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SHYF (The Shyft Group) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Oct. 31, 2024)


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What is The Shyft Group Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

The Shyft Group has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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

SHYF' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of The Shyft Group was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


The Shyft Group Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Shyft 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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The Shyft Group Piotroski F-Score Chart

The Shyft Group Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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The Shyft Group Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of The Shyft Group's Piotroski F-Score

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, The Shyft 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.


The Shyft Group's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, The Shyft Group's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Shyft 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 (Sep24) TTM:Last Year (Sep23) TTM:
Net Income was -4.417 + -4.669 + 2.164 + 3.123 = $-3.8 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 11.426 + -3.957 + 1.13 + 20.043 = $28.6 Mil.
Revenue was 202.333 + 197.889 + 192.78 + 194.075 = $787.1 Mil.
Gross Profit was 27.912 + 34.062 + 40.587 + 39.607 = $142.2 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep23)
to the end of this year (Sep24) was
(535.461 + 530.049 + 507.681 + 497.568 + 569.434) / 5 = $528.0386 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep23) was $535.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $142.6 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $299.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $165.1 Mil.
Net Income was 17.841 + 1.71 + 4.685 + 4.518 = $28.8 Mil.

Revenue was 302.011 + 243.439 + 225.101 + 201.325 = $971.9 Mil.
Gross Profit was 58.288 + 42.924 + 42.754 + 36.768 = $180.7 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep22)
to the end of last year (Sep23) was
(551.699 + 580.481 + 557.012 + 495.846 + 535.461) / 5 = $544.0998 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep22) was $551.7 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $93.7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $299.7 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $175.9 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.

The Shyft Group's current Net Income (TTM) was -3.8. ==> 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.

The Shyft Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 28.6. ==> 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 (Sep23)
=-3.799/535.461
=-0.00709482

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep22)
=28.754/551.699
=0.052119

The Shyft Group's return on assets of this year was -0.00709482. The Shyft Group's return on assets of last year was 0.052119. ==> 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.

The Shyft Group's current Net Income (TTM) was -3.8. The Shyft Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 28.6. ==> 28.6 > -3.8 ==> 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: Sep24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep23 to Sep24
=142.611/528.0386
=0.27007685

Gearing (Last Year: Sep23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep22 to Sep23
=93.672/544.0998
=0.17215959

The Shyft Group's gearing of this year was 0.27007685. The Shyft Group's gearing of last year was 0.17215959. ==> Last year is lower than this year ==> Score 0.

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: Sep24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=299.819/165.132
=1.81563234

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=299.716/175.945
=1.70346415

The Shyft Group's current ratio of this year was 1.81563234. The Shyft Group's current ratio of last year was 1.70346415. ==> 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.

The Shyft Group's number of shares in issue this year was 34.651. The Shyft Group's number of shares in issue last year was 34.637. ==> 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
=142.168/787.077
=0.18062782

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=180.734/971.876
=0.18596405

The Shyft Group's gross margin of this year was 0.18062782. The Shyft Group's gross margin of last year was 0.18596405. ==> 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 (Sep23)
=787.077/535.461
=1.46990537

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep22)
=971.876/551.699
=1.76160551

The Shyft Group's asset turnover of this year was 1.46990537. The Shyft Group's asset turnover of last year was 1.76160551. ==> 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
=0+1+0+1+0+1+0+0+0
=3

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

The Shyft Group has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

The Shyft Group  (NAS:SHYF) 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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The Shyft Group Business Description

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Address
41280 Bridge Street, Novi, MI, USA, 48375
The Shyft Group Inc is engaged in specialty vehicle manufacturing and assembly for commercial vehicles (including last-mile delivery, specialty service, and vocation-specific upfit segments) and recreational vehicle industries. Its products include walk-in vans, truck bodies, cargo vans, and pick-up truck upfits used in e-commerce/parcel delivery, upfit equipment used in the mobile retail and utility trades, as well as luxury Class A diesel motorhome custom chassis and contract manufacturing and assembly services. It also supplies replacement parts and offers repair, maintenance, field service, and refurbishment services for the vehicles that the company manufactures.
Executives
John Albert Dunn officer: President Fleet Vehicles & Svc C/O THE SHYFT GROUP, 41280 BRIDGE STREET, NOVI MI 48375
Joshua A Sherbin officer: Chief Legal Officer 38505 WOODWARD AVENUE, SUITE 200, BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304
Jonathan C Douyard officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O SPARTAN MOTORS, INC., 41280 BRIDGE STREET, NOVI MI 48375
Michael Dinkins director 6166 NW 85TH WAY, PARKLAND FL 33067
Terri Pizzuto director 3050 HIGHLAND PARKWAY, STE 100, DOWNERS GROVA IL 60515
Pamela L Kermisch director C/O THE SHYFT GROUP, 41280 BRIDGE STREET, NOVI MI 48375
Mark B. Rourke director 3101 PACKERLAND DRIVE, GREEN BAY WI 54313
James A. Sharman director C/O SPARTAN MOTORS, INC., 1541 REYNOLDS ROAD, CHARLOTTE MI 48813
Jacob Owen Farmer officer: President, Specialty Vehicles C/O THE SHYFT GROUP, 41280 BRIDGE STREET, NOVI MI 48375
Stephen K Guillaume officer: President, Specialty Chassis C/O SPARTAN MOTORS, INC., 1541 REYNOLDS ROAD, CHARLOTTE MI 48813
Hindman Colin E officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 3130 STONEY CREEK ROAD, OAKLAND MI 48363
Scott Matthew Ocholik officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O THE SHYFT GROUP, 41280 BRIDGE STREET, NOVI MI 48375
Carl A. Esposito director 21557 TELEGRAPH ROAD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48033
Thomas R Clevinger director C/O SPARTAN MOTORS, INC., 1541 REYNOLDS ROAD, CHARLOTTE MI 48813
Daryl M Adams officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O SPARTAN MOTORS, INC., 1541 REYNOLDS ROAD, CHARLOTTE MI 48813