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United Fire Group (United Fire Group) Mohanram G-Score : 5 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is United Fire Group 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

United Fire Group has an G-score of 5.

The historical rank and industry rank for United Fire Group's Mohanram G-Score or its related term are showing as below:

UFCS' s Mohanram G-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 4   Max: 5
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski G-score of United Fire Group was 5. The lowest was 1. And the median was 4.


United Fire Group Mohanram G-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Fire Group'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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United Fire Group Mohanram G-Score Chart

United Fire Group Annual Data
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Mohanram G-Score
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United Fire Group Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of United Fire Group's Mohanram G-Score

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, United Fire Group'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.


United Fire Group's Mohanram G-Score Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, United Fire Group's Mohanram G-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where United Fire Group's Mohanram G-Score falls into.



United Fire Group 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

United Fire Group has an G-score of 5.

United Fire Group  (NAS:UFCS) 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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United Fire Group (United Fire Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
118 Second Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA, 52401
United Fire Group Inc is engaged in the business of writing property and casualty insurance and selling annuities through a network of independent agencies. The company's only operating segment is property and casualty insurance, which includes commercial lines insurance, personal lines insurance, and assumed reinsurance. The primary source of revenue is premiums and investment income.
Executives
Robert Francis Cataldo officer: VP & Strategy Officer 118 SECOND AVENUE SE, CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52401
Micah G Woolstenhulme officer: VP 118 2ND AVE SE, CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52401
George D Milligan director 118 2ND AVE SE, CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52401
Christopher R Drahozal director 2001 RIVIERA COURT, LAWRENCE KS 66047-1999
Julie A Stephenson officer: Executive VP & COO 118 2ND AVE SE, CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52401
Eric J Martin officer: Chief Financial Officer 118 SECOND AVE SE, CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52407
Mark A. Green director 200 EAST RANDOLPH STREET, SUITE 3300, CHICAGO IL 60601
Kevin James Leidwinger director, officer: Director, CEO 151 N. FRANKLIN, CHICAGO IL 60606
Sarah E Madsen officer: Chief Legal Officer 118 SECOND AVE SE, CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52401
Jeremy Bahl officer: VP & Chief UW Officer 118 SECOND AVE SE, CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52401
Kyle D. Skogman director 411 FIRST AVENUE SE, CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52401
Lura E Mcbride director 118 2ND AVE SE, CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52401
Mary K. Quass director 2875 MT. VERNON RD SE, CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52403
James Noyce director 5400 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, WEST DES MOINES IA 50266
Matthew R Foran director 118 2ND AVE SE, CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52401