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Cohen & Steers (Cohen & Steers) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Cohen & Steers 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

Cohen & Steers has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cohen & Steers's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

CNS' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Cohen & Steers was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


Cohen & Steers Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cohen & Steers'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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Cohen & Steers Piotroski F-Score Chart

Cohen & Steers Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 5.00 8.00 4.00 6.00

Cohen & Steers Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 Premium Member Only 3.00 4.00 4.00 6.00 -

Competitive Comparison of Cohen & Steers's Piotroski F-Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, Cohen & Steers'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.


Cohen & Steers's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Cohen & Steers's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cohen & Steers'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 35.314 + 31.778 + 32.14 + 29.817 = $129.0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -14.966 + 53.681 + 74.669 + 58.577 = $172.0 Mil.
Revenue was 129.298 + 124.058 + 127.5 + 123.399 = $504.3 Mil.
Gross Profit was 66.225 + 61.836 + 60.981 + 60.862 = $249.9 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(673.379 + 623.403 + 624.987 + 673.908 + 736.554) / 5 = $666.4462 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $673.4 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $140.4 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $339.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $15.5 Mil.
Net Income was 42.018 + 51.956 + 44.57 + 32.498 = $171.0 Mil.

Revenue was 155.086 + 149.319 + 141.492 + 127.827 = $573.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was 66.392 + 77.226 + 73.405 + 64.942 = $282.0 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(492.687 + 583.21 + 577.374 + 506.332 + 673.379) / 5 = $566.5964 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $492.7 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $138.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $331.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $17.0 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.

Cohen & Steers's current Net Income (TTM) was 129.0. ==> 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.

Cohen & Steers's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 172.0. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=129.049/673.379
=0.19164393

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=171.042/492.687
=0.34716159

Cohen & Steers's return on assets of this year was 0.19164393. Cohen & Steers's return on assets of last year was 0.34716159. ==> 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.

Cohen & Steers's current Net Income (TTM) was 129.0. Cohen & Steers's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 172.0. ==> 172.0 > 129.0 ==> 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
=140.408/666.4462
=0.21068167

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=138.809/566.5964
=0.24498744

Cohen & Steers's gearing of this year was 0.21068167. Cohen & Steers's gearing of last year was 0.24498744. ==> 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
=339.004/15.46
=21.92781371

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=331.463/17.006
=19.49094437

Cohen & Steers's current ratio of this year was 21.92781371. Cohen & Steers's current ratio of last year was 19.49094437. ==> 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.

Cohen & Steers's number of shares in issue this year was 49.727. Cohen & Steers's number of shares in issue last year was 49.327. ==> 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
=249.904/504.255
=0.49559052

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=281.965/573.724
=0.49146454

Cohen & Steers's gross margin of this year was 0.49559052. Cohen & Steers's gross margin of last year was 0.49146454. ==> 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)
=504.255/673.379
=0.74884278

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=573.724/492.687
=1.16447968

Cohen & Steers's asset turnover of this year was 0.74884278. Cohen & Steers's asset turnover of last year was 1.16447968. ==> 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
=1+1+0+1+1+1+0+1+0
=6

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

Cohen & Steers has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Cohen & Steers  (NYSE:CNS) 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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Cohen & Steers (Cohen & Steers) Business Description

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Address
280 Park Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10017
Cohen & Steers is a niche asset manager concentrating on real estate securities. The firm invests mainly in the equity shares of real estate investment trusts, with holdings in domestic and international real estate securities accounting for close to two thirds of its $75.2 billion in managed assets at the end of September 2023. Cohen & Steers also manages portfolios dedicated to preferred securities, utilities stocks, and other high-yield offerings. The firm's distribution is balanced among its closed-end funds, open-end funds, and institutional accounts. During the past four calendar quarters, the company garnered 41% (26%) of its managed assets (base management fees) from institutional clients, 45% (53%) from open-end funds, and 14% (21%) from closed-end funds.
Executives
Elena Dulik officer: Chief Accounting Officer 280 PARK AVE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Richard P Simon director COHEN & STEERS, INC., 280 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Brandon Brown officer: Executive Vice President 280 PARK AVENUE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Martin Cohen director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman C/O COHEN & STEERS, INC., 280 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Alicia Dee officer: Executive Vice President 280 PARK AVE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Michele Nolty officer: Executive Vice President C/O COHEN & STEERS, INC., 280 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Francis C Poli officer: See Remarks 280 PARK AVENUE, 10TH FLOOR, C/O COHEN & STEERS, NEW YORK NY 10017
Matthew S. Stadler officer: Chief Financial Officer, EVP C/O COHEN & STEERS, INC., 280 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
John Todd Glickson officer: Senior Vice President 280 PARK AVE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Dasha Smith director C/O COHEN & STEERS, INC., 280 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Daniel P Charles officer: Executive Vice President C/O COHEN & STEERS, INC., NEW YORK NY 10017
Jon Cheigh officer: Executive Vice President C/O COHEN & STEERS, INC., 280 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Edmond D Villani director COHEN & STEERS, INC., 280 PARK AVENUE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Peter L Rhein director
Reena Aggarwal director C/O COHEN & STEERS, INC., 280 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017