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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
Ambac Financial Group has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.
The historical rank and industry rank for Ambac Financial Group's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Ambac Financial Group was 9. The lowest was 1. And the median was 5.
The historical data trend for Ambac Financial Group'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.
Ambac Financial Group Annual Data | |||||||||||||||||||||
Trend | Dec14 | Dec15 | Dec16 | Dec17 | Dec18 | Dec19 | Dec20 | Dec21 | Dec22 | Dec23 | |||||||||||
Piotroski F-Score | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | 3.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 9.00 | 5.00 |
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Mar19 | Jun19 | Sep19 | Dec19 | Mar20 | Jun20 | Sep20 | Dec20 | Mar21 | Jun21 | Sep21 | Dec21 | Mar22 | Jun22 | Sep22 | Dec22 | Mar23 | Jun23 | Sep23 | Dec23 | |
Piotroski F-Score | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | 9.00 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 |
For the Insurance - Specialty subindustry, Ambac Financial Group'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.
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Ambac Financial Group's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ambac Financial Group's Piotroski F-Score falls into.
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 (Dec23) TTM: | Last Year (Dec22) TTM: |
Net Income was -32 + -13 + 66 + -16 = $5.0 Mil. Cash Flow from Operations was 77 + 24 + 11 + 88 = $200.0 Mil. Revenue was 57 + 61 + 72 + 73 = $263.0 Mil. Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22) to the end of this year (Dec23) was (7973 + 8219 + 8132 + 7847 + 8428) / 5 = $8119.8 Mil. Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $7,973.0 Mil. Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,475.0 Mil. Total Assets was $8,428.0 Mil. Total Liabilities was $6,996.0 Mil. |
Net Income was 2 + 5 + 340 + 174 = $521.0 Mil. Revenue was 120 + 29 + 80 + 195 = $424.0 Mil. Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21) to the end of last year (Dec22) was (12303 + 11531 + 10061 + 9412 + 7973) / 5 = $10256 Mil. Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $12,303.0 Mil. Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,746.0 Mil. Total Assets was $7,973.0 Mil. Total Liabilities was $6,648.0 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.
Ambac Financial Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 5.0.
==> 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.
Ambac Financial Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 200.0.
==> 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 (Dec22) |
= | 5 | / | 7973 | |
= | 0.00062712 |
ROA (Last Year) | = | Net Income | / | Total Assets (Dec21) |
= | 521 | / | 12303 | |
= | 0.04234739 |
Ambac Financial Group's return on assets of this year was 0.00062712. Ambac Financial Group's return on assets of last year was 0.04234739.
==> 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.
Ambac Financial Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 5.0. Ambac Financial Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 200.0.
==> 200.0 > 5.0 ==> 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: Dec23) | = | Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation | / | Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23 |
= | 3475 | / | 8119.8 | |
= | 0.42796621 |
Gearing (Last Year: Dec22) | = | Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation | / | Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22 |
= | 3746 | / | 10256 | |
= | 0.36524961 |
Ambac Financial Group's gearing of this year was 0.42796621. Ambac Financial Group's gearing of last year was 0.36524961.
==> 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
* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Total Current Assets and Total Current Liabilities reported. Thus, we use Total Assets and Total Liabilities to calculate current ratio for banks and insurance companies.
Current Ratio (This Year: Dec23) | = | Total Assets | / | Total Liabilities |
= | 8428 | / | 6996 | |
= | 1.20468839 |
Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22) | = | Total Assets | / | Total Liabilities |
= | 7973 | / | 6648 | |
= | 1.19930806 |
Ambac Financial Group's current ratio of this year was 1.20468839. Ambac Financial Group's current ratio of last year was 1.19930806.
==> 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.
Ambac Financial Group's number of shares in issue this year was 45.803. Ambac Financial Group's number of shares in issue last year was 46.591.
==> 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.
* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Gross Profit reported. Thus, we use net income instead of gross profit and calculate Net Margin for this score.
Net Margin (This Year: TTM) | = | Net Income | / | Revenue |
= | 5 | / | 263 | |
= | 0.01901141 |
Net Margin (Last Year: TTM) | = | Net Income | / | Revenue |
= | 521 | / | 424 | |
= | 1.22877358 |
Ambac Financial Group's net margin of this year was 0.01901141. Ambac Financial Group's net margin of last year was 1.22877358.
==> Last year's net 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 (Dec22) |
= | 263 | / | 7973 | |
= | 0.03298633 |
Asset Turnover (Last Year) | = | Revenue | / | Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21) |
= | 424 | / | 12303 | |
= | 0.03446314 |
Ambac Financial Group's asset turnover of this year was 0.03298633. Ambac Financial Group's asset turnover of last year was 0.03446314.
==> 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 | + | 0 | + | 1 | + | 0 | + | 1 | + | 1 | + | 0 | + | 0 | |
= | 5 |
Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3
Ambac Financial Group has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.
Ambac Financial Group (NYSE:AMBC) 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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Claude Leblanc | director, officer: Chief Executive Officer | ONE BERMUDIANA ROAD, HAMILTON D0 HM 11 |
Kristi Ann Matus | director | C/O EQUITABLE HOLDINGS, INC., 1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10104 |
Michael D Price | director | 67 ORCHARD DRIVE, NEW CANAAN CT 06840 |
C James Prieur | director | |
Lisa G Iglesias | director | 1 FOUNTAIN SQUARE, LAW DEPT. 7S730, CHATTANOOGA TN 37402 |
David Trick | officer: Sr. MD., CFO & Treasurer | AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., ONE STATE STREET PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004 |
Daniel Mcginnis | officer: Sr. MD & COO | C/O AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER, 41ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10007 |
R Sharon Smith | officer: Senior Managing Director | ONE STATE STREET PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004 |
Robert Bryan Eisman | officer: Sr. MD & CAO | AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC., ONE STATE STREET PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004 |
Jeffrey Scott Stein | director | 601 TRAVIS, SUITE 1400, HOUSTON TX 77002 |
Stephen Michael Ksenak | officer: Sr. MD & General Counsel | AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., ONE STATE STREET PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004 |
Joan M Lammtennant | director | 40 WANTAGE AVE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890 |
David Barranco | officer: Senior Managing Director | C/O AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC, ONE STATE STREET PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004 |
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