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Avis Budget Group (STU:CUCA) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is Avis Budget Group 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

Avis Budget Group has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

STU:CUCA' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Avis Budget Group was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


Avis Budget Group Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avis Budget Group'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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Avis Budget Group Piotroski F-Score Chart

Avis Budget Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
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Avis Budget Group Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00

Competitive Comparison of Avis Budget Group's Piotroski F-Score

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, Avis Budget Group'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.


Avis Budget Group's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Avis Budget Group's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Avis Budget Group'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 (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Net Income was 401.505 + 586.562 + 237.503 + -103.96 = €1,122 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 888.849 + 1174.061 + 727.181 + 541.88 = €3,332 Mil.
Revenue was 3071.744 + 3475.333 + 2585.94 + 2311.04 = €11,444 Mil.
Gross Profit was 2377.648 + 2660.143 + 1796.403 + 1541.92 = €8,376 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(25580.392 + 28977.585 + 30268.848 + 29865.773 + 30845.76) / 5 = €29107.6716 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was €25,580 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €24,340 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €2,146 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €2,828 Mil.
Net Income was 735.988 + 1044.34 + 399.312 + 291.408 = €2,471 Mil.

Revenue was 3252.348 + 3945.06 + 2769.696 + 2621.738 = €12,589 Mil.
Gross Profit was 2755.698 + 3339.06 + 2172.144 + 2016.506 = €10,283 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(21404.284 + 24685.87 + 25448.97 + 24475.088 + 25580.392) / 5 = €24318.9208 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was €21,404 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €19,886 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €1,852 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €2,568 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.

Avis Budget Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,122. ==> 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.

Avis Budget Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 3,332. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=1121.61/25580.392
=0.04384647

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=2471.048/21404.284
=0.11544642

Avis Budget Group's return on assets of this year was 0.04384647. Avis Budget Group's return on assets of last year was 0.11544642. ==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.

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.

Avis Budget Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,122. Avis Budget Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 3,332. ==> 3,332 > 1,122 ==> 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: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=24339.52/29107.6716
=0.83618918

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=19885.794/24318.9208
=0.81770874

Avis Budget Group's gearing of this year was 0.83618918. Avis Budget Group's gearing of last year was 0.81770874. ==> 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: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2146.36/2828.08
=0.758946

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1852.122/2567.566
=0.72135322

Avis Budget Group's current ratio of this year was 0.758946. Avis Budget Group's current ratio of last year was 0.72135322. ==> 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.

Avis Budget Group's number of shares in issue this year was 35.6. Avis Budget Group's number of shares in issue last year was 40.4. ==> 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.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=8376.114/11444.057
=0.73191823

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=10283.408/12588.842
=0.81686687

Avis Budget Group's gross margin of this year was 0.73191823. Avis Budget Group's gross margin of last year was 0.81686687. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=11444.057/25580.392
=0.44737614

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=12588.842/21404.284
=0.58814591

Avis Budget Group's asset turnover of this year was 0.44737614. Avis Budget Group's asset turnover of last year was 0.58814591. ==> Last year's asset turnover is higher ==> Score 0.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+0+1+0+1+1+0+0
=5

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

Avis Budget Group has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Avis Budget Group  (STU:CUCA) 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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Avis Budget Group (STU:CUCA) Business Description

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Address
6 Sylvan Way, Parsippany, NJ, USA, 07054
Avis Budget Group Inc is a provider of automotive vehicle rental and car-sharing services. Its brands include Avis, Budget, and Zipcar. Avis is targeted to serve the premium commercial and leisure segments of the travel industry, while Budget is focused on value-conscious customers. The company operates its own network of rental locations and licenses its brands to franchisees. Zipcar is a car-sharing service that allows members to use the company-owned Zipcar fleet at an hourly rate. The company's largest region by revenue is the Americas.

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