Forecasting of financial risks of decline in profit and profitability of companies in the retail industry on the basis of correlation and regression analysis of macroeconomic factors

Aim. Development and realization of the innovative approach to forecasting of financial risks of profit and profitability decrease of retail industry companies on the basis of correlation and regression analysis of macroeconomic factors.

Tasks. To identify and substantiate the macroeconomic risk factors of decrease in the retail trade turnover of the Russian companies of the retail industry; to develop a methodology of construction and build regression dependence of the total turnover of the companies of the retail trade industry in the Russian Federation (RF) on the macroeconomic factors; to define parameters of the analytical dependence of the retail trade turnover of the leading Russian retailers on the macroeconomic factors; to reveal and argue the position concerning the restrictions of application of correlation and regression analysis.

Methods. The authors applied a systematic approach, providing a comprehensive study of the impact of macroeconomic factors on financial risks of profit and profitability reduction, as well as the correlation and regression analysis, methods of mathematical statistics and econometrics.

Results. The methodology of estimation and forecasting of financial risks of profit and profitability decrease of the retail industry companies under the influence of external macroeconomic risk factors based on the use of the regression dependence of the retail industry companies turnover on the selected and grounded macroeconomic factors built in the present article is offered.

Conclusions. The methodology of building regression dependences of retail turnover on external macroeconomic factors and the methodology of assessing the impact of these factors on the financial risks of reduced profit and profitability indicators proposed in the study are a methodological basis for forecasting changes in the results and efficiency of economic activities of companies in the retail industry and developing preventive measures aimed at reducing the financial risks of such companies. The quantitative assessments of the impact of macroeconomic factors on the retail turnover of leading Russian retailers obtained in the work allow to identify the most significant external macroeconomic risk factors for each of the companies and give a reasonable forecast of changes in retail turnover, profit and profitability indicators of these companies under the influence of macroeconomic factors.

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