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National Grid (BUE:NGG) Piotroski F-Score

: 4 (As of Today)
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The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

National Grid 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 National Grid's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

BUE:NGG' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 7
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of National Grid was 7. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


National Grid Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for National Grid'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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National Grid Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Piotroski F-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.00 3.00 6.00 5.00 4.00

National Grid Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Piotroski F-Score 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 5.00 - 4.00 -

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, National Grid'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.


National Grid Piotroski F-Score Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, National Grid's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where National Grid'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 (Mar23) TTM:Last Year (Mar22) TTM:
Net Income was ARS1,869,293 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was ARS1,653,762 Mil.
Revenue was ARS5,192,640 Mil.
Gross Profit was ARS3,125,318 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar22)
to the end of this year (Mar23) was (13419384.898 + 22223656.102) / 2 = ARS17821520.5 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar22) was ARS13,419,385 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ARS9,596,998 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ARS2,197,504 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ARS2,188,873 Mil.
Net Income was ARS332,868 Mil.

Revenue was ARS2,583,154 Mil.
Gross Profit was ARS1,720,499 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar21)
to the end of last year (Mar22) was (8397805.013 + 13419384.898) / 2 = ARS10908594.9555 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar21) was ARS8,397,805 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ARS4,717,014 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ARS2,541,139 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ARS3,504,092 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.

National Grid's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,869,293. ==> 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.

National Grid's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,653,762. ==> 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 (Mar22)
=1869292.929/13419384.898
=0.13929796

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar21)
=332867.517/8397805.013
=0.03963744

National Grid's return on assets of this year was 0.13929796. National Grid's return on assets of last year was 0.03963744. ==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.

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.

National Grid's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,869,293. National Grid's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,653,762. ==> 1,653,762 <= 1,869,293 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

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: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=9596998.325/17821520.5
=0.53850615

Gearing (Last Year: Mar22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar21 to Mar22
=4717014.232/10908594.9555
=0.43241263

National Grid's gearing of this year was 0.53850615. National Grid's gearing of last year was 0.43241263. ==> 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: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2197504.038/2188873.213
=1.00394304

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2541138.635/3504091.966
=0.72519176

National Grid's current ratio of this year was 1.00394304. National Grid's current ratio of last year was 0.72519176. ==> 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.

National Grid's number of shares in issue this year was 1470.4. National Grid's number of shares in issue last year was 1446.4. ==> 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
=3125317.766/5192640.188
=0.60187451

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1720499.253/2583153.787
=0.666046

National Grid's gross margin of this year was 0.60187451. National Grid's gross margin of last year was 0.666046. ==> 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 (Mar22)
=5192640.188/13419384.898
=0.38695069

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar21)
=2583153.787/8397805.013
=0.30759869

National Grid's asset turnover of this year was 0.38695069. National Grid's asset turnover of last year was 0.30759869. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

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

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

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

National Grid  (BUE:NGG) 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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National Grid (BUE:NGG) Business Description

Address
1-3 Strand, London, GBR, WC2N 5EH
National Grid owns and operates the electric transmission system in England and Wales. It sold the bulk of its U.K. gas transmission business in fiscal 2023 to fund the acquisition of PPL's U.K. power distribution assets. In the Northeastern United States, it serves electricity and gas customers combined in three states. It also owns regulated transmission and electricity generation in the United States, metering services, merchant transmission lines in the U.K., and the Grain (U.K.) liquefied natural gas facility.