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Advance Auto Parts (MEX:AAP) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of Apr. 06, 2025)


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What is Advance Auto Parts 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

Advance Auto Parts has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Advance Auto Parts's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Advance Auto Parts was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


Advance Auto Parts Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Advance Auto Parts'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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Advance Auto Parts Piotroski F-Score Chart

Advance Auto Parts Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.00 7.00 5.00 6.00 4.00

Advance Auto Parts Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 6.00 5.00 4.00 6.00 4.00

Competitive Comparison of Advance Auto Parts's Piotroski F-Score

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Advance Auto Parts'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.


Advance Auto Parts's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Advance Auto Parts's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Advance Auto Parts'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 664.049 + 824.24 + -118.417 + -8650.465 = MXN-7,281 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 44.611 + 1559.517 + 1380.723 + -1528.785 = MXN1,456 Mil.
Revenue was 56531.06 + 49153.807 + 42294.587 + 41628.499 = MXN189,608 Mil.
Gross Profit was 23717.277 + 20414.237 + 17876.784 + 7239.347 = MXN69,248 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was
(208381.402 + 202492.733 + 225150.512 + 245502.284 + 225202.122) / 5 = MXN221345.8106 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was MXN208,381 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was MXN76,881 Mil.
Total Current Assets was MXN128,128 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was MXN97,299 Mil.
Net Income was 871.022 + 1347.116 + -1080.616 + -596.254 = MXN541 Mil.

Revenue was 61602.132 + 46049.647 + 38638.684 + 34193.01 = MXN180,483 Mil.
Gross Profit was 26351.252 + 19551.846 + 14241.115 + 13912.586 = MXN74,057 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was
(233687.771 + 219584.84 + 210944.992 + 213362.885 + 208381.402) / 5 = MXN217192.378 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was MXN233,688 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was MXN64,948 Mil.
Total Current Assets was MXN108,245 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was MXN90,089 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.

Advance Auto Parts's current Net Income (TTM) was -7,281. ==> 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.

Advance Auto Parts's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,456. ==> 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)
=-7280.593/208381.402
=-0.03493878

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=541.268/233687.771
=0.0023162

Advance Auto Parts's return on assets of this year was -0.03493878. Advance Auto Parts's return on assets of last year was 0.0023162. ==> 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.

Advance Auto Parts's current Net Income (TTM) was -7,281. Advance Auto Parts's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,456. ==> 1,456 > -7,281 ==> 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
=76880.909/221345.8106
=0.34733392

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=64948.039/217192.378
=0.29903461

Advance Auto Parts's gearing of this year was 0.34733392. Advance Auto Parts's gearing of last year was 0.29903461. ==> 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: Dec24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=128127.827/97299.286
=1.31684242

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=108245.136/90089.209
=1.20153276

Advance Auto Parts's current ratio of this year was 1.31684242. Advance Auto Parts's current ratio of last year was 1.20153276. ==> 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.

Advance Auto Parts's number of shares in issue this year was 59.978. Advance Auto Parts's number of shares in issue last year was 59.668. ==> 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
=69247.645/189607.953
=0.36521488

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=74056.799/180483.473
=0.41032455

Advance Auto Parts's gross margin of this year was 0.36521488. Advance Auto Parts's gross margin of last year was 0.41032455. ==> 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)
=189607.953/208381.402
=0.90990823

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=180483.473/233687.771
=0.77232742

Advance Auto Parts's asset turnover of this year was 0.90990823. Advance Auto Parts's asset turnover of last year was 0.77232742. ==> 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
=0+1+0+1+0+1+0+0+1
=4

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

Advance Auto Parts has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Advance Auto Parts  (MEX:AAP) 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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Advance Auto Parts Business Description

Address
4200 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC, USA, 27609
Advance Auto Parts Inc is an automotive aftermarket parts provider in North America, serving both professional installers (professional) and do it yourself (DIY) customers, as well as independently owned operators. The Company's stores and branches offer a range selection of brand names, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and owned brand automotive replacement parts, accessories, batteries and maintenance items for domestic and imported cars, vans, sport utility vehicles and light and heavy-duty trucks.eds.