* 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.
Surgical Care Affiliates's current Net Income (TTM) was 35.
==> 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.
Surgical Care Affiliates's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 306.
==> 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.
Surgical Care Affiliates's return on assets of this year was 0.01770924. Surgical Care Affiliates's return on assets of last year was 0.07000033.
==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.
Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)
Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)
Surgical Care Affiliates's gearing of this year was 0.46134518. Surgical Care Affiliates's gearing of last year was 0.46868967.
==> 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
Surgical Care Affiliates's current ratio of this year was 1.26046743. Surgical Care Affiliates's current ratio of last year was 1.21998396.
==> 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.
Surgical Care Affiliates's number of shares in issue this year was 41.106. Surgical Care Affiliates's number of shares in issue last year was 40.734.
==> 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.
Surgical Care Affiliates's gross margin of this year was 1. Surgical Care Affiliates's gross margin of last year was 1.
==> 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
Surgical Care Affiliates's asset turnover of this year was 0.64018633. Surgical Care Affiliates's asset turnover of last year was 0.63825887.
==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.
Evaluation
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Surgical Care Affiliates has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.
Surgical Care Affiliates (NAS:SCAI) 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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Surgical Care Affiliates (Surgical Care Affiliates) Business Description
Surgical Care Affiliates Inc was incorporated on March 23, 2007. It is a provider of solutions to physicians, health plans and health systems to optimize surgical care. It operates surgical facilities in the United States, which includes 185 ambulatory surgery centers ("ASCs") and seven surgical hospitals. Its business model is focused on building strategic relationships with physicians, health plans and health systems to invest in, develop and optimize facilities in an aligned economic model that enables access to high-quality care at lower cost. It owns and operates facilities in partnership with 45 health systems and approximately 2,800 physician partners. It has six operating segments, which are aggregated into one reportable segment. Its six operating segments are generally organized geographically. Its operations consist of ownership and management of ASCs and surgical hospitals. Its affiliated facilities provide the space, equipment and medical support staff necessary for physicians to perform non-emergency surgical procedures. Its typical ASC is a freestanding facility with fully-equipped operating and procedure rooms and ancillary areas for reception, preparation, recovery and administration. Its surgical hospitals provide medical services similar to those provided by ASCs and can also accommodate more complex procedures, some of which require patients to stay overnight. It faces competition from other providers of ambulatory surgical care in developing ASC and surgical hospital joint ventures, acquiring existing facilities, attracting patients and negotiating commercial health plan contract pricing. It is subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment and human health and safety, including those governing the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, the cleanup of contaminated sites and the maintenance of a safe workplace.
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