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Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund (Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund Piotroski F-Score?

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund 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 Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

BSL' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 5

During the past 8 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 5.


Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund'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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Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund Piotroski F-Score Chart

Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 8.00 5.00 6.00 4.00 5.00

Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund Semi-Annual Data
Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.00 - 4.00 - 5.00

Competitive Comparison of Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's Piotroski F-Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund'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.


Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund'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 $26.87 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $-11.55 Mil.
Revenue was $28.08 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (315.855 + 295.898) / 2 = $305.8765 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $315.86 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $89.60 Mil.
Total Assets was $295.90 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $105.57 Mil.
Net Income was $-19.14 Mil.

Revenue was $-18.09 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (352.035 + 315.855) / 2 = $333.945 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $352.04 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $85.04 Mil.
Total Assets was $315.86 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $133.72 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.

Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's current Net Income (TTM) was 26.87. ==> 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.

Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -11.55. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=26.866/315.855
=0.08505802

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-19.139/352.035
=-0.05436675

Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's return on assets of this year was 0.08505802. Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's return on assets of last year was -0.05436675. ==> 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.

Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's current Net Income (TTM) was 26.87. Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -11.55. ==> -11.55 <= 26.87 ==> 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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=89.6/305.8765
=0.29292868

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=85.038/333.945
=0.25464672

Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's gearing of this year was 0.29292868. Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's gearing of last year was 0.25464672. ==> 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
=295.898/105.573
=2.80278101

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=315.855/133.715
=2.36215084

Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's current ratio of this year was 2.80278101. Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's current ratio of last year was 2.36215084. ==> 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.

Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's number of shares in issue this year was 12.979. Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's number of shares in issue last year was 14.177. ==> 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
=26.866/28.083
=0.95666417

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=-19.139/-18.094
=1.05775395

Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's net margin of this year was 0.95666417. Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's net margin of last year was 1.05775395. ==> 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)
=28.083/315.855
=0.08891105

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=-18.094/352.035
=-0.0513983

Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's asset turnover of this year was 0.08891105. Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund's asset turnover of last year was -0.0513983. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

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+1+1+0+1
=5

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

Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund  (NYSE:BSL) 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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Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund (Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
345 Park Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10154
Blackstone Senior Floating Rate Term Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to seek high current income, with a secondary objective to seek preservation of capital, consistent with its primary goal of high current income. It also invests in second-lien loans and high yield bonds and employs financial leverage, which may increase the risk to the Fund.
Executives
Thomas W Jasper other: Trustee C/O PRIMUS ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., 360 MADISON AVENUE, 23RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Gordon Mckemie other: Portfolio Manager C/O GSO CAPITAL PARTNERS LP, 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
William J Renahan officer: Chief Compliance Officer 399 PARK AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Valerie Naratil officer: Public Relations Officer 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
Gregory Roppa officer: CFO & Treasurer 601 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jane Siebels director 345 PARK AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10154
Robert Post other: Portfolio Manager C/O GSO/BLACKSTONE DEBT FUNDS MGMT, LLC, 345 PARK AVE 31ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10154
Robert W Busch officer: CFO & Treasurer C/O HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, 40 WEST 57TH STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Robert Zable officer: See Remarks, other: See Remarks 1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1100, DENVER CO 80203
Dohyun (doris) Lee-silvestri officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, 40 WEST 57TH STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Jane Lee other: Mng Dir.of Investment Advisor 1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1100 CO 80203
Smith Daniel Harlan Jr. officer: CEO, President, other: Trustee, Chairman 1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1100, DENVER CO 80203
Marisa Janel Beeney officer: CCO, Chief Legal Officer,Sec. 1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1100, DENVER CO 80203
Gary S Schpero other: Trustee 1290 BROADWAY, SUITE 1100, DENVER CO 80203
Lee Michael Shaiman officer: Exec. VP, Assistant Secretary C/O INVESTCORP CREDIT MANAGEMENT BDC INC, 280 PARK AVENUE, 39TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017

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