDALL MILL RD NW, ATLANTA GA 30327
Joseph M Scheerer director 41 PARK AVENUE, APARTMENT #8H, NEW YORK NY 10016
Samuel E Hudgins director
Edward E Elson director
Dom H Wyant director
J Mack Robinson 10 percent owner 4370 PEACHTREE RD, ATLANTA GA 30319
Robin Robinson Howell director 3656 TUXEDO ROAD NW, ATLANTA GA 30305
Sample John G Jr officer: Senior Vice President & CFO
Howell Hilton H Jr director, officer: Chairman, President & CEO 4370 PEACHTREE ROAD, N.E., ATLANTA GA 30319
Scott G Thompson director, officer: Pres & CEO Am. Sou. Ins. Co.