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NET Power (NET Power) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is NET Power Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 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

NET Power has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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

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

During the past 3 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of NET Power was 3. The lowest was 3. And the median was 3.


NET Power Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for NET Power'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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NET Power Piotroski F-Score Chart

NET Power Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
N/A N/A 3.00

NET Power Quarterly Data
Feb21 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 N/A 5.00 3.00 3.00 3.00

Competitive Comparison of NET Power's Piotroski F-Score

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, NET Power'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.


NET Power's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, NET Power's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where NET Power'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 -2.319 + 0 + -30.564 + -12.492 = $-45.38 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -0.783 + 0 + -35.373 + -3.006 = $-39.16 Mil.
Revenue was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0 + 0 + -0.003 + 0.003 = $0.00 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(78.137 + 354.711 + 2521.452 + 2490.823 + 2471.05) / 5 = $1583.2346 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $78.14 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.81 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $640.80 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $12.02 Mil.
Net Income was 16.897 + -13.767 + -12.22 + -17.443 = $-26.53 Mil.

Revenue was 0 + 0.208 + 0.141 + 0.006 = $0.36 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0 + 0.053 + 0.092 + -0.001 = $0.14 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(348.369 + 348.05 + 348.197 + 349.45 + 78.137) / 5 = $294.4406 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $348.37 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.66 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $7.50 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $8.45 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.

NET Power's current Net Income (TTM) was -45.38. ==> 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.

NET Power's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -39.16. ==> 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)
=-45.375/78.137
=-0.5807108

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-26.533/348.369
=-0.07616349

NET Power's return on assets of this year was -0.5807108. NET Power's return on assets of last year was -0.07616349. ==> 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.

NET Power's current Net Income (TTM) was -45.38. NET Power's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -39.16. ==> -39.16 > -45.38 ==> 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
=1.808/1583.2346
=0.00114197

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=0.656/294.4406
=0.00222795

NET Power's gearing of this year was 0.00114197. NET Power's gearing of last year was 0.00222795. ==> 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
=640.797/12.021
=53.30646369

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=7.495/8.451
=0.88687729

NET Power's current ratio of this year was 53.30646369. NET Power's current ratio of last year was 0.88687729. ==> 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.

NET Power's number of shares in issue this year was 70.545. NET Power's number of shares in issue last year was 43.125. ==> 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
=0/0
=

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0.144/0.355
=0.4056338

NET Power's gross margin of this year was . NET Power's gross margin of last year was 0.4056338. ==> Last year's gross 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 (Dec22)
=0/78.137
=0

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=0.355/348.369
=0.00101903

NET Power's asset turnover of this year was 0. NET Power's asset turnover of last year was 0.00101903. ==> 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+1+1+0+0+0
=3

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

NET Power has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

NET Power  (NYSE:NPWR) 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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NET Power (NET Power) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
404 Hunt Street, Suite 410, Durham, NC, USA, 27701
NET Power Inc is a clean energy technology company with a mission to deliver the Energy Trifecta: clean, reliable, and low-cost energy. The invents, develops, and licenses clean power generation technology. Its technology provides reliable, on-demand natural gas power with life cycle emissions.
Executives
James Mahon officer: General Counsel C/O NET POWER, LLC, 404 HUNT STREET, STE 410, DURHAM NC 27701
Brandon Heffinger officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O NET POWER, LLC, 404 HUNT STREET, STE 410, DURHAM NC 27701
Sk Inc. 10 percent owner 26, JONG-RO, JONGNO-GU, SEOUL M5 03188
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, Llc director, 10 percent owner 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 110, HOUSTON TX 77046
Olcv Net Power, Llc director, 10 percent owner 5 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 110, HOUSTON TX 77046
Npeh, Llc 10 percent owner 406 BLACKWELL STREET, 4TH FLOOR, DURHAM NC 27701
8 Rivers Capital, Llc 10 percent owner 406 BLACKWELL STREET, 4TH FLOOR, DURHAM NC 27701
Brock Forrest officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O NET POWER, LLC, 404 HUNT STREET, STE 410, DURHAM NC 27701
Akash S. Patel officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O NET POWER, LLC, 404 HUNT STREET, STE 410, DURHAM NC 27701
Eunkyung Sung director C/O NET POWER, LLC, 404 HUNT STREET, STE 410, DURHAM NC 27701
Brian F. Allen officer: President and COO C/O NET POWER, LLC, 404 HUNT STREET, STE 410, DURHAM NC 27701
Carol R. Peterson director C/O NET POWER, LLC, 404 HUNT STREET, STE 410, DURHAM NC 27701
Brad Pollack director C/O NET POWER, LLC, 404 HUNT STREET, STE 410, DURHAM NC 27701
Constellation Energy Corp 10 percent owner 1310 POINT STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21231
Constellation Energy Generation Llc 10 percent owner 200 EXELON WAY, KENNETT SQUARE PA 19348-2473