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Maximus (Maximus) Probability of Financial Distress (%) : 0.03% (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Maximus 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, Maximus's Probability of Financial Distress (%) is 0.03%.

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 Maximus's Probability of Financial Distress (%)

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Maximus'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.


Maximus's Probability of Financial Distress (%) Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

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



Maximus 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
=-8.09

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

PFD=1/(1 + e^(-LPFD))*100%
=0.03%

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).


Maximus  (NYSE:MMS) 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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Maximus (Maximus) Business Description

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Address
1600 Tysons Boulevard, McLean, VA, USA, 22102
Maximus Inc is an operator of government health and human services programs in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Saudi Arabia. The company offers business solutions to improve the cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of government-sponsored benefit programs, such as Medicaid, Medicare, Health Insurance BC, and child support programmes. Most of its revenue is derived from long-term contractual arrangements with governments around the world. The company generates maximum revenue from the U.S. Federal Services segment.
Executives
Teresa Weipert officer: General Mgr US Federal Segment 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Ilene R. Baylinson officer: Group General Manager 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Michelle F. Link officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Gayathri Rajan director 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON X1 20190
David Mutryn officer: Chief Financial Officer 1891 METRO CENTER DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Theresa D Golinvaux officer: Principal Accounting Officer 9300 LEE HIGHWAY, FAIRFAX VA 20131
John Thomas Martinez officer: Secretary and General Counsel 1600 TYSONS BLVD, #1400, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michael J. Warren director C/O WALKER & DUNLOP, INC., 7272 WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1300, BETHESDA MD 20814
Bruce Caswell other: Group President - Human Svcs 11419 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, RESTON VA 20190-5207
Raymond B Ruddy director C/O MAXIMUS INC, 11419 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, RESTON VA 20190
David Francis officer: General Counsel C/O MAXIMUS INC, 11419 SUNSET HILLS RD, RESTON VA 20190
John J Haley director 901 N GLEBE ROAD, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Richard A Montoni director, officer: CEO and Director C/O MAXIMUS INC, 11419 SUNSET HILLS RD, RESTON VA 20190
Richard John Nadeau officer: Chief Financial Officer 1300 WILSON BLVD., SUITE 400, ARLINGTON VA 22209
Peter Pond director