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Applied Industrial Technologies Piotroski F-Score

: 4 (As of Today)
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The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Applied Industrial Technologies has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

NYSE:AIT' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 6   Max: 9
Current: 4
1
9

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Applied Industrial Technologies was 9. The lowest was 1. And the median was 6.

Applied Industrial Technologies Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Applied Industrial Technologies Annual Data
Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20
Piotroski F-Score Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 5.00

Applied Industrial Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20
Piotroski F-Score 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 4.00
Competitive Comparison
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Applied Industrial Technologies Piotroski F-Score Distribution

* The bar in red indicates where Applied Industrial Technologies's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Dec20) TTM:Last Year (Dec19) TTM:
Net Income was -82.777 + 29.989 + 34.784 + -5.334 = $-23 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 64.725 + 127.09 + 81.842 + 77.514 = $351 Mil.
Revenue was 830.797 + 725.076 + 747.807 + 751.287 = $3,055 Mil.
Gross Profit was 236.752 + 208.29 + 215.781 + 209.534 = $870 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec19)
to the end of this year (Dec20) was
(2418.997 + 2289.529 + 2283.551 + 2249.253 + 2241.017) / 5 = $2296.4694 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec19) was $2,419 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $783 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,152 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $426 Mil.		 Net Income was 16.535 + 39.803 + 38.799 + 38.031 = $133 Mil.

Revenue was 885.443 + 882.743 + 856.404 + 833.375 = $3,458 Mil.
Gross Profit was 255.559 + 257.351 + 251.46 + 241.234 = $1,006 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec18)
to the end of last year (Dec19) was
(2289.988 + 2322.81 + 2331.697 + 2429.732 + 2418.997) / 5 = $2358.6448 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec18) was $2,290 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $874 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,143 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $421 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.

Applied Industrial Technologies's current Net Income (TTM) was -23. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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.

Applied Industrial Technologies's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 351. ==> 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 (Dec19)
=-23.338/2418.997
=-0.0096478

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec18)
=133.168/2289.988
=0.05815227

Applied Industrial Technologies's return on assets of this year was -0.0096478. Applied Industrial Technologies's return on assets of last year was 0.05815227. ==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.

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.

Applied Industrial Technologies's current Net Income (TTM) was -23. Applied Industrial Technologies's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 351. ==> 351 > -23 ==> 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: Dec20)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec19 to Dec20
=783.076/2296.4694
=0.34099126

Gearing (Last Year: Dec19)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec18 to Dec19
=874.423/2358.6448
=0.37073111

Applied Industrial Technologies's gearing of this year was 0.34099126. Applied Industrial Technologies's gearing of last year was 0.37073111. ==> 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: Dec20)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1151.596/425.867
=2.70412124

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec19)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1142.555/420.701
=2.71583619

Applied Industrial Technologies's current ratio of this year was 2.70412124. Applied Industrial Technologies's current ratio of last year was 2.71583619. ==> 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.

Applied Industrial Technologies's number of shares in issue this year was 38.781. Applied Industrial Technologies's number of shares in issue last year was 39.047. ==> 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
=870.357/3054.967
=0.28489899

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1005.604/3457.965
=0.29080803

Applied Industrial Technologies's gross margin of this year was 0.28489899. Applied Industrial Technologies's gross margin of last year was 0.29080803. ==> 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 (Dec19)
=3054.967/2418.997
=1.26290649

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec18)
=3457.965/2289.988
=1.5100363

Applied Industrial Technologies's asset turnover of this year was 1.26290649. Applied Industrial Technologies's asset turnover of last year was 1.5100363. ==> 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
=0+1+0+1+1+0+1+0+0
=4

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

Applied Industrial Technologies has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Applied Industrial Technologies  (NYSE:AIT) 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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