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Wayfair (Wayfair) Probability of Financial Distress (%) : 0.07% (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Wayfair 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, Wayfair's Probability of Financial Distress (%) is 0.07%.

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 Wayfair's Probability of Financial Distress (%)

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Wayfair'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.


Wayfair's Probability of Financial Distress (%) Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Wayfair's Probability of Financial Distress (%) distribution charts can be found below:

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



Wayfair 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
=-7.27

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

PFD=1/(1 + e^(-LPFD))*100%
=0.07%

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).


Wayfair  (NYSE:W) 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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Wayfair (Wayfair) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4 Copley Place, Boston, MA, USA, 02116
Wayfair engages in e-commerce in the United States (86% of 2022 sales), Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Ireland. At the end of 2022, the firm offered more than 40 million products from more than 20,000 suppliers under the brands Wayfair, Joss & Main, AllModern, Birch Lane, and Perigold. Its offerings include furniture, everyday and seasonal decor, decorative accents, housewares, and other home goods. Wayfair was founded in 2002 and began trading publicly in 2014.
Executives
Niraj Shah director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Steven Conine director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Thomas Netzer officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Jon Blotner officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Kate Gulliver officer: CFO and Chief Admin Officer 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Fiona Tan officer: Chief Technology Officer 41 DISCOVERY, IRVINE CA 92618
Anke Schaferkordt director C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Steve Oblak officer: SVP and GM, Wayfair.com C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael D Fleisher officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael W. Choe director C/O CHARLESBANK CAPITAL PARTNERS, 200 CLARENDON STREET, 54TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02109
James R. Miller director 4050 EAST COTTON CENTER BLVD. 6-68, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Jeremy King director C/O WAYFAIR LLC, 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael Andrew Kumin director, 10 percent owner C/O GREAT HILL PARTNERS, L.P., 200 CLARENDON STREET, 29TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Edmond Macri officer: SVP, Marketing and Analytics C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael E Sneed director JOHNSON & JOHNSON, ONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLAZA, NEW BRUNSWICK NJ 08933