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ULCC (Frontier Group Holdings) Piotroski F-Score : 2 (As of Jul. 03, 2025)


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What is Frontier Group Holdings 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

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

ULCC' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 4   Max: 6
Current: 2

During the past 10 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Frontier Group Holdings was 6. The lowest was 1. And the median was 4.


Frontier Group Holdings Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Frontier Group Holdings'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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Frontier Group Holdings Piotroski F-Score Chart

Frontier Group Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
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Frontier Group Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of Frontier Group Holdings's Piotroski F-Score

For the Airlines subindustry, Frontier Group Holdings'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.


Frontier Group Holdings's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Frontier Group Holdings's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Frontier Group Holdings'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 31 + 26 + 54 + -43 = $68 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 9 + -156 + 87 + -86 = $-146 Mil.
Revenue was 973 + 935 + 1002 + 912 = $3,822 Mil.
Gross Profit was 71 + 25 + 83 + 13 = $192 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar24)
to the end of this year (Mar25) was
(5206 + 5689 + 5826 + 6153 + 6481) / 5 = $5871 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar24) was $5,206 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,842 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $953 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,942 Mil.
Net Income was 71 + -32 + -37 + -26 = $-24 Mil.

Revenue was 967 + 883 + 891 + 865 = $3,606 Mil.
Gross Profit was 176 + 27 + 57 + 8 = $268 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar23)
to the end of last year (Mar24) was
(4670 + 4708 + 4935 + 4993 + 5206) / 5 = $4902.4 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar23) was $4,670 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,766 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $903 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,797 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.

Frontier Group Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 68. ==> 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.

Frontier Group Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -146. ==> 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 (Mar24)
=68/5206
=0.01306185

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar23)
=-24/4670
=-0.00513919

Frontier Group Holdings's return on assets of this year was 0.01306185. Frontier Group Holdings's return on assets of last year was -0.00513919. ==> 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.

Frontier Group Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 68. Frontier Group Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -146. ==> -146 <= 68 ==> 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
=3842/5871
=0.654403

Gearing (Last Year: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=2766/4902.4
=0.56421345

Frontier Group Holdings's gearing of this year was 0.654403. Frontier Group Holdings's gearing of last year was 0.56421345. ==> 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
=953/1942
=0.4907312

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=903/1797
=0.50250417

Frontier Group Holdings's current ratio of this year was 0.4907312. Frontier Group Holdings's current ratio of last year was 0.50250417. ==> 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.

Frontier Group Holdings's number of shares in issue this year was 226.991. Frontier Group Holdings's number of shares in issue last year was 223.429. ==> 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
=192/3822
=0.05023548

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=268/3606
=0.07432058

Frontier Group Holdings's gross margin of this year was 0.05023548. Frontier Group Holdings's gross margin of last year was 0.07432058. ==> 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 (Mar24)
=3822/5206
=0.7341529

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar23)
=3606/4670
=0.77216274

Frontier Group Holdings's asset turnover of this year was 0.7341529. Frontier Group Holdings's asset turnover of last year was 0.77216274. ==> 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+0+1+0+0+0+0+0+0
=2

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

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

Frontier Group Holdings  (NAS:ULCC) 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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Frontier Group Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
4545 Airport Way, Denver, CO, USA, 80239
Frontier Group Holdings Inc is an ultra-low-cost carrier whose business is focused on Low Fares Done Right. The company owns a fleet of 120 Airbus single-aisle aircraft, consisting of 13 A320ceos, 82 A320neos, 21 A321ceos and 4 A321neos. The use of these aircraft, their seating configuration, weight-saving tactics, and baggage process have all contributed to the ability to continue to be the fuel-efficient of all the U.S. The Company is managed as a single business unit that provides air transportation for passengers. Majority of revenue is from Domestic flight follow by International.
Executives
Howard Diamond officer: SVP, GC & Secretary C/O FRONTIER AIRLINES, 7001 TOWER ROAD, DENVER CO 80249
Mark Christopher Mitchell officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O FRONTIER GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., 4545 AIRPORT WAY, DENVER CO 80238
James G. Dempsey officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer C/O FRONTIER GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., 4545 AIRPORT WAY, DENVER CO 80238
Josh A Wetzel officer: VP & CAO C/O FRONTIER GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., 4545 AIRPORT WAY, DENVER CO 80239
Barry Biffle director, officer: See Remarks C/O SPIRIT AIRLINES, 2800 EXECUTIVE WAY, MIRAMAR FL 30325
Josh T. Connor director C/O FRONTIER GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., 4545 AIRPORT WAY, DENVER CO 80238
Rajat Khanna officer: See Remarks C/O FRONTIER GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., 4545 AIRPORT WAY, DENVER CO 80239
Jacob F. Filene officer: See Remarks C/O FRONTIER GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., 4545 AIRPORT WAY, DENVER CO 80238
Daniel M. Shurz officer: See Remarks C/O FRONTIER GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., 4545 AIRPORT WAY, DENVER CO 80238
Ofelia Kumpf director C/O FRONTIER GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., 4545 AIRPORT WAY, DENVER CO 80238
Robert J. Genise director C/O FRONTIER GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., 4545 AIRPORT WAY, DENVER CO 80238
Indigo Frontier Holdings Company, Llc 10 percent owner C/O INDIGO PARTNERS, 2525 EAST CAMELBACK ROAD, SUITE 900, PHOENIX AZ 85016
Patricia Salas Pineda director C/O LEVI STRAUSS & CO., 1155 BATTERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
William A Franke director, 10 percent owner
Trevor J. Stedke officer: See Remarks C/O FRONTIER GROUP HOLDINGS, INC., 4545 AIRPORT WAY, DENVER CO 80238