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Liontrust Asset Management (LSE:LIO) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of Jun. 04, 2024)


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What is Liontrust Asset Management 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

Liontrust Asset Management 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 Liontrust Asset Management's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:LIO' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5   Med: 7   Max: 9
Current: 7

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Liontrust Asset Management was 9. The lowest was 5. And the median was 7.


Liontrust Asset Management Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Liontrust Asset Management'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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Liontrust Asset Management Piotroski F-Score Chart

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Liontrust Asset Management Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Liontrust Asset Management's Piotroski F-Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, Liontrust Asset Management'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.


Liontrust Asset Management's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Liontrust Asset Management's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Liontrust Asset Management'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 (Mar23) TTM:Last Year (Mar22) TTM:
Net Income was £39.3 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was £43.4 Mil.
Revenue was £243.3 Mil.
Gross Profit was £229.8 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar22)
to the end of this year (Mar23) was (466.922 + 505.233) / 2 = £486.0775 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar22) was £466.9 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £2.2 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £372.6 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £260.6 Mil.
Net Income was £59.2 Mil.

Revenue was £245.6 Mil.
Gross Profit was £231.3 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar21)
to the end of last year (Mar22) was (481.537 + 466.922) / 2 = £474.2295 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar21) was £481.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £2.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £360.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £263.4 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.

Liontrust Asset Management's current Net Income (TTM) was 39.3. ==> 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.

Liontrust Asset Management's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 43.4. ==> 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 (Mar22)
=39.328/466.922
=0.0842282

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar21)
=59.203/481.537
=0.1229459

Liontrust Asset Management's return on assets of this year was 0.0842282. Liontrust Asset Management's return on assets of last year was 0.1229459. ==> 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.

Liontrust Asset Management's current Net Income (TTM) was 39.3. Liontrust Asset Management's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 43.4. ==> 43.4 > 39.3 ==> 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: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=2.168/486.0775
=0.00446019

Gearing (Last Year: Mar22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar21 to Mar22
=2.775/474.2295
=0.0058516

Liontrust Asset Management's gearing of this year was 0.00446019. Liontrust Asset Management's gearing of last year was 0.0058516. ==> 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: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=372.64/260.591
=1.42998031

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=360.516/263.378
=1.36881592

Liontrust Asset Management's current ratio of this year was 1.42998031. Liontrust Asset Management's current ratio of last year was 1.36881592. ==> 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.

Liontrust Asset Management's number of shares in issue this year was 64.251. Liontrust Asset Management's number of shares in issue last year was 61.277. ==> 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
=229.77/243.339
=0.94423828

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=231.319/245.571
=0.94196383

Liontrust Asset Management's gross margin of this year was 0.94423828. Liontrust Asset Management's gross margin of last year was 0.94196383. ==> 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 (Mar22)
=243.339/466.922
=0.52115557

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar21)
=245.571/481.537
=0.50997327

Liontrust Asset Management's asset turnover of this year was 0.52115557. Liontrust Asset Management's asset turnover of last year was 0.50997327. ==> 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+0+1+1+1+0+1+1
=7

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

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

Liontrust Asset Management  (LSE:LIO) 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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Liontrust Asset Management (LSE:LIO) Business Description

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Address
2 Savoy Court, London, GBR, WC2R 0EZ
Liontrust Asset Management PLC operates as an investment management company. It offers products such as Unit Trusts, Offshore funds, Segregated Mandates, and Discretionary Portfolio Management Services. It markets its fund internationally to institutional investors, wealth managers, financial advisers, private investors, and wholesale markets such as family offices, private banks, wealth managers, and multi-managers. The company's geographical segments are the United Kingdom, Europe (excluding the UK), Canada, and Australia.

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