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Intersections (Intersections) Piotroski F-Score : 0 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Intersections 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

Intersections 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 Intersections's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:


Intersections Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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

Intersections Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Piotroski F-Score
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Intersections Quarterly Data
Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18
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 2.00 4.00 5.00 7.00 7.00

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 (Sep18) TTM:Last Year (Sep17) TTM:
Net Income was 3.076 + 1.793 + -0.597 + -1.109 = $3.2 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 1.684 + 1.38 + 1.045 + 1.095 = $5.2 Mil.
Revenue was 39.989 + 39.078 + 38.619 + 37.485 = $155.2 Mil.
Gross Profit was 27.973 + 26.696 + 26.198 + 25.004 = $105.9 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep17)
to the end of this year (Sep18) was
(44.23 + 46.479 + 42.07 + 41.063 + 37.736) / 5 = $42.3156 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep17) was $44.2 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $18.4 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $17.7 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $16.6 Mil.
Net Income was -12.787 + -4.802 + -8.603 + -3.996 = $-30.2 Mil.

Revenue was 42.2 + 40.449 + 39.935 + 39.248 = $161.8 Mil.
Gross Profit was 29.697 + 27.45 + 26.366 + 26.122 = $109.6 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep16)
to the end of last year (Sep17) was
(68.527 + 54.342 + 47.224 + 49.179 + 44.23) / 5 = $52.7004 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep16) was $68.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $19.7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $22.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $23.2 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.

Intersections's current Net Income (TTM) was 3.2. ==> 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.

Intersections's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 5.2. ==> 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 (Sep17)
=3.163/44.23
=0.07151255

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep16)
=-30.188/68.527
=-0.44052709

Intersections's return on assets of this year was 0.07151255. Intersections's return on assets of last year was -0.44052709. ==> 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.

Intersections's current Net Income (TTM) was 3.2. Intersections's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 5.2. ==> 5.2 > 3.2 ==> 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: Sep18)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep17 to Sep18
=18.356/42.3156
=0.43378801

Gearing (Last Year: Sep17)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep16 to Sep17
=19.666/52.7004
=0.37316605

Intersections's gearing of this year was 0.43378801. Intersections's gearing of last year was 0.37316605. ==> 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: Sep18)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=17.658/16.595
=1.06405544

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep17)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=22.779/23.181
=0.98265821

Intersections's current ratio of this year was 1.06405544. Intersections's current ratio of last year was 0.98265821. ==> 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.

Intersections's number of shares in issue this year was 24.395. Intersections's number of shares in issue last year was 23.953. ==> 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
=105.871/155.171
=0.68228599

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=109.635/161.832
=0.67746181

Intersections's gross margin of this year was 0.68228599. Intersections's gross margin of last year was 0.67746181. ==> 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 (Sep17)
=155.171/44.23
=3.50827493

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep16)
=161.832/68.527
=2.36158011

Intersections's asset turnover of this year was 3.50827493. Intersections's asset turnover of last year was 2.36158011. ==> 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+0+1+1
=7

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

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

Intersections  (NAS:INTX) 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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Intersections (Intersections) Business Description

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Intersections Inc is engaged in the business of consumer protection services. The company helps to manage and protect against the risks associated with identities and personal information as well as credit monitoring services. It operates through one singular segment namely Insurance and other consumer services which provide identity and privacy protection services to end users. In addition, it also provides credit reports, performing credit monitoring, educational credit scores and credit education, monitoring and education about other personal information and risks, identity theft recovery services, identity theft cost reimbursement insurance underwritten by a prominent insurance company and software and other technology tools and services.
Executives
Kenneth I Chenault 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL CATALYST, 20 UNIVERSITY ROAD, 4TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138
General Catalyst Group Management, Llc 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL CATALYST PARTNERS, 20 UNIVERSITY ROAD, 4TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138
Hemant Taneja 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL CATALYST, 20 UNIVERSITY ROAD, 4TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138
Joel E Cutler 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL CATALYST PARTNERS, 20 UNIVERSITY ROAD, SUITE 450, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138
David P Fialkow 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL CATALYST PARTNERS, 20 UNIVERSITY ROAD, SUITE 450, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138
Hari K Ravichandran 10 percent owner, other: See footnotes (1) (2) (3) MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP 275 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK CA 94025
Duane L. Berlin officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O INTERSECTIONS INC. 3901 STONECROFT BOULEVARD CHANTILLY VA 20151
John M Albertine director 100 FEDERAL DRIVE, FREDERICKSBURG VA 22405
Osmium Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 300 DRAKES LANDING ROAD, SUITE 172, GREENBRAE CA 94904
Osmium Capital Lp 10 percent owner 300 DRAKES LANDING ROAD, SUITE 172, GREENBRAE CA 94904
Osmium Spartan L P 10 percent owner 300 DRAKES LANDING ROAD, SUITE 172, GREENBRAE CA 94904
John Hartnett Lewis 10 percent owner 388 MARKET STREET, SUITE 920, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Osmium Capital Ii, Lp 10 percent owner 300 DRAKES LANDING ROAD, SUITE 172, GREENBRAE CA 94904
Osmium Diamond, Lp 10 percent owner C/O OSMIUM PARTNERS, LLC, 300 DRAKES LANDING ROAD, SUITE 172, GREENBRAE CA 94904
Thomas L Kempner director, 10 percent owner C/O LOEB PARTNERS CORPORATION, 125 BROAD STREET, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10004

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