GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Financial Services » Insurance » Kingstone Companies Inc (NAS:KINS) » Definitions » Probability of Financial Distress (%)

Kingstone (Kingstone) Probability of Financial Distress (%) : 0.02% (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


View and export this data going back to 1994. Start your Free Trial

What is Kingstone 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, Kingstone's Probability of Financial Distress (%) is 0.02%.

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 Kingstone's Probability of Financial Distress (%)

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Kingstone'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.


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

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

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



Kingstone 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
=-8.39

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

PFD=1/(1 + e^(-LPFD))*100%
=0.02%

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).


Kingstone  (NAS:KINS) 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.


Kingstone Probability of Financial Distress (%) Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Kingstone's Probability of Financial Distress (%) provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Kingstone (Kingstone) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
15 Joys Lane, Kingston, NY, USA, 12401
Kingstone Companies Inc is a multi-line regional property and casualty insurance holding company. It offers insurance policies to small and mid-sized businesses as well as to individuals.
Executives
Meryl S. Golden director, officer: Chief Operating Officer 15 JOYS LANE, KINGSTON NY 12401
Timothy P Mcfadden director 310 8TH AVENUE NORTH, ST. PETERSBURG FL 33701
Michelle A. Gage officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC., 15 JOYS LANE, KINGSTON NY 12401
Minlei Chen officer: Chief Actuary and Senior VP KINGSTONE INSURANCE COMPANY, 15 JOYS LANE, KINGSTON NY 12401
Jennifer Gravelle officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC., 15 JOYS LANE, KINGSTON NY 12401
Pelt Scott Van officer: Chief Financial Officer, Treas C/O KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC., 15 JOYS LANE, KINGSTON NY 12401
William L Yankus director 10 PHEASANT HILL, FARMINGTON CT 06032
Richard Jason Swartz officer: Chief Accounting Officer 70 EAST SUNRISE HIGHWAY, VALLEY STREAM NY 11581
Floyd R Tupper director C/O KINGSTONE COMPANIES, INC., 15 JOYS LANE, KINGSTON NY 12401
Barry Goldstein director, 10 percent owner, officer: President, COB, CEO, CFO, Trea 15 JOYS LANE, KINGSTON NY 12401
Jay M Haft director, 10 percent owner C/O NEUROTROPE, INC., 50 PARK PLACE, SUITE 1401, NEWARK NJ 07102
Dale A Thatcher director 40 WANTAGE AVE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Carla D'andre director 3540 LOQUAT AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33133
Jack D Siebald director 1336 BOXWOOD DRIVE WEST, HEWLETT HARBOR NY 11557
Benjamin Walden officer: VP+Chief Actuary-Kingstone Ins 11 MILL POND LANE, CENTERPORT NY 11721

Kingstone (Kingstone) Headlines