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Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (Groupe Bruxelles Lambert) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Groupe Bruxelles Lambert Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, 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

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert was 7. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


Groupe Bruxelles Lambert Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Groupe Bruxelles Lambert'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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Groupe Bruxelles Lambert Piotroski F-Score Chart

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
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Groupe Bruxelles Lambert 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 Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's Piotroski F-Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert'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.


Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Groupe Bruxelles Lambert'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 $1,879 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $1,224 Mil.
Revenue was $7,135 Mil.
Gross Profit was $3,436 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (35381.78 + 31144.602) / 2 = $33263.191 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $35,382 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8,168 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $5,417 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2,992 Mil.
Net Income was $-619 Mil.

Revenue was $6,441 Mil.
Gross Profit was $3,302 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (38754.35 + 35381.78) / 2 = $37068.065 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $38,754 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $10,751 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $7,334 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $4,745 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.

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,879. ==> 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.

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,224. ==> 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)
=1879.171/35381.78
=0.05311126

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-619.386/38754.35
=-0.01598236

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's return on assets of this year was 0.05311126. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's return on assets of last year was -0.01598236. ==> 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.

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,879. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,224. ==> 1,224 <= 1,879 ==> 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
=8167.83/33263.191
=0.24555161

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=10751.059/37068.065
=0.29003561

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's gearing of this year was 0.24555161. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's gearing of last year was 0.29003561. ==> 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
=5417.121/2992.475
=1.8102477

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=7334.11/4745.445
=1.54550522

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's current ratio of this year was 1.8102477. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's current ratio of last year was 1.54550522. ==> 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.

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's number of shares in issue this year was 144.563. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's number of shares in issue last year was 150.973. ==> 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
=3436.205/7135.333
=0.48157598

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=3302.119/6440.996
=0.51267211

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's gross margin of this year was 0.48157598. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's gross margin of last year was 0.51267211. ==> 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)
=7135.333/35381.78
=0.20166687

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=6440.996/38754.35
=0.16620059

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's asset turnover of this year was 0.20166687. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's asset turnover of last year was 0.16620059. ==> 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+0+1+1+1+0+1
=7

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

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert  (OTCPK:GBLBF) 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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Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (Groupe Bruxelles Lambert) Business Description

Address
24, Avenue Marnix, Brussels, BEL, B-1000
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA is an investment holding company, operates as a foremost investor in Europe, focused on long-term value creation. The business activities of the firm are operated through Holding, Imerys, Webhelp/Sapiens, Canyon/GfG CapitaL, and Sienna Investment Managers. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Europe and also has a presence in Asia-Oceania; North America, and other countries.

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