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Sabre (SABR) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is Sabre 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

Sabre has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

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

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


Sabre Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sabre'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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Sabre Piotroski F-Score Chart

Sabre Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
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Sabre Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Sabre's Piotroski F-Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Sabre'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.


Sabre's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Sabre's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sabre'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 -123.931 + -208.284 + -96.459 + -71.483 = $-500 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -26.751 + 59.179 + 95.743 + -68.09 = $60 Mil.
Revenue was 737.529 + 740.461 + 687.053 + 782.886 = $2,948 Mil.
Gross Profit was 136.88 + 202.937 + 177.504 + 239.501 = $757 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(5026.008 + 4924.561 + 4741.701 + 4672.194 + 4737.809) / 5 = $4820.4546 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was $5,026 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,985 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,227 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $893 Mil.
Net Income was -187.387 + -135.376 + -160.091 + -98.934 = $-582 Mil.

Revenue was 657.532 + 663.394 + 631.179 + 742.695 = $2,695 Mil.
Gross Profit was 106.115 + 115.824 + 90.014 + 164.215 = $476 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(5314.479 + 5176.736 + 5019.622 + 4962.875 + 5026.008) / 5 = $5099.944 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was $5,314 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,831 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,442 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $864 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.

Sabre's current Net Income (TTM) was -500. ==> 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.

Sabre's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 60. ==> 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)
=-500.157/5026.008
=-0.09951377

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=-581.788/5314.479
=-0.10947225

Sabre's return on assets of this year was -0.09951377. Sabre's return on assets of last year was -0.10947225. ==> 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.

Sabre's current Net Income (TTM) was -500. Sabre's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 60. ==> 60 > -500 ==> 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
=4984.627/4820.4546
=1.03405745

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=4831.43/5099.944
=0.94734962

Sabre's gearing of this year was 1.03405745. Sabre's gearing of last year was 0.94734962. ==> 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: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1226.808/892.74
=1.37420526

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1442.379/863.656
=1.67008508

Sabre's current ratio of this year was 1.37420526. Sabre's current ratio of last year was 1.67008508. ==> 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.

Sabre's number of shares in issue this year was 379.774. Sabre's number of shares in issue last year was 328.928. ==> 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
=756.822/2947.929
=0.25673006

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=476.168/2694.8
=0.17669883

Sabre's gross margin of this year was 0.25673006. Sabre's gross margin of last year was 0.17669883. ==> 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)
=2947.929/5026.008
=0.58653488

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=2694.8/5314.479
=0.50706758

Sabre's asset turnover of this year was 0.58653488. Sabre's asset turnover of last year was 0.50706758. ==> 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+0+0+0+1+1
=5

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

Sabre has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Sabre  (NAS:SABR) 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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Sabre (SABR) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3150 Sabre Drive, Southlake, TX, USA, 76092
Sabre holds the number-two air booking volume share in the global distribution system industry. The travel solutions segment represented 91% of total 2022 revenue, split between distribution (70% of segment sales) and airline IT solutions (30%) revenue. The company also has a growing hotel IT solutions division (10% of revenue). Transaction fees, which are mostly tied to volume and not price, account for the bulk of sales and profits.
Executives
Sean E Menke officer: Executive Vice President C/O IHS INC., 15 INVERNESS WAY EAST, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Joe Difonzo officer: Executive Vice President 3150 SABRE DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Gail Mandel director 22 SYLVAN WAY, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Michael O Randolfi officer: Executive Vice President, CFO C/O ORBITZ WORLDWIDE, 500 W. MADISON, SUITE 1000, CHICAGO IL 60661
Kurt Joseph Ekert officer: President MORRIS CORPORATE CENTER III, 400 INTERPACE PKWY, BLDG A, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Ann J. Bruder officer: EVP and Chief Legal Officer 6565 N. MACARTHUR BLVD., SUITE 800, IRVING TX 75039
Chadwick Ho officer: EVP and Chief Legal Officer 3150 SABRE DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Garry R Wiseman officer: EVP and Chief Product Officer C/O NAUTILUS, INC., 17750 SE 6TH WAY, VANCOUVER WA 98683
Shawn G Williams officer: EVP and Chief People Officer 3150 SABRE DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Cem Tanyel officer: EVP & Pres. Airline Solutions 3150 SABRE DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
David J Shirk officer: Executive Vice President C/O SABRE CORPORATION, 3150 SABRE DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Phyllis Newhouse director 3150 SABRE DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Wendi Christine Sturgis director C/O THE CONTAINER STORE GROUP, INC., 500 FREEPORT PARKWAY, COPPELL TX 75019
John C Siciliano director C/O BKF CAPITAL GROUP, INC., ONE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10020
Judson Wade Jones officer: Executive Vice President 3150 SABRE DRIVE, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092