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Mercury Systems (FRA:MCY) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Mar. 31, 2025)


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What is Mercury Systems 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

Mercury Systems 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 Mercury Systems's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:MCY' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Mercury Systems was 8. The lowest was 1. And the median was 5.


Mercury Systems Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mercury Systems'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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Mercury Systems Piotroski F-Score Chart

Mercury Systems Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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Mercury Systems Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Mercury Systems's Piotroski F-Score

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Mercury Systems'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.


Mercury Systems's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Mercury Systems's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mercury Systems's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


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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 (Dec24) TTM:Last Year (Dec23) TTM:
Net Income was -41.008 + -10.012 + -15.79 + -16.788 = €-83.6 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -16.381 + 66.666 + -13.209 + 81.616 = €118.7 Mil.
Revenue was 191.597 + 230.915 + 184.192 + 213.084 = €819.8 Mil.
Gross Profit was 37.391 + 68.014 + 46.663 + 58.089 = €210.2 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was
(2234.043 + 2187.924 + 2210.003 + 2134.452 + 2293.39) / 5 = €2211.9624 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was €2,234.0 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €620.1 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €946.1 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €261.2 Mil.
Net Income was 4.816 + -7.602 + -34.395 + -41.798 = €-79.0 Mil.

Revenue was 246.089 + 233.737 + 169.589 + 181.074 = €830.5 Mil.
Gross Profit was 84.33 + 62.195 + 47.344 + 28.904 = €222.8 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was
(2216.467 + 2226.537 + 2207.232 + 2249.516 + 2234.043) / 5 = €2226.759 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was €2,216.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €627.9 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €902.2 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €207.0 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.

Mercury Systems's current Net Income (TTM) was -83.6. ==> 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.

Mercury Systems's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 118.7. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=-83.598/2234.043
=-0.03742005

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=-78.979/2216.467
=-0.03563283

Mercury Systems's return on assets of this year was -0.03742005. Mercury Systems's return on assets of last year was -0.03563283. ==> 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.

Mercury Systems's current Net Income (TTM) was -83.6. Mercury Systems's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 118.7. ==> 118.7 > -83.6 ==> 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: Dec24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec23 to Dec24
=620.086/2211.9624
=0.28033297

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=627.918/2226.759
=0.28198741

Mercury Systems's gearing of this year was 0.28033297. Mercury Systems's gearing of last year was 0.28198741. ==> 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: Dec24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=946.103/261.224
=3.62180734

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=902.164/206.986
=4.35857498

Mercury Systems's current ratio of this year was 3.62180734. Mercury Systems's current ratio of last year was 4.35857498. ==> 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.

Mercury Systems's number of shares in issue this year was 58.561. Mercury Systems's number of shares in issue last year was 57.424. ==> 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
=210.157/819.788
=0.2563553

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=222.773/830.489
=0.26824317

Mercury Systems's gross margin of this year was 0.2563553. Mercury Systems's gross margin of last year was 0.26824317. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=819.788/2234.043
=0.36695265

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=830.489/2216.467
=0.37469044

Mercury Systems's asset turnover of this year was 0.36695265. Mercury Systems's asset turnover of last year was 0.37469044. ==> 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+1+0+1+1+0+0+0+0
=3

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

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

Mercury Systems  (FRA:MCY) 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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Mercury Systems Business Description

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50 Minuteman Road, Andover, MA, USA, 01810
Mercury Systems Inc is a commercial technology company serving the aerospace and defense industry. The company envisions, creates, and delivers secure open architecture solutions powering a broad range of mission-critical applications in challenging and demanding environments. Its Mercury Processing Platform spans the full breadth of signal processing from radio frequency front end to the human-machine interface to convert meaningful data, gathered in remote and hostile environments, into critical decisions. The company manufactures components, products, modules, and subsystems and sells to defense prime contractors, the U.S. government, original equipment manufacturers, and commercial aerospace companies. Geographically, it derives maximum revenue from the United States.