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Veritone (Veritone) Piotroski F-Score : 1 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Veritone Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 1 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

Veritone has an F-score of 1. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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

VERI' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 1

During the past 9 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Veritone was 7. The lowest was 1. And the median was 5.


Veritone Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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

Veritone Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 4.00 7.00 6.00 5.00 1.00

Veritone Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Veritone's Piotroski F-Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Veritone'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.


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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Veritone'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 -22.963 + -23.296 + -24.541 + 12.175 = $-58.6 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -33.785 + -24.748 + 10.422 + -28.31 = $-76.4 Mil.
Revenue was 30.263 + 27.967 + 35.133 + 34.197 = $127.6 Mil.
Gross Profit was 23.454 + 20.202 + 27.946 + 27.702 = $99.3 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(424.752 + 362.57 + 355.922 + 359.423 + 375.814) / 5 = $375.6962 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $424.8 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $134.6 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $182.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $188.8 Mil.
Net Income was -22.129 + -3.253 + -4.886 + 4.711 = $-25.6 Mil.

Revenue was 34.407 + 34.235 + 37.196 + 43.89 = $149.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was 27.484 + 27.53 + 30.099 + 37.183 = $122.3 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(518.347 + 469.004 + 451.953 + 469.791 + 424.752) / 5 = $466.7694 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $518.3 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $137.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $278.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $193.3 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.

Veritone's current Net Income (TTM) was -58.6. ==> 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.

Veritone's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -76.4. ==> 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)
=-58.625/424.752
=-0.13802172

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-25.557/518.347
=-0.04930481

Veritone's return on assets of this year was -0.13802172. Veritone's return on assets of last year was -0.04930481. ==> 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.

Veritone's current Net Income (TTM) was -58.6. Veritone's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -76.4. ==> -76.4 <= -58.6 ==> 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
=134.584/375.6962
=0.35822561

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=137.767/466.7694
=0.29515002

Veritone's gearing of this year was 0.35822561. Veritone's gearing of last year was 0.29515002. ==> 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
=182.77/188.825
=0.96793327

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=278.005/193.323
=1.43803376

Veritone's current ratio of this year was 0.96793327. Veritone's current ratio of last year was 1.43803376. ==> Last year's current ratio is higher ==> Score 0.

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.

Veritone's number of shares in issue this year was 37.207. Veritone's number of shares in issue last year was 36.361. ==> 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
=99.304/127.56
=0.77848855

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=122.296/149.728
=0.81678778

Veritone's gross margin of this year was 0.77848855. Veritone's gross margin of last year was 0.81678778. ==> 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)
=127.56/424.752
=0.30031642

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=149.728/518.347
=0.28885669

Veritone's asset turnover of this year was 0.30031642. Veritone's asset turnover of last year was 0.28885669. ==> 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
=0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+1
=1

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

Veritone has an F-score of 1. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Veritone  (NAS:VERI) 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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Veritone (Veritone) Business Description

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Address
2420 17th Street, Office 3002, Denver, CO, USA, 80202
Veritone Inc is a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) computing solutions and services. The company generates revenue through the delivery of its 1) Software Products and Services which consists of revenues generated from Commercial Enterprise and Government and Regulated Industries customers using the company's aiWARE platform and hiring solutions, any related support and maintenance services, and any related professional services associated with the deployment and/or implementation of such solutions, 2) Managed Services which consist of revenues generated from Commercial Enterprise customers using company's content licensing services, advertising agency, influencer management and related services. The company has a presence in the United States and Israel.
Executives
Ryan Steelberg director, 10 percent owner, officer: President 3366 VIA LIDO, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92663
Michael Zilis director C/O INGRAM MICRO INC., 1600 E. ST. ANDREW PLACE, SANTA ANA CA 92705
Graziadio G Louis Iii director 149 PALOS VERDES BLVD., SUITE G, REDONDO BEACH CA 90277
Jeff Patrick Gehl director 3366 VIA LIDO, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92663
Richard H Taketa director 7979 IVANHOE AVENUE, SUITE 500, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Knute P. Kurtz director 1253 SANTA BARABARA DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Nayaki R Nayyar director C/O VERITONE, INC., 575 ANTON BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Michael Leonard Zemetra officer: EVP, CFO & Treasurer 5264 CALATRANA DRIVE, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91364
Chad Steelberg director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO and Chairman of the Board 3366 VIA LIDO, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92663
Acacia Research Corp 10 percent owner 767 3RD AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Paul A Krieger director C/O VERITONE, INC., 575 ANTON BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Peter F Collins officer: Senior VP and CFO C/O VERITONE, INC., 575 ANTON BOULEVARD, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Ganley John A Jr officer: EVP, Human Resources 575 ANTON BOULEVARD, COSTA MESA CA 92626
Walsh Frank E. Iii director 330 SOUTH STREET, SUITE 4, MORRISTOWN NJ 07960
Edward Joseph Treska director 520 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, 12TH FLOOR, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660