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


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What is Syngenta AG 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

Syngenta AG has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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


Syngenta AG Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Syngenta AG'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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Syngenta AG Piotroski F-Score Chart

Syngenta AG Annual Data
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Syngenta AG Semi-Annual Data
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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 (Dec18) TTM:Last Year (Dec17) TTM:
Net Income was $1,438 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $1,367 Mil.
Revenue was $13,523 Mil.
Gross Profit was $6,235 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec17)
to the end of this year (Dec18) was (20333 + 21250) / 2 = $20791.5 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec17) was $20,333 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $7,415 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $11,744 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $7,955 Mil.
Net Income was $-98 Mil.

Revenue was $12,649 Mil.
Gross Profit was $6,158 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec16)
to the end of last year (Dec17) was (19068 + 20333) / 2 = $19700.5 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec16) was $19,068 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,064 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $12,059 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $6,718 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.

Syngenta AG's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,438. ==> 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.

Syngenta AG's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,367. ==> 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 (Dec17)
=1438/20333
=0.07072247

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec16)
=-98/19068
=-0.0051395

Syngenta AG's return on assets of this year was 0.07072247. Syngenta AG's return on assets of last year was -0.0051395. ==> 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.

Syngenta AG's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,438. Syngenta AG's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,367. ==> 1,367 <= 1,438 ==> 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: Dec18)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec17 to Dec18
=7415/20791.5
=0.35663613

Gearing (Last Year: Dec17)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec16 to Dec17
=3064/19700.5
=0.15552905

Syngenta AG's gearing of this year was 0.35663613. Syngenta AG's gearing of last year was 0.15552905. ==> 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: Dec18)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=11744/7955
=1.47630421

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec17)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=12059/6718
=1.79502828

Syngenta AG's current ratio of this year was 1.47630421. Syngenta AG's current ratio of last year was 1.79502828. ==> 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.

Syngenta AG's number of shares in issue this year was 92.382. Syngenta AG's number of shares in issue last year was 92.366. ==> 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
=6235/13523
=0.46106633

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=6158/12649
=0.4868369

Syngenta AG's gross margin of this year was 0.46106633. Syngenta AG's gross margin of last year was 0.4868369. ==> 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 (Dec17)
=13523/20333
=0.66507648

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec16)
=12649/19068
=0.6633627

Syngenta AG's asset turnover of this year was 0.66507648. Syngenta AG's asset turnover of last year was 0.6633627. ==> 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+0+0+0+0+1
=4

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

Syngenta AG has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Syngenta AG  (GREY:SYENF) 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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Syngenta AG (Syngenta AG) Business Description

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Formed in 2000 from spin-offs of Novartis' crop-protection and seeds business and AstraZeneca's agrochemical business, Syngenta is a global producer of crop chemicals and seeds. The Swiss company is a leading manufacturer of crop-protection products, making multiple herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides used on a wide variety of crops. Syngenta's seeds business trails rivals, but the company is investing heavily in research and development in an effort to close the technology gap in genetically modified seeds.

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