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AXON (Axon Enterprise) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Jul. 03, 2025)


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What is Axon Enterprise 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

Axon Enterprise has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

AXON' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Axon Enterprise was 8. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


Axon Enterprise Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Axon Enterprise'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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Axon Enterprise Piotroski F-Score Chart

Axon Enterprise 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 3.00 6.00 6.00 6.00

Axon Enterprise Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 4.00 4.00 4.00 6.00 6.00

Competitive Comparison of Axon Enterprise's Piotroski F-Score

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Axon Enterprise'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.


Axon Enterprise's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Axon Enterprise's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Axon Enterprise'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 (Mar25) TTM:Last Year (Mar24) TTM:
Net Income was 40.797 + 67.025 + 135.184 + 87.98 = $331 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 82.763 + 91.321 + 250.166 + 25.794 = $450 Mil.
Revenue was 504.099 + 544.274 + 575.145 + 603.633 = $2,227 Mil.
Gross Profit was 303.735 + 330.747 + 345.849 + 365.739 = $1,346 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar24)
to the end of this year (Mar25) was
(3616.196 + 3742.37 + 4005.658 + 4474.588 + 6083.159) / 5 = $4384.3942 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar24) was $3,616 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,768 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $3,777 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,337 Mil.
Net Income was 12.42 + 61.309 + 57.061 + 133.352 = $264 Mil.

Revenue was 374.605 + 413.278 + 430.376 + 459.871 = $1,678 Mil.
Gross Profit was 232.121 + 256.656 + 263.992 + 258.628 = $1,011 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar23)
to the end of last year (Mar24) was
(3007.949 + 3077.404 + 3254.183 + 3409.174 + 3616.196) / 5 = $3272.9812 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar23) was $3,008 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $710 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,202 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $757 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.

Axon Enterprise's current Net Income (TTM) was 331. ==> 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.

Axon Enterprise's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 450. ==> 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 (Mar24)
=330.986/3616.196
=0.09152878

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar23)
=264.142/3007.949
=0.08781465

Axon Enterprise's return on assets of this year was 0.09152878. Axon Enterprise's return on assets of last year was 0.08781465. ==> 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.

Axon Enterprise's current Net Income (TTM) was 331. Axon Enterprise's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 450. ==> 450 > 331 ==> 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: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=1767.813/4384.3942
=0.40320576

Gearing (Last Year: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=710.441/3272.9812
=0.21706235

Axon Enterprise's gearing of this year was 0.40320576. Axon Enterprise's gearing of last year was 0.21706235. ==> 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: Mar25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=3776.589/1336.622
=2.82547272

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2201.707/757.474
=2.90664366

Axon Enterprise's current ratio of this year was 2.82547272. Axon Enterprise's current ratio of last year was 2.90664366. ==> 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.

Axon Enterprise's number of shares in issue this year was 81.484. Axon Enterprise's number of shares in issue last year was 77.132. ==> 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
=1346.07/2227.151
=0.60439099

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1011.397/1678.13
=0.60269288

Axon Enterprise's gross margin of this year was 0.60439099. Axon Enterprise's gross margin of last year was 0.60269288. ==> 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 (Mar24)
=2227.151/3616.196
=0.61588227

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar23)
=1678.13/3007.949
=0.55789842

Axon Enterprise's asset turnover of this year was 0.61588227. Axon Enterprise's asset turnover of last year was 0.55789842. ==> 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
=1+1+1+1+0+0+0+1+1
=6

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

Axon Enterprise has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Axon Enterprise  (NAS:AXON) 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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Axon Enterprise Business Description

Address
17800 North 85th Street, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 85255
Axon Enterprise Inc is building a public safety operating system by integrating a suite of hardware devices and cloud software solutions. The company's suite includes cloud-hosted digital evidence management solutions, productivity and real-time operations software, body cameras, in-car cameras, TASER energy devices, drones and robotic security, and training solutions. The company's operation comprises of two operating segments, Software and Sensors, and TASER. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Software and Sensors segment, which is engaged in developing, manufacturing, and selling fully integrated hardware and cloud-based software solutions that enable law enforcement to capture, securely store, manage, share, and analyze video and other digital evidence.
Executives
Joshua Isner officer: EVP Global Sales 17800 N 85TH ST, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski director 17800 NORTH 85TH STREET, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Matthew R Mcbrady director
Brittany Bagley officer: CFO & CBO C/O SONOS, INC., 614 CHAPALA STREET, SANTA BARBARA CA 93101
Jeri Williams director 17800 N 85TH ST, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Julie A Cullivan director 17800 N 85TH ST, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Patrick W Smith director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7860 EAST MCCLAIN DRIVE, SUITE 2, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85260-1627
Jeffrey C Kunins officer: Chief Product Officer 17800 NORTH 85TH STREET, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
Michael Garnreiter director 6735 E. GREENWAY PARKWAY, UNIT #2049, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Hadi Partovi director 9655 LAKE WASHINGTON BLVD NE, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Erika Nardini director 1241 E MAIN ST, STAMFORD CT 06902-3520
Graham Smith director 301 BRANNMAN ST, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Mark W Kroll director PO BOX 23, CRYSTAL BAY MN 55323
Luke Larson officer: Chief Marketing Officer 17800 N 85TH ST, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255
James Zito officer: Chief Financial Officer 17800 N 85TH ST, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85255