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MSAfety (MSAfety) Mohanram G-Score : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is MSAfety Mohanram G-Score?

Mohanram G-Score is a financial indicator developed by professor Partha Mohanram to help investors find the best investment opportunities in the growth stocks. Companies have higher G-score tends to generate higher return. According to his study, the best growth stocks that have a G-Score greater than 6 tend to beat the market, while those with a G-Score lower than 1 tend to have negative absolute returns.

Thus, the zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

MSAfety has an G-score of 4.

The historical rank and industry rank for MSAfety's Mohanram G-Score or its related term are showing as below:

MSA' s Mohanram G-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski G-score of MSAfety was 8. The lowest was 1. And the median was 5.


MSAfety Mohanram G-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for MSAfety's Mohanram G-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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MSAfety Mohanram G-Score Chart

MSAfety Annual Data
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Mohanram G-Score
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MSAfety Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of MSAfety's Mohanram G-Score

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, MSAfety's Mohanram G-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Mohanram G-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.


MSAfety's Mohanram G-Score Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, MSAfety's Mohanram G-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MSAfety's Mohanram G-Score falls into.



MSAfety Mohanram G-Score Calculation

The calculation of the Mohanram G-score consists of eight criteria. Assign one point for each criterion met, then add up all the points to get the G-Score.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

ROA % is calculated as Net Income divided by its average Total Assets over a certain period of time. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate earnings.

Score 1 if ROA > ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 2. Cash ROA

Cash ROA equals to Cash Flow from Operations divided by average Total Assets. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate cash.

Score 1 if Cash ROA > Cash ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 3. CFO and Net Income

Score 1 if CFO > Net Income, 0 otherwise.

Earnings Predictability

Question 4. Earnings Variability

Earnings Variability is measured as the variance of a firm's ROA in the past five years.

Score 1 if Earnings Variability < Earnings Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 5. Sales Growth Variability

Sales Growth Variability is measured as the 5-year variance in sales growth.

Score 1 if Sales Growth Variability < Sales Growth Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Accounting Conservatism

Question 6. Research & Development Intensity

Research & Development Intensity is calcualted by Research & Development divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if Research & Development Intensity > Research & Development Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 7. CAPEX Intensity

CAPEX Intensity is calcualted by Capital Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if CAPEX Intensity > CAPEX Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 8. Advertising Expenditure Intensity

Advertising Expenditure Intensity is calcualted by Advertising Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets. Note that Advertising Expenditure is not reported as a seperate line item for many companies, thus Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is used in this calculation.

Score 1 if Advertising Expenditure Intensity > Advertising Expenditure Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

* 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.

* Note that all the Industry Median used for comparison in his original research, are substituted with Sector Median due to the limitation of data within certain countries.

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

MSAfety has an G-score of 4.

MSAfety  (NYSE:MSA) Mohanram G-Score Explanation

Partha Mohanram is the John H. Watson Chair in Value Investing at Rotman and the Acting Vice-Dean of Research Strategy and Resources.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Separating Winners from Losers Among Low Book-to-Market Stocks Using Financial Statement Analysis".

This paper tests whether a strategy based on financial statement analysis of low book-to-market (growth) stocks is successful in differentiating between winners and losers in terms of future stock performance. Based on the research, a strategy based on buying high G-score (6, 7 or 8) firms and shorting low G-score (0 or 1) firms consistently earns significant excess returns. Further, the results do not support a risk based explanation for the book-to-market effect as the strategy returns positive returns in all years, and firms that ex-ante appear less risky have better future returns.

To conclude, one can use a modified fundamental analysis strategy (G-score) to identify mispricing and earn substantial abnormal returns.


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MSAfety (MSAfety) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1000 Cranberry Woods Drive, Cranberry Township, PA, USA, 16066-5207
MSA Safety Inc makes safety products that are used to protect workers in the oil and gas and mining industries. The products include breathing apparatuses, fall protection, portable gas detection systems, industrial head protection, fire and rescue helmets, and fixed gas and flame detection systems. End markets include the fire service, contractor, industrial, mining, oil and gas, and utilities industries. MSA Safety generates most of its revenue in North America. The company's reportable geographic segments are Americas, International and Corporate.
Executives
Rebecca B Roberts director 1000 LOUISIANA, SUITE 5800, HOUSTON TX 77002
Jonathan D. Buck officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1000 CRANBERRY WOODS DRIVE, CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP PA 16066
Bob Willem Leenen officer: Vice President 1000 CRANBERRY WOODS DRIVE, CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP PA 16066
Richard W Roda officer: Vice President, Secretary, CLO 1000 CRANBERRY WOODS DRIVE, CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP PA 16066
Stephanie L Sciullo officer: Vice President, CLO 1000 CRANBERRY WOODS DRIVE, CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP PA 16066
Nishan J. Vartanian officer: Vice President 1000 CRANBERRY WOODS DRIVE, CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP PA 16066
Lee B Mcchesney officer: Senior VP, CFO and Treasurer 1000 STANLEY DRIVE, NEW BRITAIN CT 06053
Robert A Bruggeworth director C/O RF MICRO DEVICES, INC., 7628 THORNDIKE ROAD, GREENSBORO NC 27409
William M Lambert officer: Vice President C/O MSA SAFETY, 1000 CRANBERRY WOODS DRIVE, CRANBERRY TWP PA 16066
Ryan John T Iii director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO P O BOX 426, PITTSBURGH PA 15230
Kenneth D. Krause officer: VP, CFO and Treasurer 1000 CRANBERRY WOODS DRIVE, CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP PA 16066
Luca Savi director C/O ITT CORPORATION, 1133 WESTCHESTER AVENUE, WHITE PLAINS NY 10604
Sandra Phillips Rogers director 1000 CRANBERRY WOODS DRIVE, CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP PA 16066
Blanco Steven C. Sr. officer: Vice President 1000 CRANBERRY WOODS DRIVE, CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP PA 16066
Diane M Pearse director P O BOX 426, PITTSBURGH PA 152300426