* 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.
PowerSecure International's current Net Income (TTM) was 5.8.
==> 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.
PowerSecure International's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 0.7.
==> 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.
PowerSecure International's return on assets of this year was 0.0220244. PowerSecure International's return on assets of last year was -0.02736691.
==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.
Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)
Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)
PowerSecure International's gearing of this year was 0.04977203. PowerSecure International's gearing of last year was 0.06992693.
==> 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
PowerSecure International's current ratio of this year was 1.51170695. PowerSecure International's current ratio of last year was 1.82666418.
==> 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.
PowerSecure International's number of shares in issue this year was 22.572. PowerSecure International's number of shares in issue last year was 22.263.
==> 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.
PowerSecure International's gross margin of this year was 0.22801842. PowerSecure International's gross margin of last year was 0.25157701.
==> 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
PowerSecure International's asset turnover of this year was 1.67361711. PowerSecure International's asset turnover of last year was 1.00456376.
==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.
Evaluation
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Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3
PowerSecure International has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.
PowerSecure International (NYSE:POWR) 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.
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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PowerSecure International (PowerSecure International) Business Description
PowerSecure International Inc was incorporated in Delaware on April 05, 1991. On August 22, 2007, it changed its name to PowerSecure International, Inc. from Metretek Technologies, Inc. The Company is a provider of products and services to electric utilities, and their commercial, institutional and industrial customers. Its Utility and Energy Technologies segment consists of three products and service offerings: Distributed Generation products and services, Utility Infrastructure products and services, and Energy Efficiency products and services. These three product and service groups are commonly engaged in serving the needs of utilities and their commercial, institutional and industrial customers to help them generate, deliver and utilize electricity more reliably and efficiently. The Company operates primarily out of Wake Forest, North Carolina, and its operations also include several satellite offices and manufacturing facilities located in Raleigh and Greensboro, North Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and Stamford, Connecticut. It conducts its business through its wholly-owned subsidiary, PowerSecure, Inc. The Companys Distributed Generation solutions involve manufacturing, installing and operating electric generation equipment on site at a facility where the power is used, including commercial, institutional and industrial operations. Its systems provide backup power supply during power outages. Its solar energy systems provide utilities and their customers with environmentally friendly power to augment their core power requirements. The Companys Utility Infrastructure solutions are engaged in helping electric utilities design, build, upgrade and maintain infrastructure that enhances the efficiency of their grid systems. Its products and services include transmission and distribution system construction and maintenance, installation of metering and efficient lighting, and emergency storm restoration. Additionally, it provides utilities with a wide range of engineering and design services, as well as consulting services for cybersecurity compliance, and regulatory and rate design matters. The Company has two primary product and service offerings in its Energy Efficiency solutions: LED lighting fixtures and lamps, and energy efficiency upgrades for its super ESCO customers. Its LED lighting solutions are engaged in the utility, commercial and industrial markets, while its ESCO energy efficiency solutions are engaged in serving the ESCO channel. Its LED lighting product line includes: LED-based lamps and fixtures for department stores and other commercial applications, including display and down-lighting; LED-based lighting fixtures for grocery, drug and convenience stores, including lights for reach-in refrigerated cases, shelf and canopy lighting for open refrigerated cases, overhead lighting for walk-in storage coolers, and outdoor lighting; and LED-based lighting fixtures for utilities, commercial and i
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