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AbCellera Biologics (AbCellera Biologics) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of May. 03, 2024)


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What is AbCellera Biologics 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

AbCellera Biologics 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 AbCellera Biologics's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

ABCL' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 4   Max: 4
Current: 4

During the past 6 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of AbCellera Biologics was 4. The lowest was 3. And the median was 4.


AbCellera Biologics Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for AbCellera Biologics'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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AbCellera Biologics Piotroski F-Score Chart

AbCellera Biologics Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial N/A N/A 3.00 4.00 4.00

AbCellera Biologics Quarterly Data
Dec18 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 4.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 4.00

Competitive Comparison of AbCellera Biologics's Piotroski F-Score

For the Biotechnology subindustry, AbCellera Biologics'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.


AbCellera Biologics's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, AbCellera Biologics's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AbCellera Biologics'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 (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was -40.11 + -30.528 + -28.61 + -47.15 = $-146.40 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -44.063 + 19.903 + -0.106 + -19.611 = $-43.88 Mil.
Revenue was 12.192 + 10.056 + 6.599 + 9.179 = $38.03 Mil.
Gross Profit was 12.192 + 10.056 + 6.599 + 9.179 = $38.03 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(1540.907 + 1497.919 + 1537.166 + 1512.19 + 1488.094) / 5 = $1515.2552 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $1,540.91 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $71.22 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $871.99 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $119.01 Mil.
Net Income was 168.573 + -6.785 + 26.624 + -29.893 = $158.52 Mil.

Revenue was 316.581 + 45.917 + 101.383 + 21.545 = $485.43 Mil.
Gross Profit was 271.944 + 40.707 + 86.348 + 19.991 = $418.99 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(1318.569 + 1592.289 + 1593.784 + 1552.409 + 1540.907) / 5 = $1519.5916 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $1,318.57 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $76.68 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,025.49 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $118.32 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.

AbCellera Biologics's current Net Income (TTM) was -146.40. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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.

AbCellera Biologics's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -43.88. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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 (Dec22)
=-146.398/1540.907
=-0.09500768

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=158.519/1318.569
=0.12022048

AbCellera Biologics's return on assets of this year was -0.09500768. AbCellera Biologics's return on assets of last year was 0.12022048. ==> 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.

AbCellera Biologics's current Net Income (TTM) was -146.40. AbCellera Biologics's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -43.88. ==> -43.88 > -146.40 ==> 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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=71.222/1515.2552
=0.0470033

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=76.675/1519.5916
=0.05045764

AbCellera Biologics's gearing of this year was 0.0470033. AbCellera Biologics's gearing of last year was 0.05045764. ==> 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

Current Ratio (This Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=871.985/119.013
=7.32680463

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1025.491/118.32
=8.6670977

AbCellera Biologics's current ratio of this year was 7.32680463. AbCellera Biologics's current ratio of last year was 8.6670977. ==> 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.

AbCellera Biologics's number of shares in issue this year was 290.415. AbCellera Biologics's number of shares in issue last year was 316.757. ==> 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
=38.026/38.026
=1

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=418.99/485.426
=0.86313877

AbCellera Biologics's gross margin of this year was 1. AbCellera Biologics's gross margin of last year was 0.86313877. ==> This year's gross margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

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 (Dec22)
=38.026/1540.907
=0.02467767

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=485.426/1318.569
=0.36814607

AbCellera Biologics's asset turnover of this year was 0.02467767. AbCellera Biologics's asset turnover of last year was 0.36814607. ==> 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
=0+0+0+1+1+0+1+1+0
=4

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

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

AbCellera Biologics  (NAS:ABCL) 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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AbCellera Biologics (AbCellera Biologics) Business Description

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2215 Yukon Street, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V5Y 0A1
AbCellera Biologics Inc is an antibody discovery and development engine that's specifically designed to address the barriers of conventional discovery, finding the optimal clinical candidate with greater precision and speed, getting to the clinic and patients sooner. With the integrated AbCellera platform, the company's experts search a wide range of diverse antibodies to select the most effective and developable leads fast and set partners up for enduring success. The company have extensive experience forging partnerships with emerging biotechs and leading pharmaceutical companies. AbCellera leverages proprietary hardware, software, and tools along with the latest data science, to operate as strategic partners and help develop optimized solutions faster for any program.
Executives
John S. Montalbano director C/O ABCELLERA BIOLOGICS INC., 2215 YUKON STREET, VANCOUVER A1 V5Y 0A1
Michael R Hayden director C/O ASPREVA PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION, 1203-4464 MARKHAM STREET, VICTORIA A1 V8Z 7X8
Veronique Lecault director, officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O ABCELLERA BIOLOGICS INC., 2215 YUKON STREET, VANCOUVER A1 V5Y 0A1
Thermopylae Holdings Ltd. 10 percent owner 2215 YUKON STREET, VANCOUVER A1 V5Y 0A1
Andrew Booth officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ABCELLERA BIOLOGICS INC., 2215 YUKON STREET, VANCOUVER A1 V5Y 0A1
Andrew Lo director C/O ALPHASIMPLEX GROUP, LLC, ONE CAMBRIDGE CENTER, 9TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
John Hamer director, 10 percent owner PO BOX 14528, RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK NC 27709-4528
Ester Falconer officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O ABCELLERA BIOLOGICS INC., 2215 YUKON STREET, VANCOUVER A1 V5Y 0A1
Hansen Carl L. G. director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O ABCELLERA BIOLOGICS INC., 2215 YUKON STREET, VANCOUVER A1 V5Y 0A1
Tryn Stimart officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O ABCELLERA BIOLOGICS INC., 2215 YUKON STREET, VANCOUVER A1 V5Y 0A1
Peter Thiel director 9200 SUNSET BOULEVARD, SUITE 1110, WEST HOLLYWOOD CA 90069
Dcvc Bio, L.p. 10 percent owner 317 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SUITE 200, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Dcvc Bio Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 270 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Zachary Bogue 10 percent owner 270 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Matthew Ocko 10 percent owner 270 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94301