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Altice USA (FRA:15PA) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of May. 12, 2024)


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What is Altice USA 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

Altice USA 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 Altice USA's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:15PA' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 6

During the past 8 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Altice USA was 8. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


Altice USA Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Altice USA'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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Altice USA Piotroski F-Score Chart

Altice USA Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 7.00 6.00 7.00 6.00 4.00

Altice USA Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 6.00

Competitive Comparison of Altice USA's Piotroski F-Score

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Altice USA'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.


Altice USA's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Altice USA's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Altice USA'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 72.271 + 62.628 + -108.028 + -19.498 = €7 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 405.05 + 444.605 + 455.027 + 367.688 = €1,672 Mil.
Revenue was 2145.305 + 2171.216 + 2110.578 + 2070.86 = €8,498 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1441.72 + 1467.962 + 1427.134 + 1386.484 = €5,723 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(29875.652 + 29635.411 + 30179.327 + 29273.956 + 29391.212) / 5 = €29671.1116 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was €29,876 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €22,974 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €836 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €2,064 Mil.
Net Income was 100.441 + 85.801 + -182.299 + 24.158 = €28 Mil.

Revenue was 2330.011 + 2417.488 + 2236.521 + 2142.575 = €9,127 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1555.227 + 1627.545 + 1504.248 + 1421.79 = €6,109 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(30094.846 + 31331.095 + 33615.39 + 31779.728 + 29875.652) / 5 = €31339.3422 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was €30,095 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €23,262 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €672 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €2,099 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.

Altice USA's current Net Income (TTM) was 7. ==> 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.

Altice USA's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,672. ==> 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)
=7.373/29875.652
=0.00024679

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=28.101/30094.846
=0.00093375

Altice USA's return on assets of this year was 0.00024679. Altice USA's return on assets of last year was 0.00093375. ==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.

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.

Altice USA's current Net Income (TTM) was 7. Altice USA's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,672. ==> 1,672 > 7 ==> 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
=22974.496/29671.1116
=0.7743052

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=23261.741/31339.3422
=0.74225365

Altice USA's gearing of this year was 0.7743052. Altice USA's gearing of last year was 0.74225365. ==> 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
=836.207/2063.906
=0.4051575

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=672.091/2098.567
=0.32026187

Altice USA's current ratio of this year was 0.4051575. Altice USA's current ratio of last year was 0.32026187. ==> 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.

Altice USA's number of shares in issue this year was 457.369. Altice USA's number of shares in issue last year was 455.594. ==> 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
=5723.3/8497.959
=0.67349113

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=6108.81/9126.595
=0.66934163

Altice USA's gross margin of this year was 0.67349113. Altice USA's gross margin of last year was 0.66934163. ==> 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)
=8497.959/29875.652
=0.2844443

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=9126.595/30094.846
=0.30326106

Altice USA's asset turnover of this year was 0.2844443. Altice USA's asset turnover of last year was 0.30326106. ==> Last year's asset turnover is higher ==> Score 0.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+0+1+0+1+0+1+0
=5

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

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

Altice USA  (FRA:15PA) 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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Altice USA (FRA:15PA) Business Description

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Address
1 Court Square West, Long Island City, New York, NY, USA, 11101
Altice Europe acquired privately held U.S. cable company Suddenlink in 2015 and Cablevision in 2016. Suddenlink's networks provide television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 3.5 million U.S. homes and businesses located primarily in smaller markets, with major clusters in Texas, West Virginia, Idaho, Arizona, and Louisiana. Cablevision provides comparable services to about 5.5 million homes and business in the New York City metro area. Both regions operate under the Optimum brand name. Altice Europe spun off Altice USA, which includes both the Suddenlink and Cablevision operations, to shareholders in 2018. Altice USA also owns News 12 Networks, which broadcasts local news in New York, i24News, a news operation focused on the Middle East, and Cheddar, a news upstart.

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