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Heritage Global (Heritage Global) Mohanram G-Score : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Heritage Global Mohanram G-Score?

Mohanram G-Score is a financial indicator developed by professor Partha Mohanram to help investors find the best investment opportunities in the growth stocks. Companies have higher G-score tends to generate higher return. According to his study, the best growth stocks that have a G-Score greater than 6 tend to beat the market, while those with a G-Score lower than 1 tend to have negative absolute returns.

Thus, the zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

Heritage Global has an G-score of 4.

The historical rank and industry rank for Heritage Global's Mohanram G-Score or its related term are showing as below:

HGBL' s Mohanram G-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 3   Max: 5
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski G-score of Heritage Global was 5. The lowest was 1. And the median was 3.


Heritage Global Mohanram G-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Heritage Global's Mohanram G-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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Heritage Global Mohanram G-Score Chart

Heritage Global Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Mohanram G-Score
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Heritage Global Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Heritage Global's Mohanram G-Score

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Heritage Global's Mohanram G-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Mohanram G-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.


Heritage Global's Mohanram G-Score Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Heritage Global's Mohanram G-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Heritage Global's Mohanram G-Score falls into.



Heritage Global Mohanram G-Score Calculation

The calculation of the Mohanram G-score consists of eight criteria. Assign one point for each criterion met, then add up all the points to get the G-Score.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

ROA % is calculated as Net Income divided by its average Total Assets over a certain period of time. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate earnings.

Score 1 if ROA > ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 2. Cash ROA

Cash ROA equals to Cash Flow from Operations divided by average Total Assets. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate cash.

Score 1 if Cash ROA > Cash ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 3. CFO and Net Income

Score 1 if CFO > Net Income, 0 otherwise.

Earnings Predictability

Question 4. Earnings Variability

Earnings Variability is measured as the variance of a firm's ROA in the past five years.

Score 1 if Earnings Variability < Earnings Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 5. Sales Growth Variability

Sales Growth Variability is measured as the 5-year variance in sales growth.

Score 1 if Sales Growth Variability < Sales Growth Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Accounting Conservatism

Question 6. Research & Development Intensity

Research & Development Intensity is calcualted by Research & Development divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if Research & Development Intensity > Research & Development Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 7. CAPEX Intensity

CAPEX Intensity is calcualted by Capital Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if CAPEX Intensity > CAPEX Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 8. Advertising Expenditure Intensity

Advertising Expenditure Intensity is calcualted by Advertising Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets. Note that Advertising Expenditure is not reported as a seperate line item for many companies, thus Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is used in this calculation.

Score 1 if Advertising Expenditure Intensity > Advertising Expenditure Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

* 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.

* Note that all the Industry Median used for comparison in his original research, are substituted with Sector Median due to the limitation of data within certain countries.

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

Heritage Global has an G-score of 4.

Heritage Global  (NAS:HGBL) Mohanram G-Score Explanation

Partha Mohanram is the John H. Watson Chair in Value Investing at Rotman and the Acting Vice-Dean of Research Strategy and Resources.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Separating Winners from Losers Among Low Book-to-Market Stocks Using Financial Statement Analysis".

This paper tests whether a strategy based on financial statement analysis of low book-to-market (growth) stocks is successful in differentiating between winners and losers in terms of future stock performance. Based on the research, a strategy based on buying high G-score (6, 7 or 8) firms and shorting low G-score (0 or 1) firms consistently earns significant excess returns. Further, the results do not support a risk based explanation for the book-to-market effect as the strategy returns positive returns in all years, and firms that ex-ante appear less risky have better future returns.

To conclude, one can use a modified fundamental analysis strategy (G-score) to identify mispricing and earn substantial abnormal returns.


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Heritage Global (Heritage Global) Business Description

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Address
12625 High Bluff Drive, Suite 305, San Diego, CA, USA, 92130
Heritage Global Inc values and monetizes industrial and financial assets by providing acquisition, disposition, valuation, and lending services for surplus and distressed assets. It aids in facilitating the economy by diverting useful industrial assets from landfills and operating a supply chain by overseeing the post-sale account activity of financial assets. The group operates in four segments namely Auction and Liquidation; Refurbishment and Resale; Brokerage and Specialty Lending. It generates maximum revenue from the Auction and Liquidation segment. The Auction and Liquidation segment, through HGP, operates as a global full-service auction, appraisal, and asset advisory firm, including the acquisition of turnkey manufacturing facilities and used industrial machinery and equipment.
Executives
Nicholas Kirk Dove officer: President, Industrial Assets 12509 EL CAMINO REAL, UNIT B, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Samuel L Shimer director C/O HERITAGE GLOBAL INC., 12625 HIGH BLUFF DRIVE, SUITE 305, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Ross Dove officer: President of Subsidiary 330 HATCH DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
David Van Ludwig officer: President of subsidiary 10 SUNSET HILLS PROFESSIONAL CENTRE, EDWARDSVILLE IL 62025
Michael Hexner director 200 BRANNAN STREET, #332, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Topline Capital Partners, Lp 10 percent owner 544 EUCLID STREET, SANTA MONICA CA 90402
Topline Capital Management, Llc other: See Explanation in Footnotes 544 EUCLID STREET, SANTA MONICA CA 90402
William L Burnham director INDUCTIVE CAPITAL LP, 9855 DOUBLE R BLVD, STE 125, RENO NV 89521
James Edward Sklar officer: EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary 31500 NORTHWESTERN HWY., SUITE 105, FARMINGTON HILLS MI 48334
Kelly S Sharpe director 5094 NORTHLAWN DR., SAN JOSE CA 95130
Barbara A Sinsley director 2502 KENNETH ST., MARRIETA GA 30066
Shirley Cho director 12227 VALLEYHEART DRIVE, STUDIO CITY CA 91604
Brian J. Cobb officer: VP of Finance and Controller 12625 HIGH BLUFF DRIVE, SUITE 305, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Allan C Silber officer: President C/O COUNSEL CORPORATION, 700 - 1 TORONTO ST., TORONTO A6 M5C 2V6
Mcbirney Collin other: See Explanation in Footnotes 544 EUCLID STREET, SANTA MONICA CA 90402