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Unicycive Therapeutics (Unicycive Therapeutics) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is Unicycive Therapeutics 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

Unicycive Therapeutics 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 Unicycive Therapeutics's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

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

During the past 5 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Unicycive Therapeutics was 6. The lowest was 2. And the median was 4.


Unicycive Therapeutics Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unicycive Therapeutics'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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Unicycive Therapeutics Piotroski F-Score Chart

Unicycive Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
N/A N/A 3.00 6.00 2.00

Unicycive Therapeutics Quarterly Data
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 4.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 4.00

Competitive Comparison of Unicycive Therapeutics's Piotroski F-Score

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Unicycive Therapeutics'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.


Unicycive Therapeutics's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Unicycive Therapeutics's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Unicycive Therapeutics'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 -3.838 + -4.333 + -7.798 + -20.963 = $-36.93 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -5.502 + -4.422 + -4.439 + -6.456 = $-20.82 Mil.
Revenue was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(27.202 + 22.883 + 19.442 + 14.191 + 52.385) / 5 = $27.2206 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was $27.20 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.37 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $51.68 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $30.28 Mil.
Net Income was -3.636 + -5.557 + -5.328 + -14.575 = $-29.10 Mil.

Revenue was 0 + 0.951 + 0 + 0.675 = $1.63 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0 + 0.951 + 0 + 0.675 = $1.63 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(15.76 + 12.816 + 10.177 + 2.818 + 27.202) / 5 = $13.7546 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was $15.76 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.72 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $26.18 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $15.97 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.

Unicycive Therapeutics's current Net Income (TTM) was -36.93. ==> 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.

Unicycive Therapeutics's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -20.82. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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)
=-36.932/27.202
=-1.35769429

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=-29.096/15.76
=-1.84619289

Unicycive Therapeutics's return on assets of this year was -1.35769429. Unicycive Therapeutics's return on assets of last year was -1.84619289. ==> 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.

Unicycive Therapeutics's current Net Income (TTM) was -36.93. Unicycive Therapeutics's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -20.82. ==> -20.82 > -36.93 ==> 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
=0.372/27.2206
=0.01366612

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=0.715/13.7546
=0.05198261

Unicycive Therapeutics's gearing of this year was 0.01366612. Unicycive Therapeutics's gearing of last year was 0.05198261. ==> 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
=51.676/30.282
=1.70649231

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=26.184/15.97
=1.6395742

Unicycive Therapeutics's current ratio of this year was 1.70649231. Unicycive Therapeutics's current ratio of last year was 1.6395742. ==> 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.

Unicycive Therapeutics's number of shares in issue this year was 34.913. Unicycive Therapeutics's number of shares in issue last year was 15.232. ==> 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
=0/0
=

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1.626/1.626
=1

Unicycive Therapeutics's gross margin of this year was . Unicycive Therapeutics's gross margin of last year was 1. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=0/27.202
=0

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=1.626/15.76
=0.10317259

Unicycive Therapeutics's asset turnover of this year was 0. Unicycive Therapeutics's asset turnover of last year was 0.10317259. ==> 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+0+1+1+1+1+0+0+0
=4

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

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

Unicycive Therapeutics  (NAS:UNCY) 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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Unicycive Therapeutics (Unicycive Therapeutics) Business Description

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Address
4300 El Camino Real, Suite 210, Los Altos, CA, USA, 94022
Unicycive Therapeutics Inc is a biotechnology company dedicated to developing treatments for certain medical conditions. It is focusing on kidney diseases. The company's lead drug, Renazorb, is a novel phosphate-binding agent being developed for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia. Unicycive's other drug, UNI-494, is a new chemical entity with the issued composition of matter patent protection in late preclinical development for the treatment of acute kidney injury.
Executives
Sandeep Laumas director 8480 HONEYCUTT RD, SUITE 200, RALEIGH NC 27615
John L Ryan director C/O KADMON HOLDINGS, LLC, 450 E. 29TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10016
Sara Kenkare-mitra director C/O ALECTOR, INC, 131 OYSTER POINT BLVD, SUITE 600, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Gaurav Aggarwal director C/O PANORAMA CAPITAL, 2440 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 302, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Douglas Jermasek other: EVP of Corporate Strategy 4300 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 210, LOS ALTOS CA 94022
Brigitte Schiller director UNICYCIVE THERAPEUTICS, INC., 5150 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE A-32, LOS ALTOS CA 94022
John Townsend officer: Chief Financial Officer 15150 AVENUE OF SCIENCE, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92128
Pramod Gupta officer: EVP, Pharmaceuticals and BD UNICYCIVE THERAPEUTICS, INC., 5150 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE A-32, LOS ALTOS CA 94022
Shalabh K. Gupta director, officer: CEO UNICYCIVE THERAPEUTICS, INC., 5150 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE A-32, LOS ALTOS CA 94022

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