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Surgepays (Surgepays) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of May. 08, 2024)


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What is Surgepays 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

Surgepays has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

SURG' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 4   Max: 7
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Surgepays was 7. The lowest was 2. And the median was 4.


Surgepays Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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

Surgepays Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 6.00

Surgepays 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 4.00 7.00 6.00 6.00 6.00

Competitive Comparison of Surgepays's Piotroski F-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Surgepays'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.


Surgepays's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Surgepays's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Surgepays'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 4.546 + 5.966 + 7.084 + 3.021 = $20.6 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 2.866 + -2.642 + 8.106 + 1.958 = $10.3 Mil.
Revenue was 34.776 + 35.886 + 34.161 + 32.318 = $137.1 Mil.
Gross Profit was 7.694 + 10.026 + 10.481 + 7.442 = $35.6 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(34.004 + 40.567 + 39.943 + 43.239 + 41.925) / 5 = $39.9356 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $34.0 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $33.4 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $12.7 Mil.
Net Income was -1.212 + -0.973 + -1.54 + 3.045 = $-0.7 Mil.

Revenue was 21.141 + 28.005 + 36.171 + 36.226 = $121.5 Mil.
Gross Profit was 2.634 + 2.191 + 1.921 + 6.724 = $13.5 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(19.5 + 17.801 + 29.491 + 33.361 + 34.004) / 5 = $26.8314 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $19.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5.4 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $27.6 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $23.5 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.

Surgepays's current Net Income (TTM) was 20.6. ==> 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.

Surgepays's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 10.3. ==> 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)
=20.617/34.004
=0.60631102

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-0.68/19.5
=-0.03487179

Surgepays's return on assets of this year was 0.60631102. Surgepays's return on assets of last year was -0.03487179. ==> 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.

Surgepays's current Net Income (TTM) was 20.6. Surgepays's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 10.3. ==> 10.3 <= 20.6 ==> 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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=0.817/39.9356
=0.02045794

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=5.421/26.8314
=0.2020394

Surgepays's gearing of this year was 0.02045794. Surgepays's gearing of last year was 0.2020394. ==> 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
=33.367/12.705
=2.62628886

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=27.564/23.464
=1.17473577

Surgepays's current ratio of this year was 2.62628886. Surgepays's current ratio of last year was 1.17473577. ==> 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.

Surgepays's number of shares in issue this year was 15.471. Surgepays's number of shares in issue last year was 12.802. ==> 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
=35.643/137.141
=0.25990039

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=13.47/121.543
=0.11082498

Surgepays's gross margin of this year was 0.25990039. Surgepays's gross margin of last year was 0.11082498. ==> 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)
=137.141/34.004
=4.03308434

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=121.543/19.5
=6.23297436

Surgepays's asset turnover of this year was 4.03308434. Surgepays's asset turnover of last year was 6.23297436. ==> 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+0+1+1+0+1+0
=6

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

Surgepays has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Surgepays  (NAS:SURG) 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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Surgepays (Surgepays) Business Description

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Address
3124 Brother Boulevard, Suite 104, Bartlett, TN, USA, 38133
Surgepays Inc is a fintech company focused on the underbanked community. It provides services to financial technology, telecommunications, and digital media companies. Its operating segment includes Surge Blockchain and Other; Surge Logics; TW and ECS (Electronic Check Services). The Company's blockchain platform utilizes a suite of financial and prepaid products to convert corner stores into tech hubs for underbanked neighbourhoods. The neighbourhood stores are profit partners that provide a multichannel distribution network for SurgePays.
Executives
Kevin Brian Cox director, 10 percent owner, officer: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 3124 BROTHER BLVD, STE. 104, BARTLETT W6 38133
Laurie Weisberg director C/O JERRICK MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., 2050 CENTER AVENUE, SUITE 640, FORT LEE NJ 07024
Richard Earl Schurfeld director 1600 MADISON AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR, TOLEDO OH 43604
John Mott officer: CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER 890 W, HILLWOOD DM, NASHVILLE TN 37205
David Allen May director 12131 BROOKS RIVER DR, ARLINGTON TN 38002
Nuzzo Anthony P. Jr director, officer: President and COO 3124 BROTHER BLVD, STE 104, BARTLETT TN 38133
Anthony Geogre Evers officer: Chief Financial Officer 701 ASHTON LANE, SOUTH ELGIN IL 60177
David N Keys director 3770 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY, STE 300, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
David C Ansani director 1375 VALLEY RD, BANNOCKBURN L3 60015
Campbell Ted Dudley Ii director PO BOX 1358, SPRING BRANCH TX 78070
Clinton W Coldren director, 10 percent owner, officer: PRESIDENT, CEO & CFO 1535 SONIAT ST.,, NEW ORLEANS LA 70115
Alan G Massara director 339 NORWOOD AVENUE, AVON BY THE SEA NJ 07717
Ross E Silvey director, officer: CEO and President 7633 EAST 63RD PLACE, #220, TULSA OK 74133
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