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Longeveron (Longeveron) Piotroski F-Score : 2 (As of May. 08, 2024)


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What is Longeveron Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 2 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Longeveron has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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

LGVN' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 3   Max: 4
Current: 2

During the past 6 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Longeveron was 4. The lowest was 2. And the median was 3.


Longeveron Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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

Longeveron Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial N/A N/A 4.00 3.00 2.00

Longeveron Quarterly Data
Dec18 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 2.00

Competitive Comparison of Longeveron's Piotroski F-Score

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Longeveron'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.


Longeveron's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Longeveron's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Longeveron'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 -4.647 + -5.632 + -5.106 + -6.028 = $-21.41 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -5.848 + -4.601 + -4.556 + -3.997 = $-19.00 Mil.
Revenue was 0.279 + 0.217 + 0.15 + 0.063 = $0.71 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.076 + 0.093 + 0.054 + -0.002 = $0.22 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(27.413 + 21.808 + 17.093 + 11.625 + 12.078) / 5 = $18.0034 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $27.41 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.45 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $5.85 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3.89 Mil.
Net Income was -3.51 + -5.624 + -5.244 + -4.457 = $-18.84 Mil.

Revenue was 0.37 + 0.466 + 0.265 + 0.121 = $1.22 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.165 + 0.16 + 0.092 + -0.055 = $0.36 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(42.766 + 39.173 + 35.325 + 30.515 + 27.413) / 5 = $35.0384 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $42.77 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2.04 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $20.28 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $4.87 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.

Longeveron's current Net Income (TTM) was -21.41. ==> 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.

Longeveron's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -19.00. ==> 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)
=-21.413/27.413
=-0.78112574

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-18.835/42.766
=-0.44041996

Longeveron's return on assets of this year was -0.78112574. Longeveron's return on assets of last year was -0.44041996. ==> 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.

Longeveron's current Net Income (TTM) was -21.41. Longeveron's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -19.00. ==> -19.00 > -21.41 ==> 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
=1.448/18.0034
=0.08042925

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=2.041/35.0384
=0.05825038

Longeveron's gearing of this year was 0.08042925. Longeveron's gearing of last year was 0.05825038. ==> 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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=5.848/3.889
=1.50372846

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=20.28/4.869
=4.16512631

Longeveron's current ratio of this year was 1.50372846. Longeveron's current ratio of last year was 4.16512631. ==> 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.

Longeveron's number of shares in issue this year was 2.362. Longeveron's number of shares in issue last year was 2.102. ==> 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
=0.221/0.709
=0.31170663

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0.362/1.222
=0.29623568

Longeveron's gross margin of this year was 0.31170663. Longeveron's gross margin of last year was 0.29623568. ==> 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)
=0.709/27.413
=0.02586364

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=1.222/42.766
=0.0285741

Longeveron's asset turnover of this year was 0.02586364. Longeveron's asset turnover of last year was 0.0285741. ==> 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
=0+0+0+1+0+0+0+1+0
=2

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

Longeveron has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Longeveron  (NAS:LGVN) 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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Longeveron (Longeveron) Business Description

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Address
1951 NW 7th Avenue, Suite 520, Miami, FL, USA, 33136
Longeveron Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing cellular therapies for specific aging-related and life-threatening conditions. The Company operates out of its leased facilities in Miami, Florida. The company has generated revenue from three sources: 1) Grant awards. 2) The Bahamas Registry Trial. 3) Contract development and manufacturing services.
Executives
Cathy Ross director 1951 NW 7TH AVENUE, SUITE 520, MIAMI FL 33136
Khoso Baluch director 1430 US HIGHWAY 206, SUITE 200, BEDMINSTER NJ 07921
Jeffrey Pfeffer director
Lisa Locklear officer: Chief Financial Officer 1951 NW 7TH AVENUE, SUITE 520, MIAMI FL 33136
Nataliya Agafonova officer: Chief Medical Officer 1951 NW 7TH AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33136
James Clavijo officer: CFO and Treasurer 1691 MICHIGAN AVE SUITE 435, MIAMI FL 33139
Hashad Mohamed Wa'el Ahmed officer: Chief Executive Officer SUITE 520, 1951 NW 7TH AVE., MIAMI FL 33136
Joshua Hare director, officer: Chief Scientific Officer C/O 470 NAUTILUS STREET, SUITE 300, LA JOLLA CA 92073
Rock Soffer director 1951 NW 7TH AVENUE, SUITE 520, MIAMI FL 33136
Kwan-hong Christopher Min officer: Chief Medical Officer 1951 NW 7TH AVENUE, SUITE 520, MIAMI FL 33136
Todd C Girolamo director 110 ALLEN ROAD, 2ND FLOOR, BASKING RIDGE NJ 07920
Geoff Green officer: CEO 1951 NW 7TH AVENUE, SUITE 520, MIAMI FL 33136
Paul T Lehr officer: General Counsel, Secretary 1951 NW 7TH AVENUE, SUITE 520, MIAMI FL 33136
Ursula Ungaro director 1951 NW 7TH AVENUE, SUITE 520, MIAMI FL 33136
Donald M Soffer director, 10 percent owner 1951 NW 7TH AVENUE, SUITE 520, MIAMI FL 33136