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Best Buy Co (LTS:0R18) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is Best Buy Co Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Best Buy Co has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Best Buy Co's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0R18' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 7

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Best Buy Co was 8. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


Best Buy Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Best Buy Co'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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Best Buy Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

Best Buy Co Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Piotroski F-Score
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Best Buy Co Quarterly Data
Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24
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Competitive Comparison of Best Buy Co's Piotroski F-Score

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Best Buy Co'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.


Best Buy Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Best Buy Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Best Buy Co'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 (Oct24) TTM:Last Year (Oct23) TTM:
Net Income was 460 + 246 + 291 + 273 = $1,270 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 1180 + 156 + 661 + -256 = $1,741 Mil.
Revenue was 14646 + 8847 + 9288 + 9445 = $42,226 Mil.
Gross Profit was 3001 + 2064 + 2186 + 2217 = $9,468 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Oct23)
to the end of this year (Oct24) was
(16882 + 14967 + 14752 + 15624 + 17018) / 5 = $15848.6 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Oct23) was $16,882 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,437 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $9,955 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $9,948 Mil.
Net Income was 495 + 244 + 274 + 263 = $1,276 Mil.

Revenue was 14735 + 9467 + 9583 + 9756 = $43,541 Mil.
Gross Profit was 2940 + 2150 + 2220 + 2232 = $9,542 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Oct22)
to the end of last year (Oct23) was
(17021 + 15803 + 14688 + 15318 + 16882) / 5 = $15942.4 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Oct22) was $17,021 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,400 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $9,865 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $10,010 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.

Best Buy Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,270. ==> 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.

Best Buy Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,741. ==> 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 (Oct23)
=1270/16882
=0.07522805

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Oct22)
=1276/17021
=0.07496622

Best Buy Co's return on assets of this year was 0.07522805. Best Buy Co's return on assets of last year was 0.07496622. ==> 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.

Best Buy Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,270. Best Buy Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,741. ==> 1,741 > 1,270 ==> 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: Oct24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Oct23 to Oct24
=3437/15848.6
=0.21686458

Gearing (Last Year: Oct23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Oct22 to Oct23
=3400/15942.4
=0.21326776

Best Buy Co's gearing of this year was 0.21686458. Best Buy Co's gearing of last year was 0.21326776. ==> 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: Oct24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=9955/9948
=1.00070366

Current Ratio (Last Year: Oct23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=9865/10010
=0.98551449

Best Buy Co's current ratio of this year was 1.00070366. Best Buy Co's current ratio of last year was 0.98551449. ==> 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.

Best Buy Co's number of shares in issue this year was 216.7. Best Buy Co's number of shares in issue last year was 218.3. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

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
=9468/42226
=0.22422204

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=9542/43541
=0.21914977

Best Buy Co's gross margin of this year was 0.22422204. Best Buy Co's gross margin of last year was 0.21914977. ==> 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 (Oct23)
=42226/16882
=2.50124393

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Oct22)
=43541/17021
=2.55807532

Best Buy Co's asset turnover of this year was 2.50124393. Best Buy Co's asset turnover of last year was 2.55807532. ==> 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+1+1+0
=7

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

Best Buy Co has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Best Buy Co  (LTS:0R18) 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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Best Buy Co Business Description

Address
7601 Penn Avenue South, Richfield, MN, USA, 55423
With $43.5 billion in consolidated 2023 sales, Best Buy is the largest pure-play consumer electronics retailer in the US, boasting roughly 8.3% share of the North American market and north of 33% share of offline sales in the region, per our calculations, CTA, and Euromonitor data. The firm generates the bulk of its sales in-store, with mobile phones and tablets, computers, and appliances representing its three largest categories. Recent investments in e-commerce fulfillment, accelerated by the covid-19 pandemic, have seen the US e-commerce channel roughly double from prepandemic levels, with management estimating that it will represent a mid-30% proportion of sales moving forward.

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