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Norman Broadbent (LSE:NBB) Piotroski F-Score : 8 (As of Jun. 07, 2024)


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What is Norman Broadbent Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 8, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Norman Broadbent has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

LSE:NBB' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 4   Max: 8
Current: 8

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Norman Broadbent was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 4.


Norman Broadbent Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Norman Broadbent'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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Norman Broadbent Piotroski F-Score Chart

Norman Broadbent Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
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Norman Broadbent Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Norman Broadbent's Piotroski F-Score

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Norman Broadbent'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.


Norman Broadbent's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Norman Broadbent's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Norman Broadbent'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 (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was £0.31 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was £1.71 Mil.
Revenue was £12.31 Mil.
Gross Profit was £10.58 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (4.135 + 5.207) / 2 = £4.671 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was £4.14 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.12 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £3.67 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £3.71 Mil.
Net Income was £-0.34 Mil.

Revenue was £8.70 Mil.
Gross Profit was £7.35 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (4.263 + 4.135) / 2 = £4.199 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was £4.26 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.77 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £2.37 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £2.69 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.

Norman Broadbent's current Net Income (TTM) was 0.31. ==> 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.

Norman Broadbent's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1.71. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=0.309/4.135
=0.07472793

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-0.338/4.263
=-0.07928689

Norman Broadbent's return on assets of this year was 0.07472793. Norman Broadbent's return on assets of last year was -0.07928689. ==> 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.

Norman Broadbent's current Net Income (TTM) was 0.31. Norman Broadbent's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1.71. ==> 1.71 > 0.31 ==> 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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=0.121/4.671
=0.02590452

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=0.773/4.199
=0.18409145

Norman Broadbent's gearing of this year was 0.02590452. Norman Broadbent's gearing of last year was 0.18409145. ==> 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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=3.666/3.711
=0.98787389

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2.37/2.692
=0.88038633

Norman Broadbent's current ratio of this year was 0.98787389. Norman Broadbent's current ratio of last year was 0.88038633. ==> 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.

Norman Broadbent's number of shares in issue this year was 78.572. Norman Broadbent's number of shares in issue last year was 60.879. ==> 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
=10.575/12.306
=0.85933691

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=7.347/8.697
=0.84477406

Norman Broadbent's gross margin of this year was 0.85933691. Norman Broadbent's gross margin of last year was 0.84477406. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=12.306/4.135
=2.97605804

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=8.697/4.263
=2.0401126

Norman Broadbent's asset turnover of this year was 2.97605804. Norman Broadbent's asset turnover of last year was 2.0401126. ==> 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
=1+1+1+1+1+1+0+1+1
=8

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

Norman Broadbent has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Norman Broadbent  (LSE:NBB) 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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Norman Broadbent (LSE:NBB) Business Description

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21-24 Millbank, Millbank Tower, London, GBR, SW1P 4QP
Norman Broadbent PLC is a UK-based company engaged in providing talent acquisition and advisory services. It offers Board and Leadership/Executive Search, Senior Interim Management, Research and Insight, Leadership Consulting and Assessment, and executive-level Recruitment Solutions. Its class of business includes NBES, NBLC, NBS, and NBIM. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United Kingdom.

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