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Kingsway Financial Services (Kingsway Financial Services) Mohanram G-Score : 1 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Kingsway Financial Services Mohanram G-Score?

Mohanram G-Score is a financial indicator developed by professor Partha Mohanram to help investors find the best investment opportunities in the growth stocks. Companies have higher G-score tends to generate higher return. According to his study, the best growth stocks that have a G-Score greater than 6 tend to beat the market, while those with a G-Score lower than 1 tend to have negative absolute returns.

Thus, the zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

Kingsway Financial Services has an G-score of 1. It is a bad or low score, which tends to have negative absolute returns.

The historical rank and industry rank for Kingsway Financial Services's Mohanram G-Score or its related term are showing as below:

KFS' s Mohanram G-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 1   Max: 3
Current: 1

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski G-score of Kingsway Financial Services was 3. The lowest was 0. And the median was 1.


Kingsway Financial Services Mohanram G-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kingsway Financial Services's Mohanram G-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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Kingsway Financial Services Mohanram G-Score Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Kingsway Financial Services's Mohanram G-Score

For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, Kingsway Financial Services's Mohanram G-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Mohanram G-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.


Kingsway Financial Services's Mohanram G-Score Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Kingsway Financial Services's Mohanram G-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kingsway Financial Services's Mohanram G-Score falls into.



Kingsway Financial Services Mohanram G-Score Calculation

The calculation of the Mohanram G-score consists of eight criteria. Assign one point for each criterion met, then add up all the points to get the G-Score.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

ROA % is calculated as Net Income divided by its average Total Assets over a certain period of time. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate earnings.

Score 1 if ROA > ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 2. Cash ROA

Cash ROA equals to Cash Flow from Operations divided by average Total Assets. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate cash.

Score 1 if Cash ROA > Cash ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 3. CFO and Net Income

Score 1 if CFO > Net Income, 0 otherwise.

Earnings Predictability

Question 4. Earnings Variability

Earnings Variability is measured as the variance of a firm's ROA in the past five years.

Score 1 if Earnings Variability < Earnings Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 5. Sales Growth Variability

Sales Growth Variability is measured as the 5-year variance in sales growth.

Score 1 if Sales Growth Variability < Sales Growth Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Accounting Conservatism

Question 6. Research & Development Intensity

Research & Development Intensity is calcualted by Research & Development divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if Research & Development Intensity > Research & Development Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 7. CAPEX Intensity

CAPEX Intensity is calcualted by Capital Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if CAPEX Intensity > CAPEX Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 8. Advertising Expenditure Intensity

Advertising Expenditure Intensity is calcualted by Advertising Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets. Note that Advertising Expenditure is not reported as a seperate line item for many companies, thus Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is used in this calculation.

Score 1 if Advertising Expenditure Intensity > Advertising Expenditure Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

* 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 that all the Industry Median used for comparison in his original research, are substituted with Sector Median due to the limitation of data within certain countries.

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

Kingsway Financial Services has an G-score of 1. It is a bad or low score, which tends to have negative absolute returns.

Kingsway Financial Services  (NYSE:KFS) Mohanram G-Score Explanation

Partha Mohanram is the John H. Watson Chair in Value Investing at Rotman and the Acting Vice-Dean of Research Strategy and Resources.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Separating Winners from Losers Among Low Book-to-Market Stocks Using Financial Statement Analysis".

This paper tests whether a strategy based on financial statement analysis of low book-to-market (growth) stocks is successful in differentiating between winners and losers in terms of future stock performance. Based on the research, a strategy based on buying high G-score (6, 7 or 8) firms and shorting low G-score (0 or 1) firms consistently earns significant excess returns. Further, the results do not support a risk based explanation for the book-to-market effect as the strategy returns positive returns in all years, and firms that ex-ante appear less risky have better future returns.

To conclude, one can use a modified fundamental analysis strategy (G-score) to identify mispricing and earn substantial abnormal returns.


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Kingsway Financial Services (Kingsway Financial Services) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
10 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1520, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
Kingsway Financial Services Inc through subsidiaries operates in the extended warranty, asset management, and real estate industries in the United States. It operates through three segments: Extended Warranty and Kingsway Search Xcelerator. The Extended Warranty segment provides after-market vehicle protection services distributed by credit unions. The firm generates maximum revenue from Extended Warranty segment in the form of Service fee and commission income.
Executives
Fitzgerald John Taylor Maloney director, officer: Executive Vice President KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., 150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600, ITASCA IL 60143
Kent A Hansen officer: CFO & EVP C/O KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., 150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600, ITASCA IL 60143
Charles L Frischer director 3156 EAST LAURELHURST DRIVE, NE, SEATTLE WA 98105
Oakmont Capital Inc 10 percent owner 112 ST.CLAIR AVENUE WEST, SUITE 400, ONTARIO Z4 M4V 2Y3
Gregory Paul Hannon director OAKMONT CAPITAL INC., 45 ST. CLAIR AVENUE WEST, SUITE 400, TORONTO A6 M4V 1K9
Terence Michael Kavanagh director OAKMONT CAPITAL INC., 45 ST. CLAIR AVENUE WEST, SUITE 400, TORONTO A6 M4V 1K9
Joseph Stilwell director, 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Paul R. Hogan officer: Secretary and General Counsel 150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600, ITASCA IL 60143
Porcelli Corissa B. director 150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600, ITASCA IL 60143
Stilwell Associates L P 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Stilwell Activist Investments, L.p. 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Stilwell Activist Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Stilwell Value Partners Vii, L.p. 10 percent owner 111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10006
Hickey William August Jr officer: Executive VP, COO and CFO KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., 150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600, ITASCA IL 60143
Douglas Levine director 2602 NW 5TH AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33127