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Limbach Holdings (Limbach Holdings) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Limbach Holdings Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Limbach Holdings 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 Limbach Holdings's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

LMB' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 7

During the past 10 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Limbach Holdings was 7. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


Limbach Holdings Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Limbach Holdings'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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Limbach Holdings Piotroski F-Score Chart

Limbach Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 7.00 5.00 5.00 7.00

Limbach Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 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 Premium Member Only 5.00 7.00 8.00 8.00 7.00

Competitive Comparison of Limbach Holdings's Piotroski F-Score

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Limbach Holdings'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.


Limbach Holdings's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Limbach Holdings's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Limbach Holdings'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 2.993 + 5.32 + 7.192 + 5.249 = $20.8 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 9.366 + 16.926 + 17.168 + 13.906 = $57.4 Mil.
Revenue was 121.009 + 124.882 + 127.768 + 142.691 = $516.4 Mil.
Gross Profit was 26.227 + 28.513 + 31.244 + 33.306 = $119.3 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(294.556 + 280.57 + 267.427 + 285.202 + 304.439) / 5 = $286.4388 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $294.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $35.7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $217.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $145.1 Mil.
Net Income was -1.516 + 0.866 + 3.641 + 3.808 = $6.8 Mil.

Revenue was 114.822 + 116.12 + 122.357 + 143.483 = $496.8 Mil.
Gross Profit was 18.34 + 21.32 + 24.854 + 29.227 = $93.7 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(267.512 + 281.003 + 271.045 + 280.747 + 294.556) / 5 = $278.9726 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $267.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $37.2 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $226.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $159.1 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.

Limbach Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 20.8. ==> 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.

Limbach Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 57.4. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=20.754/294.556
=0.07045859

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=6.799/267.512
=0.02541568

Limbach Holdings's return on assets of this year was 0.07045859. Limbach Holdings's return on assets of last year was 0.02541568. ==> 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.

Limbach Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 20.8. Limbach Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 57.4. ==> 57.4 > 20.8 ==> 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
=35.668/286.4388
=0.12452224

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=37.171/278.9726
=0.13324248

Limbach Holdings's gearing of this year was 0.12452224. Limbach Holdings's gearing of last year was 0.13324248. ==> 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
=217/145.148
=1.49502577

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=225.99/159.085
=1.42056134

Limbach Holdings's current ratio of this year was 1.49502577. Limbach Holdings's current ratio of last year was 1.42056134. ==> 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.

Limbach Holdings's number of shares in issue this year was 12.233. Limbach Holdings's number of shares in issue last year was 10.921. ==> 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
=119.29/516.35
=0.23102547

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=93.741/496.782
=0.18869645

Limbach Holdings's gross margin of this year was 0.23102547. Limbach Holdings's gross margin of last year was 0.18869645. ==> 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)
=516.35/294.556
=1.75297736

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=496.782/267.512
=1.85704567

Limbach Holdings's asset turnover of this year was 1.75297736. Limbach Holdings's asset turnover of last year was 1.85704567. ==> 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+1+1+1+1+0+1+0
=7

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

Limbach Holdings has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Limbach Holdings  (NAS:LMB) 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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Limbach Holdings (Limbach Holdings) Business Description

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Address
797 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA, USA, 15086
Limbach Holdings Inc is a commercial specialty contractor in the fields of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, and building controls for the design and construction of new and renovated buildings, maintenance services, energy retrofits, and equipment upgrades. It operates in two segments namely General Contractor Relationships (GCR) and Owner Direct Relationships (ODR). The company generates maximum revenue from the GCR segment.
Executives
Jayme L. Brooks officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 21211 NORDHOFF STREET, CHATSWORTH CA 91311
Michael M Mccann officer: Chief Operating Officer 797 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE, WARRENDALE PA 15086
Norbert W. Young director 31-35TH STREET, PITTSBURGH PA 15201
Gordon G Pratt director, officer: President and CEO 1101 BRICKELL AVENUE, SOUTH TOWER, 8TH FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33131
Jay Sharp officer: President of Limbach 797 COMMWEALTH DRIVE, WARRENDALE PA 15086
Nicholas Angerosa officer: President of Harper 797 COMMWEALTH DRIVE, WARRENDALE PA 15086
Joshua Horowitz director 72-38 113TH STREET, APARTMENT 3L, FOREST HILLS NY 11375
Bacon Charles A. Iii officer: President and CEO 31-35TH STREET, PITTSBURGH PA 15201
Linda G Alvarado director 2140 LAKE PARK BOULEVARD, RICHARDSON TX 75080-2254
Laurel J Krzeminski director 585 WEST BEACH STREET, PO BOX 50085, WATSONVILLE CA 95076
1347 Investors Llc 10 percent owner 150 PIERCE ROAD, 6TH FLOOR, ITASCA IL 60143
Palm Global Small Cap Master Fund Lp director C/O PALM MANAGEMENT (US) LLC, 19 WEST ELM STREET, GREENWICH CT 06830
Bradley C Palmer other: Director by Deputization C/O PALM MANAGEMENT (US) LLC, 19 WEST ELM STREET, GREENWICH CT 06830
Palm Management (us) Llc director 19 WEST ELM STREET, GREENWICH CT 06830
Kingsway Financial Services Inc 10 percent owner 10 S. RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 1520, CHICAGO IL 60606