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Alpine 4 Holdings (Alpine 4 Holdings) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Alpine 4 Holdings Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Alpine 4 Holdings has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Alpine 4 Holdings's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

ALPP' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 3   Max: 5
Current: 3

During the past 9 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Alpine 4 Holdings was 5. The lowest was 2. And the median was 3.


Alpine 4 Holdings Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alpine 4 Holdings'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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Alpine 4 Holdings Piotroski F-Score Chart

Alpine 4 Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Piotroski F-Score
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Alpine 4 Holdings Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23
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Competitive Comparison of Alpine 4 Holdings's Piotroski F-Score

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Alpine 4 Holdings'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.


Alpine 4 Holdings's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Alpine 4 Holdings's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alpine 4 Holdings'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 (Jun23) TTM:Last Year (Jun22) TTM:
Net Income was -4.764 + -5.651 + -5.769 + -4.552 = $-20.7 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -10.476 + -1.865 + -0.032 + 2.51 = $-9.9 Mil.
Revenue was 27.486 + 26.213 + 24.362 + 28.022 = $106.1 Mil.
Gross Profit was 6.268 + 3.648 + 5.216 + 7.787 = $22.9 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Jun22)
to the end of this year (Jun23) was
(135.239 + 142.584 + 145.632 + 141.945 + 142.611) / 5 = $141.6022 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Jun22) was $135.2 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $34.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $48.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $46.4 Mil.
Net Income was 1.818 + -11.918 + -4 + 1.54 = $-12.6 Mil.

Revenue was 17.398 + 11.702 + 25.592 + 25.271 = $80.0 Mil.
Gross Profit was 4.448 + -1.469 + 5.637 + 6.161 = $14.8 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Jun21)
to the end of last year (Jun22) was
(94.028 + 97.111 + 134.624 + 130.381 + 135.239) / 5 = $118.2766 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Jun21) was $94.0 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $33.6 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $46.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $31.2 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.

Alpine 4 Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was -20.7. ==> 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.

Alpine 4 Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -9.9. ==> 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 (Jun22)
=-20.736/135.239
=-0.15332855

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Jun21)
=-12.56/94.028
=-0.13357723

Alpine 4 Holdings's return on assets of this year was -0.15332855. Alpine 4 Holdings's return on assets of last year was -0.13357723. ==> 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.

Alpine 4 Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was -20.7. Alpine 4 Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -9.9. ==> -9.9 > -20.7 ==> 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: Jun23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jun22 to Jun23
=34.845/141.6022
=0.24607669

Gearing (Last Year: Jun22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jun21 to Jun22
=33.59/118.2766
=0.28399531

Alpine 4 Holdings's gearing of this year was 0.24607669. Alpine 4 Holdings's gearing of last year was 0.28399531. ==> 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: Jun23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=48.003/46.412
=1.03427993

Current Ratio (Last Year: Jun22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=46.542/31.245
=1.48958233

Alpine 4 Holdings's current ratio of this year was 1.03427993. Alpine 4 Holdings's current ratio of last year was 1.48958233. ==> 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.

Alpine 4 Holdings's number of shares in issue this year was 25.103. Alpine 4 Holdings's number of shares in issue last year was 22.9. ==> 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.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=22.919/106.083
=0.21604781

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=14.777/79.963
=0.18479797

Alpine 4 Holdings's gross margin of this year was 0.21604781. Alpine 4 Holdings's gross margin of last year was 0.18479797. ==> 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 (Jun22)
=106.083/135.239
=0.7844113

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Jun21)
=79.963/94.028
=0.8504169

Alpine 4 Holdings's asset turnover of this year was 0.7844113. Alpine 4 Holdings's asset turnover of last year was 0.8504169. ==> 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+0+1+0
=3

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

Alpine 4 Holdings has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Alpine 4 Holdings  (NAS:ALPP) 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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Alpine 4 Holdings (Alpine 4 Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
2525 East Arizona Biltmore Circle, Suite 237, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 85016
Alpine 4 Holdings Inc is a holding company that acquires businesses in several industry segments namely Aerospace, Battery Tech, Defense Services, Technology, and Manufacturing, as either a Driver, Stabilizer, or Facilitator from the company's disruptive DSF business model. It focuses on how the incorporation of new technologies can drive innovation even in brick-and-mortar businesses, with an understanding of how technology and innovation can enhance businesses.
Executives
Winters Ii Charles W. director, officer: Chrmn of Board; Director 2525 EAST ARIZONA BILTMORE CIR, SUITE 237, PHOENIX AZ 85016
Kent Wilson director, officer: CEO; President; Secretary 2525 EAST ARIZONA BILTMORE CIRCLE, SUITE 237, PHOENIX AZ 85016
Ian Kantrowitz director, officer: VP of IR; Director of IR 4742 N. 24TH STREET, SUITE 300, PHOENIX AZ 85016
Scott W. Edwards director 946 E. LOBSTER TRAP LANE, TEMPE AZ 85283
David George Schmitt officer: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 4742 N. 24TH STREET, SUITE 300, PHOENIZ AZ 85016
Richard Chiang other: Previous Officer and Director 460 BRANNAN STREET SUITE 78064, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Richard Battaglini director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and President 934 W CORONADO ROAD, PHOENIX AZ 85007

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