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Crocs (CROX) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Jul. 01, 2025)


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What is Crocs 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

Crocs 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 Crocs's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

CROX' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 7   Max: 9
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Crocs was 9. The lowest was 3. And the median was 7.


Crocs Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Crocs'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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Crocs Piotroski F-Score Chart

Crocs 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 7.00 7.00 4.00 6.00 8.00

Crocs 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 9.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 6.00

Competitive Comparison of Crocs's Piotroski F-Score

For the Footwear & Accessories subindustry, Crocs'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.


Crocs's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories Industry

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Crocs's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Crocs'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 228.907 + 199.801 + 368.909 + 160.103 = $958 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 401.236 + 296.887 + 321.937 + -67.235 = $953 Mil.
Revenue was 1111.502 + 1062.2 + 989.773 + 937.333 = $4,101 Mil.
Gross Profit was 681.916 + 633.339 + 572.926 + 541.549 = $2,430 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar24)
to the end of this year (Mar25) was
(4795.605 + 4719.798 + 4713.15 + 4812.153 + 5066.116) / 5 = $4821.3644 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar24) was $4,796 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,785 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,074 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $705 Mil.
Net Income was 212.412 + 177.025 + 253.586 + 152.454 = $795 Mil.

Revenue was 1072.367 + 1045.717 + 960.097 + 938.633 = $4,017 Mil.
Gross Profit was 621.307 + 581.636 + 530.697 + 522.077 = $2,256 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar23)
to the end of last year (Mar24) was
(4595.635 + 4603.125 + 4581.364 + 4643.834 + 4795.605) / 5 = $4643.9126 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar23) was $4,596 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,995 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,106 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $629 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.

Crocs's current Net Income (TTM) was 958. ==> 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.

Crocs's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 953. ==> 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)
=957.72/4795.605
=0.19970786

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar23)
=795.477/4595.635
=0.17309403

Crocs's return on assets of this year was 0.19970786. Crocs's return on assets of last year was 0.17309403. ==> 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.

Crocs's current Net Income (TTM) was 958. Crocs's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 953. ==> 953 <= 958 ==> 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: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=1785.009/4821.3644
=0.37022902

Gearing (Last Year: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=1994.938/4643.9126
=0.4295813

Crocs's gearing of this year was 0.37022902. Crocs's gearing of last year was 0.4295813. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

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
=1073.946/705.196
=1.52290427

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1106.399/628.561
=1.76020943

Crocs's current ratio of this year was 1.52290427. Crocs's current ratio of last year was 1.76020943. ==> 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.

Crocs's number of shares in issue this year was 56.502. Crocs's number of shares in issue last year was 61.054. ==> 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
=2429.73/4100.808
=0.59250031

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=2255.717/4016.814
=0.5615687

Crocs's gross margin of this year was 0.59250031. Crocs's gross margin of last year was 0.5615687. ==> 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)
=4100.808/4795.605
=0.85511797

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar23)
=4016.814/4595.635
=0.87404983

Crocs's asset turnover of this year was 0.85511797. Crocs's asset turnover of last year was 0.87404983. ==> 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+0+1+0+1+1+0
=6

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

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

Crocs  (NAS:CROX) 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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Crocs Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
500 Eldorado Boulevard, Building 5, Broomfield, CO, USA, 80021
Crocs Inc is engaged in the design, development, marketing, distribution, and sale of casual lifestyle footwear accessories for men, women, and children. The reportable geographic segments of the company are the United States and other Countries.
Executives
Ian Bickley director 516 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Thomas J Smach director C/O FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD, 2090 FORTUNE DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Shannon Sisler officer: EVP, Chief People Officer C/O CROCS, INC., 13601 VIA VARRA, BROOMFIELD CO 80020
Adam Michaels officer: EVP, Chief Digital Officer C/O CROCS, INC., 13601 VIA VARRA, BROOMFIELD CO 80020
Douglas J Treff director 3231 S.E. SIXTH AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66607
Anne Mehlman officer: CFO C/O CROCS, INC., 7477 E DRY CREEK PARKWAY, NIWOT CO 80503
Andrew Rees officer: President C/O CROCS, INC., 7477 DRY CREEK PARKWAY, NIWOT CO 80503
Michelle Poole officer: EVP CP&M Officer C/O CROCS, INC., 7477 DRY CREEK PARKWAY, NIWOT CO 80503
Daniel P Hart officer: EVP-Admin. & Corp. Development 7477 E. DRY CREEK PARKWAY, NIWOT CO 80503
Thomas Britt officer: EVP, Chief Information Officer C/O CROCS, INC., 13601 VIA VARRA, BROOMFIELD CO 80020
Richard Blackshaw officer: EVP, Brand President C/O CROCS, INC., 13601 VIA VARRA, BROOMFIELD CO 80020
Ronald Frasch director NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP, 1618 MAIN ST, DALLAS TX 75201
Charisse Ford Hughes director C/O CROCS, INC., 13601 VIA VARRA, BROOMFIELD CO 80020
Beth J Kaplan director 1716 LOCUST STREET, DES MOINES IA 50309
Elaine L Boltz officer: Chief Operations Officer C/O CROCS, INC., 7477 E DRY CREEK PARKWAY, NIWOT CO 80503