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Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of May. 10, 2024)


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What is Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated 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

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

FFC' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 4   Max: 7
Current: 6

During the past 7 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated was 7. The lowest was 3. And the median was 4.


Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated'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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Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated Piotroski F-Score Chart

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated Annual Data
Trend Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 7.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 6.00

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated Semi-Annual Data
Nov17 May18 Nov18 May19 Nov19 May20 Nov20 May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 - 3.00 - 6.00

Competitive Comparison of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's Piotroski F-Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated'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.


Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated'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 (Nov23) TTM:Last Year (Nov22) TTM:
Net Income was $6.73 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $49.98 Mil.
Revenue was $8.47 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Nov22)
to the end of this year (Nov23) was (1279.295 + 1236.786) / 2 = $1258.0405 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Nov22) was $1,279.30 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $502.00 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,236.79 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $505.50 Mil.
Net Income was $-154.64 Mil.

Revenue was $-152.81 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Nov21)
to the end of last year (Nov22) was (1484.526 + 1279.295) / 2 = $1381.9105 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Nov21) was $1,484.53 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $502.00 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,279.30 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $504.85 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.

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's current Net Income (TTM) was 6.73. ==> 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.

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 49.98. ==> 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 (Nov22)
=6.725/1279.295
=0.0052568

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Nov21)
=-154.635/1484.526
=-0.10416456

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's return on assets of this year was 0.0052568. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's return on assets of last year was -0.10416456. ==> 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.

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's current Net Income (TTM) was 6.73. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 49.98. ==> 49.98 > 6.73 ==> 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: Nov23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Nov22 to Nov23
=502/1258.0405
=0.39903326

Gearing (Last Year: Nov22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Nov21 to Nov22
=502/1381.9105
=0.3632652

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's gearing of this year was 0.39903326. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's gearing of last year was 0.3632652. ==> 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

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Total Current Assets and Total Current Liabilities reported. Thus, we use Total Assets and Total Liabilities to calculate current ratio for banks and insurance companies.

Current Ratio (This Year: Nov23)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=1236.786/505.504
=2.44663939

Current Ratio (Last Year: Nov22)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=1279.295/504.849
=2.53401512

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's current ratio of this year was 2.44663939. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's current ratio of last year was 2.53401512. ==> 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.

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's number of shares in issue this year was 44.835. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's number of shares in issue last year was 47.434. ==> 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.

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Gross Profit reported. Thus, we use net income instead of gross profit and calculate Net Margin for this score.

Net Margin (This Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=6.725/8.47
=0.79397875

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=-154.635/-152.811
=1.01193631

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's net margin of this year was 0.79397875. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's net margin of last year was 1.01193631. ==> Last year's net 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 (Nov22)
=8.47/1279.295
=0.00662083

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Nov21)
=-152.811/1484.526
=-0.10293589

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's asset turnover of this year was 0.00662083. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's asset turnover of last year was -0.10293589. ==> 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+0+0+1+0+1
=6

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

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated  (NYSE:FFC) 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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Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
301 E. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 800, Pasadena, CA, USA, 91101
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund Incorporated is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide its common shareholders with high current income consistent with the preservation of capital. It invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of preferred securities.
Executives
Robert F Wulf director 301 E. COLORADO BLVD., SUITE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Chad Conwell officer: VP & Asst. Compliance Officer 301 E. COLORADO BLVD., SUITE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Robert M Ettinger officer: President 301 E COLORADO BLVD STE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Karen Hanovice Hogan director 301 EAST COLORADO BLVD, SUITE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Bank Of America Na 10 percent owner 100 N. TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28255
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. 10 percent owner 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER, NORTH TOWER, NEW YORK NY 10080
Bank Of America Corp /de/ 10 percent owner BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATE CENTER, 100 N TRYON ST, CHARLOTTE NC 28255
Stanley Morgan 10 percent owner 1585 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10036
Christopher Douglas Ryan officer: Vice President 310 EAST COLORADO BLVD, SUITE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Robert E Chadwick officer: CFO, VP, Treasurer & Secretary 301 E COLORADO BLVD STE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Laurie C Lodolo officer: Asst CCO, Asst Treas, Asst Sec 301 E. COLORADO BOULEVARD, SUITE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Donald F Crumrine director, officer: Chairman, CEO 301 E COLORADO BLVD STE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Peter C Stimes officer: VP,CFO,Chief Acct Of,Treasurer 301 E COLORADO BLVD STE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Martin Brody director C/O HMK ASSOCIATES, 30 COLUMBIA TURNPIKE, FLORHAM PARK NJ 07932
Flaherty & Crumrine Inc other: Investment Adviser 301 E. COLORADO BLVD, SUITE 720, PASADENA CA 91101