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ESQ (Esquire Financial Holdings) Probability of Financial Distress (%) : 0.04% (As of Jun. 28, 2025)


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What is Esquire Financial 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, Esquire Financial Holdings's Probability of Financial Distress (%) is 0.04%.

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 Esquire Financial Holdings's Probability of Financial Distress (%)

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Esquire Financial 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.


Esquire Financial Holdings's Probability of Financial Distress (%) Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Esquire Financial Holdings's Probability of Financial Distress (%) distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Esquire Financial 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
=-7.81

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

PFD=1/(1 + e^(-LPFD))*100%
=0.04%

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).


Esquire Financial Holdings  (NAS:ESQ) 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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Esquire Financial Holdings Business Description

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Address
100 Jericho Quadrangle, Suite 100, Jericho, NY, USA, 11753
Esquire Financial Holdings Inc is a financial holding company. Through its subsidiary, the company operates as a full-service commercial bank dedicated to serving the financial needs of the legal industry and small businesses nationally, as well as commercial and retail customers in the New York metropolitan area. The Bank offers tailored products and solutions to the legal community and their clients as well as dynamic and flexible payment processing solutions to small business owners. Banking products offered for businesses and consumers include checking, savings, money market, and time deposits; a wide range of commercial and consumer loans, as well as customary banking services. In addition, it operates a payment processing platform through third-party independent sales organizations.
Executives
Kevin C Waterhouse director 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE, SUITE 100, JERICHO NY 11753
Selig Zises director C/O MANGOSOFT INC, 1500 WEST PARK DRIVE STE 190, WESTBOROUGH MA 01581
Ari P Kornhaber officer: EVP and Director of Sales 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE, SUITE 100, JERICHO NY 11753
Richard T Powers director 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE, SUITE 100, JERICHO NY 11753
Joseph Melohn director 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE, SUITE 100, JERICHO NY 11753
Michael Lacapria officer: Chief Financial Officer 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE, SUITE 100, JERICHO NY 11753
Todd Deutsch director 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE, SUITE 100, JERICHO NY 11753
Marc D Grossman director 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE, SUITE 100, JERICHO NY 11753
Robert Mitzman director 3725 SW 30TH AVENUE, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33312
Eric S Bader officer: EVP, CFO and Treasurer 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE, SUITE 100, JERICHO NY 11753
Andrew C Sagliocca director, officer: President and CEO 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE, SUITE 100, JERICHO NY 11753
Parag Tandon officer: Chief Acctg Off and Controller 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE, SUITE 100, JERICHO NY 11753
James F. Deutsch director C/O STERLING NATIONAL BANK, 400 RELLA BOULEVARD, MONTEBELLO NY 10901
Anthony Coelho director 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE, SUITE 100, JERICHO NY 11753
Jack T Thompson director 100 JERICHO QUADRANGLE, SUITE 100, JERICHO NY 11753