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Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund (Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of Jun. 05, 2024)


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What is Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund 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

Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

NHS' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 4

During the past 8 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund was 7. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund'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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Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund Piotroski F-Score Chart

Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund Annual Data
Trend Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 5.00 5.00 7.00 2.00 4.00

Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund Semi-Annual Data
Apr16 Oct16 Apr17 Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23
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 7.00 - 2.00 - 4.00

Competitive Comparison of Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's Piotroski F-Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund'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.


Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund'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 (Oct23) TTM:Last Year (Oct22) TTM:
Net Income was $3.72 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $-5.85 Mil.
Revenue was $9.74 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Oct22)
to the end of this year (Oct23) was (295.317 + 303.908) / 2 = $299.6125 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Oct22) was $295.32 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $66.00 Mil.
Total Assets was $303.91 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $109.48 Mil.
Net Income was $-33.49 Mil.

Revenue was $-30.38 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Oct21)
to the end of last year (Oct22) was (292.632 + 295.317) / 2 = $293.9745 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Oct21) was $292.63 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $45.89 Mil.
Total Assets was $295.32 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $127.04 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.

Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's current Net Income (TTM) was 3.72. ==> 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.

Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -5.85. ==> 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 (Oct22)
=3.718/295.317
=0.01258986

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Oct21)
=-33.489/292.632
=-0.11444066

Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's return on assets of this year was 0.01258986. Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's return on assets of last year was -0.11444066. ==> 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.

Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's current Net Income (TTM) was 3.72. Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -5.85. ==> -5.85 <= 3.72 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

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: Oct23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Oct22 to Oct23
=66/299.6125
=0.22028453

Gearing (Last Year: Oct22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Oct21 to Oct22
=45.893/293.9745
=0.15611218

Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's gearing of this year was 0.22028453. Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's gearing of last year was 0.15611218. ==> 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

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Total Current Assets and Total Current Liabilities reported. Thus, we use Total Assets and Total Liabilities to calculate current ratio for banks and insurance companies.

Current Ratio (This Year: Oct23)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=303.908/109.479
=2.7759479

Current Ratio (Last Year: Oct22)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=295.317/127.038
=2.32463515

Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's current ratio of this year was 2.7759479. Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's current ratio of last year was 2.32463515. ==> 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.

Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's number of shares in issue this year was 23.235. Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's number of shares in issue last year was 14.624. ==> 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.

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Gross Profit reported. Thus, we use net income instead of gross profit and calculate Net Margin for this score.

Net Margin (This Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=3.718/9.742
=0.38164648

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=-33.489/-30.379
=1.10237335

Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's net margin of this year was 0.38164648. Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's net margin of last year was 1.10237335. ==> Last year's net margin is higher ==> Score 0.

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 (Oct22)
=9.742/295.317
=0.03298828

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Oct21)
=-30.379/292.632
=-0.10381298

Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's asset turnover of this year was 0.03298828. Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund's asset turnover of last year was -0.10381298. ==> 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+0+1+0+0+1+0+0+1
=4

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

Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund  (AMEX:NHS) 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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Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund (Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA, 10104-0002
Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund is closed-end management investment company. It seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, a majority of its total assets in high yield debt securities of U.S. and foreign issuers.
Executives
Bank Of America Corp /de/ 10 percent owner BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATE CENTER, 100 N TRYON ST, CHARLOTTE NC 28255
Bank Of America Na 10 percent owner 100 N. TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28255
Metlife Investment Management, Llc 10 percent owner ONE METLIFE WAY, WHIPPANY NJ 07981
Franklyn E. Smith director C/O NEUBERGER BERMAN INVESTMENT ADVISERS, 1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10104-0002
Ami Kaplan director C/O NEUBERGER BERMAN INVESTMENT ADVISERS, 1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10104-0002
Joseph Lind other: Portfolio Manager 1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10104
Saba Capital Management, L.p. 10 percent owner 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10174
Chris Kocinski other: Co-Portfolio Manager 190 SOUTH LASALLE STREET, NEUBERGER BERMAN INVESTMENT ADVISERS, CHICAGO IL 60603
Boaz Weinstein 10 percent owner 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10174
Bradley Tank other: CIO of Adviser C/O LEHMAN BROTHERS ASSET MANAGEMENT, 190 SOUTH LASALLE STREET, CHICAGO IL 60603-3421
Faith Colish director C/O NEUBERGER BERMAN MANAGEMENT INC, 605 THIRD AVE, NEW YORK NY 10158-0180
Thomas P Oreilly other: Portfolio Manager 200 S WACKER DRIVE STE 2100, C/O LINCOLN CAPITAL FIXED INCOME, CHICAGO IL 60606
Patrick Houlihan Flynn other: Portfolio Manager C/O NEUBERGERF BERMAN MANAGEMENT LLC, 605 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10158-0180
Deborah C. Mclean director C/O NEUBERGER BERMAN MANAGEMENT LLC, 605 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10158-0180
James G. Stavridis director C/O NEUBERGER BERMAN MANAGEMENT LLC, 605 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10158-0180