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Wright Investors' Service Holdings (Wright Investors' Service Holdings) Probability of Financial Distress (%) : 0.05% (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Wright Investors' Service 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, Wright Investors' Service 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 Wright Investors' Service Holdings's Probability of Financial Distress (%)

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Wright Investors' Service 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.


Wright Investors' Service Holdings's Probability of Financial Distress (%) Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

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

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



Wright Investors' Service 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
=-7.60

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).


Wright Investors' Service Holdings  (OTCPK:IWSH) 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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Wright Investors' Service Holdings (Wright Investors' Service Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
118 North Bedford Road, Suite 100, Mount Kisco, NY, USA, 10549
Wright Investors' Service Holdings Inc is a shell company.
Executives
Miller William H Iii 10 percent owner C/O APG LLC, ONE SOUTH STREET, SUITE 2550, BALTIMORE MD 21202
Harvey P Eisen director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO 100 SOUTH BEDFORD ROAD, MT KISCO NY 10549
Cove Street Capital, Llc 10 percent owner 525 SOUTH DOUGLAS STREET, SUITE 225, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Cameron Dort A Iii director
Jeffrey Bronchick 10 percent owner 2101 EAST EL SEGUNDO BOULEVARD, SUITE 302, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Andrew Leaf 10 percent owner 2101 E EL SEGUNDO BOULEVARD, SUITE 302, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Paul Hinkle 10 percent owner 2101 E EL SEGUNDO BOULEVARD, SUITE 302, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Eugene Vlad Robin 10 percent owner 2508 FISK LANE, REDONDO BEACH CA 90278
Harold D. Kahn officer: Acting CFO & PAO 177 WEST PUTNAM AVENUE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Marshall S Geller director 10866 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 1450, LOS ANGELES CA 90024
Amit S Khandwala officer: Co- CEO. The Winthrop Corp. 5 MAYFAIR DRIVE, TRUMBULL CT 06611
Pfenniger Richard C Jr director 4400 BISCAYNE BLVD., MIAMI FL 33137
Peter M. Donovan director, officer: CEO of Operating Subsidiary C/O THE WINTHROP CORPORATION, 440 WHEELERS FARM ROAD, MILFORD CT 06461
Thomas J Hayes officer: Chief Operating Officer 100 SOUTH BEDFORD ROAD, SUITE 2R, MOUNT KISCO NY 10549
Bedford Oak Capital Lp 10 percent owner

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