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Subaru (TSE:7270) Piotroski F-Score : 8 (As of May. 03, 2024)


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What is Subaru Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 8, 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

Subaru has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

TSE:7270' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 6   Max: 9
Current: 8

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Subaru was 9. The lowest was 2. And the median was 6.


Subaru Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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

Subaru Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 4.00 4.00 6.00 8.00

Subaru 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 8.00 8.00 9.00 8.00 8.00

Competitive Comparison of Subaru's Piotroski F-Score

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Subaru'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.


Subaru's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Subaru's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Subaru'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 46012 + 73242 + 77706 + 147911 = 円344,871 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 178086 + 129614 + 137810 + 200456 = 円645,966 Mil.
Revenue was 966484 + 1082140 + 1131315 + 1282943 = 円4,462,882 Mil.
Gross Profit was 184369 + 200967 + 238321 + 308493 = 円932,150 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(3847504 + 3944150 + 4108396 + 4366531 + 4354883) / 5 = 円4124292.8 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was 円3,847,504 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円289,000 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円2,702,904 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円1,085,312 Mil.
Net Income was 7139 + 27212 + 50646 + 76561 = 円161,558 Mil.

Revenue was 737006 + 834101 + 916795 + 1057088 = 円3,544,990 Mil.
Gross Profit was 123229 + 140100 + 190957 + 221049 = 円675,335 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(3393766 + 3543753 + 3739675 + 3922368 + 3847504) / 5 = 円3689413.2 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was 円3,393,766 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円254,095 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円2,311,694 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円998,682 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.

Subaru's current Net Income (TTM) was 344,871. ==> 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.

Subaru's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 645,966. ==> 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)
=344871/3847504
=0.08963499

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=161558/3393766
=0.04760434

Subaru's return on assets of this year was 0.08963499. Subaru's return on assets of last year was 0.04760434. ==> 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.

Subaru's current Net Income (TTM) was 344,871. Subaru's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 645,966. ==> 645,966 > 344,871 ==> 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
=289000/4124292.8
=0.07007262

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=254095/3689413.2
=0.06887139

Subaru's gearing of this year was 0.07007262. Subaru's gearing of last year was 0.06887139. ==> 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

Current Ratio (This Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2702904/1085312
=2.49043962

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2311694/998682
=2.31474483

Subaru's current ratio of this year was 2.49043962. Subaru's current ratio of last year was 2.31474483. ==> 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.

Subaru's number of shares in issue this year was 751.818. Subaru's number of shares in issue last year was 767.011. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

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
=932150/4462882
=0.20886727

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=675335/3544990
=0.19050406

Subaru's gross margin of this year was 0.20886727. Subaru's gross margin of last year was 0.19050406. ==> 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)
=4462882/3847504
=1.15994213

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=3544990/3393766
=1.04455935

Subaru's asset turnover of this year was 1.15994213. Subaru's asset turnover of last year was 1.04455935. ==> 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+1+1+0+1+1+1+1
=8

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

Subaru has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Subaru  (TSE:7270) 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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Subaru (TSE:7270) Business Description

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Ebisu Subaru Building, 1-20-8, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 150-8554
Subaru Corp is a Japan-based company engaged in the automobile manufacturing business. The company is split into three segments: Automotive Business Unit, Aerospace Company, and Other Businesses. The Automotive Business, which constitutes the vast majority of the company's revenue, manufactures, repairs, and sells passenger cars and their components under the Subaru brand. The Aerospace Company includes airplanes and aerospace-related machinery and components. The Other Businesses segment consists of Industrial product, and real estate lease, among others. A vast majority of the sales is derived from North America.

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