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FRP Advisory Group (LSE:FRP) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is FRP Advisory Group 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

FRP Advisory Group has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for FRP Advisory Group's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:FRP' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 4   Max: 9
Current: 4

During the past 7 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of FRP Advisory Group was 9. The lowest was 1. And the median was 4.


FRP Advisory Group Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for FRP Advisory Group'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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FRP Advisory Group Piotroski F-Score Chart

FRP Advisory Group Annual Data
Trend Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.00 9.00 4.00 6.00 4.00

FRP Advisory Group Semi-Annual Data
Apr17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 6.00 - 4.00 -

Competitive Comparison of FRP Advisory Group's Piotroski F-Score

For the Capital Markets subindustry, FRP Advisory Group'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.


FRP Advisory Group's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, FRP Advisory Group's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where FRP Advisory Group'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 (Apr23) TTM:Last Year (Apr22) TTM:
Net Income was £12.7 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was £11.1 Mil.
Revenue was £104.0 Mil.
Gross Profit was £52.8 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Apr22)
to the end of this year (Apr23) was (93.5 + 108.9) / 2 = £101.2 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Apr22) was £93.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £8.5 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £86.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £32.5 Mil.
Net Income was £11.9 Mil.

Revenue was £95.2 Mil.
Gross Profit was £48.8 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Apr21)
to the end of last year (Apr22) was (83.843 + 93.5) / 2 = £88.6715 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Apr21) was £83.8 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £9.7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £71.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £33.5 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.

FRP Advisory Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 12.7. ==> 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.

FRP Advisory Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 11.1. ==> 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 (Apr22)
=12.7/93.5
=0.13582888

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Apr21)
=11.9/83.843
=0.14193194

FRP Advisory Group's return on assets of this year was 0.13582888. FRP Advisory Group's return on assets of last year was 0.14193194. ==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.

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.

FRP Advisory Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 12.7. FRP Advisory Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 11.1. ==> 11.1 <= 12.7 ==> 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: Apr23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Apr22 to Apr23
=8.5/101.2
=0.08399209

Gearing (Last Year: Apr22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Apr21 to Apr22
=9.7/88.6715
=0.10939253

FRP Advisory Group's gearing of this year was 0.08399209. FRP Advisory Group's gearing of last year was 0.10939253. ==> 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

Current Ratio (This Year: Apr23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=86/32.5
=2.64615385

Current Ratio (Last Year: Apr22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=71/33.5
=2.11940299

FRP Advisory Group's current ratio of this year was 2.64615385. FRP Advisory Group's current ratio of last year was 2.11940299. ==> 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.

FRP Advisory Group's number of shares in issue this year was 238.894. FRP Advisory Group's number of shares in issue last year was 236.488. ==> 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.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=52.8/104
=0.50769231

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=48.8/95.2
=0.51260504

FRP Advisory Group's gross margin of this year was 0.50769231. FRP Advisory Group's gross margin of last year was 0.51260504. ==> Last year's gross 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 (Apr22)
=104/93.5
=1.11229947

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Apr21)
=95.2/83.843
=1.13545555

FRP Advisory Group's asset turnover of this year was 1.11229947. FRP Advisory Group's asset turnover of last year was 1.13545555. ==> Last year's asset turnover is higher ==> Score 0.

Evaluation

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

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

FRP Advisory Group has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

FRP Advisory Group  (LSE:FRP) 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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FRP Advisory Group (LSE:FRP) Business Description

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110 Cannon Street, London, GBR, EC4N 6EU
FRP Advisory Group PLC is a professional services firm offering advisory services to companies, lenders, investors, and other stakeholders, as well as individuals. The company's services include Restructuring advisory; Corporate finance; Debt advisory; Forensic services; and Pension advisory. The group's revenue is derived from the provision of specialist business and advisory services. It advises across multiple sectors and all business sizes, principally servicing smaller and mid-market companies.

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