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NuStar Energy LP (NuStar Energy LP) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is NuStar Energy LP 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

NuStar Energy LP has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

NS' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5   Med: 6   Max: 7
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of NuStar Energy LP was 7. The lowest was 5. And the median was 6.


NuStar Energy LP Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for NuStar Energy LP'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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NuStar Energy LP Piotroski F-Score Chart

NuStar Energy LP Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 6.00

NuStar Energy LP Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 7.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00

Competitive Comparison of NuStar Energy LP's Piotroski F-Score

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, NuStar Energy LP'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.


NuStar Energy LP's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, NuStar Energy LP's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where NuStar Energy LP'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 105.264 + 45.474 + 51.195 + 67.706 = $270 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 164.584 + 87.721 + 154.096 + 107.868 = $514 Mil.
Revenue was 393.867 + 378.334 + 410.3 + 451.686 = $1,634 Mil.
Gross Profit was 149.19 + 135.527 + 151.461 + 167.545 = $604 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(4973.686 + 4923.714 + 4890.415 + 4912.296 + 4896.392) / 5 = $4919.3006 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $4,974 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,410 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $187 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $221 Mil.
Net Income was 11.679 + 58.582 + 59.633 + 89.069 = $219 Mil.

Revenue was 409.863 + 430.157 + 413.243 + 429.96 = $1,683 Mil.
Gross Profit was 133.443 + 138.791 + 141.493 + 165.682 = $579 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(5156.332 + 5129.925 + 5024.661 + 5002.98 + 4973.686) / 5 = $5057.5168 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $5,156 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,293 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $204 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $196 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.

NuStar Energy LP's current Net Income (TTM) was 270. ==> 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.

NuStar Energy LP's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 514. ==> 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)
=269.639/4973.686
=0.05421311

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=218.963/5156.332
=0.04246488

NuStar Energy LP's return on assets of this year was 0.05421311. NuStar Energy LP's return on assets of last year was 0.04246488. ==> 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.

NuStar Energy LP's current Net Income (TTM) was 270. NuStar Energy LP's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 514. ==> 514 > 270 ==> 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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=3410.338/4919.3006
=0.69325668

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=3293.415/5057.5168
=0.6511921

NuStar Energy LP's gearing of this year was 0.69325668. NuStar Energy LP's gearing of last year was 0.6511921. ==> 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
=187.102/220.986
=0.84666902

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=203.924/196.467
=1.03795548

NuStar Energy LP's current ratio of this year was 0.84666902. NuStar Energy LP's current ratio of last year was 1.03795548. ==> 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.

NuStar Energy LP's number of shares in issue this year was 126.309. NuStar Energy LP's number of shares in issue last year was 110.569. ==> 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
=603.723/1634.187
=0.36943324

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=579.409/1683.223
=0.34422593

NuStar Energy LP's gross margin of this year was 0.36943324. NuStar Energy LP's gross margin of last year was 0.34422593. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=1634.187/4973.686
=0.32856658

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=1683.223/5156.332
=0.32643806

NuStar Energy LP's asset turnover of this year was 0.32856658. NuStar Energy LP's asset turnover of last year was 0.32643806. ==> 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+0+0+1+1
=6

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

NuStar Energy LP has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

NuStar Energy LP  (NYSE:NS) 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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NuStar Energy LP (NuStar Energy LP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
19003 IH-10 West, San Antonio, TX, USA, 78257
NuStar Energy LP is a US-based pipeline and terminal operator. The company along with its subsidiaries is engaged in the transportation of petroleum products and anhydrous ammonia; the terminalling and storage of crude oil and specialty chemicals, and the marketing of petroleum products. Its business is organized into the segments of; Pipeline, Storage, and Fuels Marketing. Geographically, the company operates in the United States and Foreign and derives key revenue from the Pipeline business.
Executives
Suzanne Allford Wade director 19003 IH-10W, SAN ANTONIO TX 78257
William E Greehey director 19003 IH-10 WEST, SAN ANTONIO TX 78257
Martin Salinas director 1001 NOBLE ENERGY WAY, HOUSTON TX 77070
Eddie Arthur Grier director 11700 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE, SUITE 500, RESTON VA 20190
Daniel S. Oliver officer: SVP-Marketing and Bus Dev 19003 IH-10 WEST, SAN ANTONIO TX 78257
Del Alamo Jorge A. officer: SVP and Controller 19003 IH-10 WEST, SAN ANTONIO TX 78257
Dan J Hill director 19003 IH-10 WEST, SAN ANTONIO TX 78257
Jelynne Leblanc-burley director 19003 IH-10 WEST, SAN ANTONIO TX 78257
Jesse D Bates director 19003 IH-10 WEST, SAN ANTONIO TX 78257
William Grady Rosier director 1111 MILLCREEK DRIVE, SALADO TX 76571
Robert J Munch director 19003 IH-10 W, SAN ANTONIO TX 78257
Mary Rose Brown officer: EVP - Administration 19003 IH-10 WEST, SAN ANTONIO TX 78257
Bradley C Barron officer: EVP & General Counsel 19003 IH-10 WEST, SAN ANTONIO TX 78257
William B Burnett director 19003 IH-10 WEST, SAN ANTONIO TX 78257
Thomas R Shoaf officer: SVP & Controller 19003 IH-10 WEST, SAN ANTONIO TX 78257