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Kingswood Acquisition (Kingswood Acquisition) Probability of Financial Distress (%) : 50.00% (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Kingswood Acquisition 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, Kingswood Acquisition's Probability of Financial Distress (%) is 50.00%.

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 Kingswood Acquisition's Probability of Financial Distress (%)

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Kingswood Acquisition'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.


Kingswood Acquisition's Probability of Financial Distress (%) Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

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

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



Kingswood Acquisition 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
=0.00

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

PFD=1/(1 + e^(-LPFD))*100%
=50.00%

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).


Kingswood Acquisition  (OTCPK:KWACU) 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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Kingswood Acquisition (Kingswood Acquisition) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
17 Battery Place, Room 625, New York, NY, USA, 10004
Kingswood Acquisition Corp is a blank check company.
Executives
Jeffrey A Altman 10 percent owner 640 FIFTH AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Owl Creek Asset Management, L.p. 10 percent owner 640 FIFTH AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. 10 percent owner 16 YORK STREET SUITE 2900, TORONTO A6 M5J 0E6
Goldman Sachs & Co. Llc 10 percent owner 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 10 percent owner 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Jeremy Wilder director 21 ELMRIDGE, SCARSDALE NY 10583
Gary Wilder director, 10 percent owner, other: Executive Chairman 17 BATTERY PLACE, ROOM 625, NEW YORK NY 10004
Caroline O'connell director 17 BATTERY PLACE, ROOM 625, NEW YORK NY 10004
David Hudd director, 10 percent owner 17 BATTERY PLACE, ROOM 625, NEW YORK NY 10004
Jonathan Massing director, 10 percent owner 17 BATTERY PLACE, ROOM 625, NEW YORK NY 10004
Michael Nessim director, 10 percent owner 17 BATTERY PLACE, ROOM 625, NEW YORK NY 10004
Ralph Lawrence Roth director 17 BATTERY PLACE, ROOM 625, NEW YORK NY 10004
Lisa Roth director 17 BATTERY PLACE, ROOM 625, NEW YORK NY 10004
Kingswood Global Sponsor Llc 10 percent owner 17 BATTERY PLACE, ROOM 625, NEW YORK NY 10004
Howard Garland director, 10 percent owner 17 BATTERY PLACE, ROOM 625, NEW YORK NY 10004