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Franklin Limited Durationome Trust (Franklin Limited Durationome Trust) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of May. 03, 2024)


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What is Franklin Limited Durationome Trust Piotroski F-Score?

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Franklin Limited Durationome Trust has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

FTF' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 4   Max: 6
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Franklin Limited Durationome Trust was 6. The lowest was 2. And the median was 4.


Franklin Limited Durationome Trust Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Franklin Limited Durationome Trust Piotroski F-Score Chart

Franklin Limited Durationome Trust Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
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Franklin Limited Durationome Trust Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's Piotroski F-Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score 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.


Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was $33.55 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $30.52 Mil.
Revenue was $35.47 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (429.721 + 428.482) / 2 = $429.1015 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $429.72 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $110.29 Mil.
Total Assets was $428.48 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $138.28 Mil.
Net Income was $-29.23 Mil.

Revenue was $-27.96 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (414.899 + 429.721) / 2 = $422.31 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $414.90 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $117.55 Mil.
Total Assets was $429.72 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $144.40 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's current Net Income (TTM) was 33.55. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 30.52. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=33.547/429.721
=0.07806693

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-29.232/414.899
=-0.0704557

Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's return on assets of this year was 0.07806693. Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's return on assets of last year was -0.0704557. ==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's current Net Income (TTM) was 33.55. Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 30.52. ==> 30.52 <= 33.55 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=110.286/429.1015
=0.25701611

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=117.551/422.31
=0.2783524

Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's gearing of this year was 0.25701611. Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's gearing of last year was 0.2783524. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Total Current Assets and Total Current Liabilities reported. Thus, we use Total Assets and Total Liabilities to calculate current ratio for banks and insurance companies.

Current Ratio (This Year: Dec23)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=428.482/138.283
=3.09858768

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=429.721/144.402
=2.97586599

Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's current ratio of this year was 3.09858768. Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's current ratio of last year was 2.97586599. ==> This year's current ratio is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's number of shares in issue this year was 40.418. Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's number of shares in issue last year was 34.8. ==> There is larger number of shares in issue this year. ==> Score 0.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Gross Profit reported. Thus, we use net income instead of gross profit and calculate Net Margin for this score.

Net Margin (This Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=33.547/35.465
=0.94591851

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=-29.232/-27.96
=1.04549356

Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's net margin of this year was 0.94591851. Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's net margin of last year was 1.04549356. ==> Last year's net margin is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Dec22)
=35.465/429.721
=0.08253029

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=-27.96/414.899
=-0.06738989

Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's asset turnover of this year was 0.08253029. Franklin Limited Durationome Trust's asset turnover of last year was -0.06738989. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+1+0+1+1+0+0+1
=6

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Franklin Limited Durationome Trust has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Franklin Limited Durationome Trust  (AMEX:FTF) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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Franklin Limited Durationome Trust (Franklin Limited Durationome Trust) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94403-1906
Franklin Limited Duration Income Trust is a closed-end investment company based in the United States. It conducts its investment with an aim to provide high, current income, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. To align its investment objective with its strategy, the company invests in a diversified mix of fixed-income securities. Its portfolio is dominated by considerable investments in high-yield corporate bonds while touching upon other avenues such as senior secured floating rate corporate loans, mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, common stocks and other short-term investments.
Executives
Christine M. Debevec officer: VP & Assistant Secretary ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Tara E. Gormel officer: VP & Assistant Secretary ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Harris Goldblat officer: VP & Assistant Secretary ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Oliveira Marc De officer: VP & Assistant Secretary C/O LEGG MASON & CO. LLC, ONE FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT 06902
Ted P Becker officer: Chief Compliance Officer 399 PARK AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
George P. Hoyt officer: VP & Assistant Secretary C/O FRANKLIN TEMPLETON, 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT 06902
Alexander Kymn officer: VP & Assistant Secretary WELLS FARGO BANK, 45 FREMONT STREET, 26TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Christopher Kings officer: CFO, CAO and Treasurer ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Jeffrey White officer: Interim CFO, CAO and Treasurer 3355 DATA DRIVE, RANCHO CORDOVA CA 95670
Susan Kerr officer: VP - AML Compliance 280 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Valerie Williams other: Trustee C/O OMNICOM GROUP INC., 280 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Robert Kubilis officer: CFO, CAO and Treasurer FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENTS, 300 S.E. 2ND STREET, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33301-1923
Sonal Desai officer: Pres. & CEO - Invest. Mgmt. ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SMO-920/3, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Group Ag Ubs 10 percent owner BAHNHOFSTRASSE 45, ZURICH V8 CH-8001
Terrence J. Checki other: Trustee HESS CORPORATION, 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036