Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3
Civitas Solutions has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.
The historical rank and industry rank for Civitas Solutions's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:
Civitas Solutions Piotroski F-Score Historical Data
The historical data trend for Civitas Solutions'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.
* 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: 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.
Civitas Solutions's current Net Income (TTM) was 12.
==> 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.
Civitas Solutions's return on assets of this year was 0.01055479. Civitas Solutions's return on assets of last year was 0.01081166.
==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.
Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)
Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)
Civitas Solutions's gearing of this year was 0.6227723. Civitas Solutions's gearing of last year was 0.64625518.
==> 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
Civitas Solutions's current ratio of this year was 1.38277847. Civitas Solutions's current ratio of last year was 1.25607386.
==> 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.
Civitas Solutions's number of shares in issue this year was 36.379. Civitas Solutions's number of shares in issue last year was 37.676.
==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.
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.
Civitas Solutions's gross margin of this year was 0.20249719. Civitas Solutions's gross margin of last year was 0.21033952.
==> 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
Civitas Solutions's asset turnover of this year was 1.43355923. Civitas Solutions's asset turnover of last year was 1.41446231.
==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.
Evaluation
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Civitas Solutions has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.
Civitas Solutions (NYSE:CIVI) 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.
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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Civitas Solutions (Civitas Solutions) Business Description
Civitas Solutions Inc provides health services to people with intellectual, developmental, physical, or behavioral disabilities and other special needs. Its revenue is generated exclusively in the United States. Civitas operates in two segments: human services and post-acute specialty rehabilitation services, or SRS. The human services segment contributes the vast majority of revenue and provides services to people with disabilities, at-risk youth, and the elderly. Its programs for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities provide residential support, case management, and vocational services. The SRS segment provides rehabilitation and transitional living services to people who have experienced brain or spinal injuries or other severe illnesses or injuries.
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