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Ribbon Communications (Ribbon Communications) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Ribbon Communications 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

Ribbon Communications 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 Ribbon Communications's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

RBBN' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Ribbon Communications was 7. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


Ribbon Communications Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ribbon Communications'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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Ribbon Communications Piotroski F-Score Chart

Ribbon Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 6.00 5.00 5.00 6.00

Ribbon Communications Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 6.00 5.00 6.00 -

Competitive Comparison of Ribbon Communications's Piotroski F-Score

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Ribbon Communications'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.


Ribbon Communications's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Ribbon Communications's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ribbon Communications'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 (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Net Income was -21.479 + -13.501 + 7.079 + -30.361 = $-58.3 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -2.559 + -11.626 + 20.139 + 13.1 = $19.1 Mil.
Revenue was 210.618 + 203.161 + 226.401 + 179.664 = $819.8 Mil.
Gross Profit was 101.47 + 103.503 + 121.708 + 91.955 = $418.6 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(1191.66 + 1167.196 + 1121.615 + 1144.153 + 1078.46) / 5 = $1140.6168 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was $1,191.7 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $36.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $369.1 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $504.3 Mil.
Net Income was -30.18 + -18.416 + 20.488 + -38.305 = $-66.4 Mil.

Revenue was 205.796 + 207.127 + 233.639 + 186.159 = $832.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was 104.55 + 104.318 + 114.013 + 81.402 = $404.3 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(1264.155 + 1230.674 + 1224.635 + 1255.564 + 1191.66) / 5 = $1233.3376 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was $1,264.2 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $269.1 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $429.6 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $342.8 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.

Ribbon Communications's current Net Income (TTM) was -58.3. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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.

Ribbon Communications's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 19.1. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=-58.262/1191.66
=-0.04889146

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=-66.413/1264.155
=-0.05253549

Ribbon Communications's return on assets of this year was -0.04889146. Ribbon Communications's return on assets of last year was -0.05253549. ==> 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.

Ribbon Communications's current Net Income (TTM) was -58.3. Ribbon Communications's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 19.1. ==> 19.1 > -58.3 ==> CFROA > ROA ==> Score 1.

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: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=36.768/1140.6168
=0.03223519

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=269.131/1233.3376
=0.21821357

Ribbon Communications's gearing of this year was 0.03223519. Ribbon Communications's gearing of last year was 0.21821357. ==> 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: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=369.13/504.315
=0.73194333

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=429.636/342.8
=1.25331389

Ribbon Communications's current ratio of this year was 0.73194333. Ribbon Communications's current ratio of last year was 1.25331389. ==> Last year's current ratio is higher ==> Score 0.

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.

Ribbon Communications's number of shares in issue this year was 172.428. Ribbon Communications's number of shares in issue last year was 168.541. ==> 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
=418.636/819.844
=0.51062885

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=404.283/832.721
=0.48549634

Ribbon Communications's gross margin of this year was 0.51062885. Ribbon Communications's gross margin of last year was 0.48549634. ==> This year's gross margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

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 (Mar23)
=819.844/1191.66
=0.68798483

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=832.721/1264.155
=0.65871748

Ribbon Communications's asset turnover of this year was 0.68798483. Ribbon Communications's asset turnover of last year was 0.65871748. ==> 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
=0+1+1+1+1+0+0+1+1
=6

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

Ribbon Communications has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Ribbon Communications  (NAS:RBBN) 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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Ribbon Communications (Ribbon Communications) Business Description

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Address
6500 Chase Oaks Boulevard, Suite 100, Plano, TX, USA, 75023
Ribbon Communications Inc provides network solutions primarily to telecommunications, wireless and cable service providers worldwide. It enables service providers and enterprises to modernize their communications networks and provide secure real-time communications solutions to their customers and employees. Its solutions enable its customers with a secure way to connect and leverage multivendor, multiprotocol communications systems and applications across their networks and the cloud, around the world and in a rapidly changing ecosystem of IP-enabled devices such as smartphones and tablets.
Executives
Miguel A Lopez officer: EVP, CFO HARRIS CORPORATION, 1025 W NASA BOULEVARD, MELBOURNE FL 32919
Bruce William Mcclelland director, officer: President & CEO 3871 LAKEFIELD DRIVE, SUWANEE GA 30024
Dan Redington officer: EVP of Global Sales 6500 CHASE OAKS BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, PLANO TX 75023
Scott Mair director 6500 CHASE OAKS BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, PLANO TX 75023
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Sam Bucci officer: EVP & GM IP Optical Networks 3605 E PLANO PARKWAY, PLANO TX 75074
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Stephen J. Mccaffery officer: EVP EMEAS and APAC Sales VICTORIA ROAD, WEST YORKSHIRE, SALTAIRE X0 BD183LF
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