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Micron Technology (Micron Technology) Piotroski F-Score

: 2 (As of Today)
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Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 2 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

Micron Technology has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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

MU' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 6   Max: 9
Current: 2

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Micron Technology was 9. The lowest was 2. And the median was 6.


Micron Technology Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Micron Technology'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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Micron Technology Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Piotroski F-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 4.00 8.00 8.00 4.00

Micron Technology Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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Competitive Comparison

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Micron Technology'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.


Micron Technology Piotroski F-Score Distribution

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Micron Technology's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Micron Technology'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 (Feb24) TTM:Last Year (Feb23) TTM:
Net Income was -1896 + -1430 + -1234 + 793 = $-3,767 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 24 + 249 + 1401 + 1219 = $2,893 Mil.
Revenue was 3752 + 4010 + 4726 + 5824 = $18,312 Mil.
Gross Profit was -668 + -435 + -35 + 1079 = $-59 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Feb23)
to the end of this year (Feb24) was
(66520 + 65680 + 64254 + 63776 + 65718) / 5 = $65189.6 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Feb23) was $66,520 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $13,971 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $23,435 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $6,259 Mil.
Net Income was 2626 + 1492 + -195 + -2312 = $1,611 Mil.

Revenue was 8642 + 6643 + 4085 + 3693 = $23,063 Mil.
Gross Profit was 4035 + 2622 + 893 + -1206 = $6,344 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Feb22)
to the end of last year (Feb23) was
(63696 + 65296 + 66283 + 67874 + 66520) / 5 = $65933.8 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Feb22) was $63,696 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $12,647 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $21,898 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $5,255 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.

Micron Technology's current Net Income (TTM) was -3,767. ==> 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.

Micron Technology's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 2,893. ==> 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 (Feb23)
=-3767/66520
=-0.05662959

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Feb22)
=1611/63696
=0.02529201

Micron Technology's return on assets of this year was -0.05662959. Micron Technology's return on assets of last year was 0.02529201. ==> 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.

Micron Technology's current Net Income (TTM) was -3,767. Micron Technology's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 2,893. ==> 2,893 > -3,767 ==> 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: Feb24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Feb23 to Feb24
=13971/65189.6
=0.21431333

Gearing (Last Year: Feb23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Feb22 to Feb23
=12647/65933.8
=0.19181361

Micron Technology's gearing of this year was 0.21431333. Micron Technology's gearing of last year was 0.19181361. ==> 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: Feb24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=23435/6259
=3.74420834

Current Ratio (Last Year: Feb23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=21898/5255
=4.16707897

Micron Technology's current ratio of this year was 3.74420834. Micron Technology's current ratio of last year was 4.16707897. ==> 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.

Micron Technology's number of shares in issue this year was 1114. Micron Technology's number of shares in issue last year was 1091. ==> 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
=-59/18312
=-0.00322193

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=6344/23063
=0.27507263

Micron Technology's gross margin of this year was -0.00322193. Micron Technology's gross margin of last year was 0.27507263. ==> 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 (Feb23)
=18312/66520
=0.27528563

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Feb22)
=23063/63696
=0.36207925

Micron Technology's asset turnover of this year was 0.27528563. Micron Technology's asset turnover of last year was 0.36207925. ==> 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+0+0+0+0+0
=2

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

Micron Technology has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Micron Technology  (NAS:MU) 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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Micron Technology (Micron Technology) Business Description

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8000 South Federal Way, Post Office Box 6, Boise, ID, USA, 83716-9632
Micron is one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world, specializing in memory and storage chips. Its primary revenue stream comes from dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, and it also has minority exposure to not-and or NAND, flash chips. Micron serves a global customer base, selling chips into data centers, mobile phones, consumer electronics, and industrial and automotive applications. The firm is vertically integrated.
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