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Fluence Energy (Fluence Energy) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of May. 04, 2024)


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What is Fluence Energy 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

Fluence Energy 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 Fluence Energy's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

FLNC' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 3   Max: 6
Current: 6

During the past 5 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Fluence Energy was 6. The lowest was 2. And the median was 3.


Fluence Energy Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fluence Energy'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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Fluence Energy Piotroski F-Score Chart

Fluence Energy Annual Data
Trend Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Piotroski F-Score
N/A N/A N/A 2.00 3.00

Fluence Energy Quarterly Data
Sep19 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only N/A N/A 2.00 3.00 6.00

Competitive Comparison of Fluence Energy's Piotroski F-Score

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Fluence Energy'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.


Fluence Energy's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Fluence Energy's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fluence Energy'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 -24.855 + -23.39 + 3.268 + -16.743 = $-62 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -74.513 + 2.924 + 48.56 + 19.363 = $-4 Mil.
Revenue was 698.186 + 536.351 + 672.981 + 363.956 = $2,271 Mil.
Gross Profit was 30.813 + 21.82 + 76.282 + 36.386 = $165 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(2151.927 + 1947.587 + 1564.738 + 1352.149 + 1815.494) / 5 = $1766.379 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $2,152 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,665 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,252 Mil.
Net Income was -19.185 + -19.347 + -37.149 + -24.642 = $-100 Mil.

Revenue was 342.724 + 239.01 + 441.982 + 310.46 = $1,334 Mil.
Gross Profit was -14.748 + -5.197 + 10.739 + 12.04 = $3 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(1482.654 + 1500.936 + 1672.575 + 1745.654 + 2151.927) / 5 = $1710.7492 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $1,483 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $22 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,010 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,526 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.

Fluence Energy's current Net Income (TTM) was -62. ==> 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.

Fluence Energy's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -4. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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)
=-61.72/2151.927
=-0.02868127

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-100.323/1482.654
=-0.06766447

Fluence Energy's return on assets of this year was -0.02868127. Fluence Energy's return on assets of last year was -0.06766447. ==> 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.

Fluence Energy's current Net Income (TTM) was -62. Fluence Energy's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -4. ==> -4 > -62 ==> 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
=0/1766.379
=0

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=21.81/1710.7492
=0.0127488

Fluence Energy's gearing of this year was 0. Fluence Energy's gearing of last year was 0.0127488. ==> 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
=1665.499/1251.922
=1.33035365

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2010.128/1526.354
=1.31694744

Fluence Energy's current ratio of this year was 1.33035365. Fluence Energy's current ratio of last year was 1.31694744. ==> 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.

Fluence Energy's number of shares in issue this year was 121.113. Fluence Energy's number of shares in issue last year was 115.393. ==> 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
=165.301/2271.474
=0.07277257

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=2.834/1334.176
=0.00212416

Fluence Energy's gross margin of this year was 0.07277257. Fluence Energy's gross margin of last year was 0.00212416. ==> 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)
=2271.474/2151.927
=1.05555346

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=1334.176/1482.654
=0.89985661

Fluence Energy's asset turnover of this year was 1.05555346. Fluence Energy's asset turnover of last year was 0.89985661. ==> 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+0+1+1+1+1+0+1+1
=6

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

Fluence Energy has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Fluence Energy  (NAS:FLNC) 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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Fluence Energy (Fluence Energy) Business Description

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Address
4601 Fairfax Drive, Suite 600, Arlington, VA, USA, 22203
Fluence Energy Inc is enabling the global clean energy transition with market-leading energy storage products and services, and digital applications for renewables and storage. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the Americas.
Executives
Siemens Pension Trust E V 10 percent owner WITTELSBACHERPLATZ 2, MUNICH GERMANY 2M 80333
Investment Authority Qatar director, 10 percent owner P.O. BOX 23224, DOHA S3 QATAR
Michelle Philpot officer: Chief Accounting Officer KANA SOFTWARE, INC., 181 CONSTITUTION DR., MENLO PARK CA 94025
Peter Bennett Williams officer: SVP & CSCMO 2225 W. CHANDLER BLVD., CHANDLER AZ 85224
Carolee Couch officer: SVP & CSC and MC C/O FLUENCE ENERGY, INC., 4601 FAIRFAX DRIVE, SUITE 600, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Rebecca Boll officer: SVP AND Chief Product Officer C/O FLUENCE ENERGY, INC., 4601 FAIRFAX DRIVE, SUITE 600, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Ricardo Manuel Falu director 4300 WILSON BLVD, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Manavendra Sial officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer 77 RIO ROBLES, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Dennis Fehr officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer C/O FLUENCE ENERGY, INC., 4601 FAIRFAX DRIVE, SUITE 600, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Krishna C Vanka officer: SVP & Chief Digital Officer C/O FLUENCE ENERGY, INC., 4601 FAIRFAX DRIVE, SUITE 600, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Julian Nebreda director 4300 WILSON BLVD., ARLINGTON VA 22203
Tish Mendoza director 4300 WILSON BOULEVARD, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Seyed Madaeni officer: Senior VP and CD Officer C/O FLUENCE ENERGY, INC., 4601 FAIRFAX DRIVE, SUITE 600, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Cynthia A Arnold director P O BOX 1461, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440
Herman E Bulls director JONES LANG LASALLE, 1801 K STREET NW SUITE 1000, WASHINGTON DC 20006

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