What is Lionbridge Technologies 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
Lionbridge Technologies 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 Lionbridge Technologies's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:
Lionbridge Technologies Piotroski F-Score Historical Data
The historical data trend for Lionbridge Technologies'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.
* 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: 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.
Lionbridge Technologies's current Net Income (TTM) was 9.9.
==> 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.
Lionbridge Technologies's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 22.8.
==> 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.
Lionbridge Technologies's return on assets of this year was 0.03290521. Lionbridge Technologies's return on assets of last year was 0.04998395.
==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.
Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)
Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)
Lionbridge Technologies's gearing of this year was 0.33007508. Lionbridge Technologies's gearing of last year was 0.3494558.
==> 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
Lionbridge Technologies's current ratio of this year was 1.88450138. Lionbridge Technologies's current ratio of last year was 1.79949387.
==> 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.
Lionbridge Technologies's number of shares in issue this year was 58.96. Lionbridge Technologies's number of shares in issue last year was 62.623.
==> 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.
Lionbridge Technologies's gross margin of this year was 0.33485913. Lionbridge Technologies's gross margin of last year was 0.33413195.
==> 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
Lionbridge Technologies's asset turnover of this year was 1.85748417. Lionbridge Technologies's asset turnover of last year was 2.66171059.
==> Last year's asset turnover is higher ==> Score 0.
Evaluation
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Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3
Lionbridge Technologies has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.
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.
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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Lionbridge Technologies (Lionbridge Technologies) Business Description
Lionbridge Technologies Inc was incorporated in Delaware in September 1996. The Company is a provider of globalization solutions. The Company provides translation, online marketing, content management and application testing solutions that ensure local relevancy, brand consistency and technical usability. The Company has three operating segments: Global Language and Content or GLC, Global Enterprise Solutions or GES, and Interpretation. Through its GLC solutions, Company translates, localizes and adapts clients content and products to meet the language, cultural, technical and industry-specific requirements of users in local markets throughout the world. As part of its GLC solutions, Company also provides digital marketing services, creates and translates technical documentation for clients who market to and support customers in markets and provides engineering and drafting services. Through its GES solutions, Company tests software and online search results to help clients deliver high-quality, relevant applications in markets. The Companys GES solutions ensure the quality, usability and relevance of clients software, search engines, technology products, web applications, and content globally. As part of its GES offering, Company also provides specialized business process crowdsourcing services including search relevance testing, in-country testing for mobile devices, and data management solutions. In Interpretation segment, Company offers telephonic, onsite and simultaneous interpretation services in over 360 languages to federal, state and local government agencies, businesses and healthcare organizations that require experienced linguists to facilitate communication. Its competitors include: SDL International plc, Translations.com, Digitas, Wunderman, Tag, Hogarth and Accenture, among others.
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