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ECOR (electroCore) Probability of Financial Distress (%) : 0.08% (As of Mar. 14, 2025)


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What is electroCore 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, electroCore's Probability of Financial Distress (%) is 0.08%.

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 electroCore's Probability of Financial Distress (%)

For the Medical Devices subindustry, electroCore'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.


electroCore's Probability of Financial Distress (%) Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, electroCore's Probability of Financial Distress (%) distribution charts can be found below:

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



electroCore 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
=-7.17

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

PFD=1/(1 + e^(-LPFD))*100%
=0.08%

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).


electroCore  (NAS:ECOR) 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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electroCore Business Description

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Address
200 Forge Way, Suite 205, Rockaway, NJ, USA, 07866
electroCore Inc is a commercial stage bioelectronic medicine company with a platform for non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation therapy initially focused on neurology. The company's product gammaCore is Food and Drug Administration cleared in the United States for adjunctive use for the preventive treatment of cluster headache in adult patients, the acute treatment of pain associated with episodic cluster headache in adult patients, the acute treatment of pain associated with migraine headache in adult patients and the prevention of migraine in adult patients, The use of gammaCore by adolescent patients and Treatment of hemicrania continua and paroxysmal hemicrania in adult patients.
Executives
Thomas J. Errico director, 10 percent owner 150 ALLEN ROAD, SUITE 201, BASKING RIDGE NJ 97920
John P Gandolfo director 62 TERRACE ROAD, WAYNE NJ 07470
Daniel S Goldberger director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 24 CARPENTER ROAD, CHESTER NY 10918
Joseph P Errico director, 10 percent owner, officer: See Remarks 150 ALLEN ROAD, SUITE 201, BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920
Trevor J Moody director 150 ALLEN ROAD, SUITE 201, BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920
Julie Ann Goldstein director 205 FORGE WAY, ROCKAWAY NJ 07866
Patricia Wilber director 205 FORGE WAY, SUITE 205, ROCKAWAY NJ 07866
Brian M Posner officer: Chief Financial Officer 1590 REED ROAD, PENNINGTON NJ 08534
Tullis James L L director 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT 06907
Thomas M Patton director C/O OSTEOTCH INC., 51 JAMES WAY, EATONTOWN NJ 07724
F Peter Cuneo director 10 EAST 40TH ST, NEW YORK NY 10016
Stephen Ondra director 150 ALLEN ROAD, SUITE 201, BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920
Nicholas Colucci director 150 ALLEN ROAD, SUITE 201, BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920
Michael G Atieh director MERCK MEDCO MANAGED CARE INC, 100 SUMMIT AVE, MONTVALE NJ 07645
Carrie Smith Cox director SCHERING-PLOUGH CORPORATION, 2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033