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Nation Media Group (NAI:NMG) Piotroski F-Score : 2 (As of Jun. 23, 2024)


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What is Nation Media Group Piotroski F-Score?

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

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

NAI:NMG' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 2

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Nation Media Group was 7. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


Nation Media Group Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nation Media 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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Nation Media Group Piotroski F-Score Chart

Nation Media Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 7.00 7.00 4.00 2.00

Nation Media Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
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 4.00 7.00 7.00 4.00 2.00

Competitive Comparison of Nation Media Group's Piotroski F-Score

For the Entertainment subindustry, Nation Media 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.


Nation Media Group's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Nation Media Group's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nation Media 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 (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was KES-202 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was KES-346 Mil.
Revenue was KES7,116 Mil.
Gross Profit was KES5,393 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (12299.1 + 11803.5) / 2 = KES12051.3 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was KES12,299 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was KES307 Mil.
Total Current Assets was KES7,302 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was KES3,588 Mil.
Net Income was KES315 Mil.

Revenue was KES7,298 Mil.
Gross Profit was KES5,874 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (12653.4 + 12299.1) / 2 = KES12476.25 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was KES12,653 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was KES313 Mil.
Total Current Assets was KES7,954 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was KES3,675 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.

Nation Media Group's current Net Income (TTM) was -202. ==> 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.

Nation Media Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -346. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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 (Dec22)
=-201.7/12299.1
=-0.01639957

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=315.2/12653.4
=0.0249103

Nation Media Group's return on assets of this year was -0.01639957. Nation Media Group's return on assets of last year was 0.0249103. ==> 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.

Nation Media Group's current Net Income (TTM) was -202. Nation Media Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -346. ==> -346 <= -202 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=306.9/12051.3
=0.02546613

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=313.4/12476.25
=0.02511973

Nation Media Group's gearing of this year was 0.02546613. Nation Media Group's gearing of last year was 0.02511973. ==> 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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=7302/3588.1
=2.03506034

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=7953.6/3675.4
=2.16400936

Nation Media Group's current ratio of this year was 2.03506034. Nation Media Group's current ratio of last year was 2.16400936. ==> 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.

Nation Media Group's number of shares in issue this year was 185.1. Nation Media Group's number of shares in issue last year was 190.3. ==> 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
=5392.9/7116.2
=0.75783424

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=5873.7/7298.3
=0.80480386

Nation Media Group's gross margin of this year was 0.75783424. Nation Media Group's gross margin of last year was 0.80480386. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=7116.2/12299.1
=0.57859518

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=7298.3/12653.4
=0.57678569

Nation Media Group's asset turnover of this year was 0.57859518. Nation Media Group's asset turnover of last year was 0.57678569. ==> 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+0+0+0+0+0+1+0+1
=2

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

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

Nation Media Group  (NAI:NMG) 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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Nation Media Group (NAI:NMG) Business Description

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Address
Kimathi Street, P. O Box 49010, Nation Centre, Nairobi, KEN, 00100
Nation Media Group PLC is a media house in East and Central Africa. Its principal activities of the group are the publication, printing, and distribution of newspapers and magazines, radio and television broadcasting, and digital online products. It has businesses in television networks, film, and TV entertainment and delivers content on a multi-platform basis. Its operating segments are Newspapers & Digital and broadcasting. It generated the majority of its revenue from Newspapers & Digital segments that are engaged in the sale of newspapers, advertisements published in the newspapers, advertisements in the digital platforms, and subscriptions of e-paper.