Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3
Finish Line has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.
The historical rank and industry rank for Finish Line's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:
Finish Line Piotroski F-Score Historical Data
The historical data trend for Finish Line'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.
* 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.
*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.
Finish Line's current Net Income (TTM) was 14.
==> 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.
Finish Line's return on assets of this year was 0.01930424. Finish Line's return on assets of last year was -0.02227148.
==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.
Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)
Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)
Finish Line's current ratio of this year was 2.70935857. Finish Line's current ratio of last year was 2.21384775.
==> 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.
Finish Line's number of shares in issue this year was 40.57. Finish Line's number of shares in issue last year was 41.766.
==> 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.
Finish Line's gross margin of this year was 0.28934733. Finish Line's gross margin of last year was 0.29733576.
==> 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
Finish Line's asset turnover of this year was 2.46354298. Finish Line's asset turnover of last year was 2.25600576.
==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.
Evaluation
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Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3
Finish Line has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.
Finish Line (NAS:FINL) 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.
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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Finish Line is a United States-based specialty retailer that is principally engaged in the sale of athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories, with presence in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. The company operates business through physical stores and digital formats under two brands: Finish Line and JackRabbit. Finish Line is a mall-based retailer offering brand names including Nike, Brand Jordan, Adidas, Under Armour, and Puma. JackRabbit is a lifestyle community-based retailer offering brand names, such as Brooks, Asics, Nike, Saucony, New Balance, and others. The company also operates unbranded stores at Macy's, without Finish Line signage. The company generates the majority of its total net sales from the Finish Line division.
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