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Uniti Group (LTS:0LJB) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Dec. 15, 2024)


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What is Uniti Group 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

Uniti Group 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 Uniti Group's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0LJB' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 6
Current: 5

During the past 12 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Uniti Group was 6. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


Uniti Group Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Uniti Group'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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Uniti Group Piotroski F-Score Chart

Uniti Group Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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Uniti Group Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Uniti Group's Piotroski F-Score

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, Uniti Group'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.


Uniti Group's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Uniti Group's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Uniti Group'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 (Sep24) TTM:Last Year (Sep23) TTM:
Net Income was 30.706 + 41.329 + 18.278 + 12.229 = $103 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 162.554 + 6.19 + 168.148 + 6.742 = $344 Mil.
Revenue was 285.656 + 286.418 + 294.947 + 292.247 = $1,159 Mil.
Gross Profit was 285.656 + 286.418 + 294.947 + 292.247 = $1,159 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep23)
to the end of this year (Sep24) was
(4981.325 + 5025.129 + 4984.569 + 5119.23 + 5098.671) / 5 = $5041.7848 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep23) was $4,981 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,879 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $211 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,547 Mil.
Net Income was 40.977 + -19.202 + 25.626 + -118.843 = $-71 Mil.

Revenue was 283.735 + 289.822 + 283.698 + 290.655 = $1,148 Mil.
Gross Profit was 283.735 + 289.822 + 283.698 + 290.655 = $1,148 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep22)
to the end of last year (Sep23) was
(4811.006 + 4851.229 + 4988.199 + 5034.57 + 4981.325) / 5 = $4933.2658 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep22) was $4,811 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,682 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $169 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,585 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.

Uniti Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 103. ==> 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.

Uniti Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 344. ==> 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 (Sep23)
=102.542/4981.325
=0.02058529

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep22)
=-71.442/4811.006
=-0.0148497

Uniti Group's return on assets of this year was 0.02058529. Uniti Group's return on assets of last year was -0.0148497. ==> 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.

Uniti Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 103. Uniti Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 344. ==> 344 > 103 ==> 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: Sep24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep23 to Sep24
=5879.287/5041.7848
=1.16611225

Gearing (Last Year: Sep23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep22 to Sep23
=5681.747/4933.2658
=1.15172124

Uniti Group's gearing of this year was 1.16611225. Uniti Group's gearing of last year was 1.15172124. ==> 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: Sep24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=210.815/1547.314
=0.13624578

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=168.676/1584.947
=0.10642375

Uniti Group's current ratio of this year was 0.13624578. Uniti Group's current ratio of last year was 0.10642375. ==> 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.

Uniti Group's number of shares in issue this year was 237.48. Uniti Group's number of shares in issue last year was 236.533. ==> 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
=1159.268/1159.268
=1

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1147.91/1147.91
=1

Uniti Group's gross margin of this year was 1. Uniti Group's gross margin of last year was 1. ==> 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 (Sep23)
=1159.268/4981.325
=0.23272282

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep22)
=1147.91/4811.006
=0.23860082

Uniti Group's asset turnover of this year was 0.23272282. Uniti Group's asset turnover of last year was 0.23860082. ==> 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+1+1+0+1+0+0+0
=5

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

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

Uniti Group  (LTS:0LJB) 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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Uniti Group Business Description

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2101 Riverfront Drive, Suite A, Little Rock, AR, USA, 72202
Uniti is a REIT with about 140,000 route miles of fiber in the us, primarily in the Southeast. It has agreed to merge with Windstream, which will result in Uniti giving up its REIT status and adding a consumer telecom business line. Uniti's business currently consists exclusively of fiber leasing to enterprises. Windstream currently leases the Uniti network and makes up the bulk of Uniti's revenue and profits. The combined firm will own 217,000 route miles of fiber and pass 4.3 million households and 150,000 commercial buildings, mostly in less populated markets in the Southeast. The firm will continue to offer fiber access to enterprises, as Uniti currently does, but residential telecom services will become its largest revenue stream.

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