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Forge Global Holdings (Forge Global Holdings) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Forge Global Holdings Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 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

Forge Global Holdings has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Forge Global Holdings's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

FRGE' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 3   Max: 3
Current: 3

During the past 5 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Forge Global Holdings was 3. The lowest was 3. And the median was 3.


Forge Global Holdings Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Forge Global 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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Forge Global Holdings Piotroski F-Score Chart

Forge Global Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
N/A N/A N/A 3.00 3.00

Forge Global Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 3.00 N/A N/A 2.00 3.00

Competitive Comparison of Forge Global Holdings's Piotroski F-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Forge Global 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.


Forge Global Holdings's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Forge Global Holdings's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Forge Global Holdings'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 -21.188 + -24.889 + -18.348 + -25.796 = $-90.22 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -17.715 + -13.622 + -3.547 + -6.572 = $-41.46 Mil.
Revenue was 15.46 + 16.637 + 18.415 + 18.878 = $69.39 Mil.
Gross Profit was 15.46 + 16.637 + 18.415 + 18.878 = $69.39 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(363.729 + 338.329 + 326.067 + 317.52 + 310.731) / 5 = $331.2752 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $363.73 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2.71 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $163.10 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $24.21 Mil.
Net Income was -64.424 + -5.119 + -16.198 + -26.118 = $-111.86 Mil.

Revenue was 19.89 + 16.462 + 15.814 + 16.735 = $68.90 Mil.
Gross Profit was 19.89 + 16.462 + 15.814 + 16.735 = $68.90 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(257.895 + 379.173 + 386.106 + 370.862 + 363.729) / 5 = $351.553 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $257.90 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3.54 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $206.89 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $26.39 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.

Forge Global Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was -90.22. ==> 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.

Forge Global Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -41.46. ==> 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)
=-90.221/363.729
=-0.24804456

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-111.859/257.895
=-0.43373854

Forge Global Holdings's return on assets of this year was -0.24804456. Forge Global Holdings's return on assets of last year was -0.43373854. ==> 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.

Forge Global Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was -90.22. Forge Global Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -41.46. ==> -41.46 > -90.22 ==> 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
=2.707/331.2752
=0.00817145

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=3.541/351.553
=0.01007245

Forge Global Holdings's gearing of this year was 0.00817145. Forge Global Holdings's gearing of last year was 0.01007245. ==> 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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=163.104/24.212
=6.7364943

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=206.888/26.385
=7.84112185

Forge Global Holdings's current ratio of this year was 6.7364943. Forge Global Holdings's current ratio of last year was 7.84112185. ==> 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.

Forge Global Holdings's number of shares in issue this year was 174.472. Forge Global Holdings's number of shares in issue last year was 172.172. ==> 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
=69.39/69.39
=1

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=68.901/68.901
=1

Forge Global Holdings's gross margin of this year was 1. Forge Global Holdings'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

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Dec22)
=69.39/363.729
=0.1907739

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=68.901/257.895
=0.26716687

Forge Global Holdings's asset turnover of this year was 0.1907739. Forge Global Holdings's asset turnover of last year was 0.26716687. ==> 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+0+1+1+1+0+0+0+0
=3

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

Forge Global Holdings has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Forge Global Holdings  (NYSE:FRGE) 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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Forge Global Holdings (Forge Global Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
415 Mission Street, Suite 5510, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94105
Forge Global Holdings Inc is a financial service platform created to serve the unique needs of the private market. It provides marketplace infrastructure, data services, and technology solutions for private market participants. The Company offers a trusted trading platform, proprietary data and insights to inform investment strategies, along with custody services to help companies, shareholders, institutions and accredited investors confidently navigate and transact in the private market.
Executives
Kelly Rodriques director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 415 MISSION ST, SUITE 5510, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Kimberley H Vogel director 63 CONSTITUTION DRIVE, CHICO CA 95973
Christoph Hansmeyer director 415 MISSION ST, SUITE 5510, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Johnathan H Short officer: Chief Legal Officer 2100 RIVEREDGE PARKWAY, SUITE 500, ATLANTA GA 30308
Asiff S Hirji director 250 FAIR OAKS STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94110
Herbert James H. Ii director 1230 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 2ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10020
Ashwin Kumar director 415 MISSION ST, SUITE 5510, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Stephen J. George director 415 MISSION ST, SUITE 5510, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Jose Cobos officer: Chief Operating Officer 415 MISSION ST, SUITE 5510, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Borse Ag Deutsche 10 percent owner
Mark P Lee officer: Chief Financial Officer 415 MISSION ST, SUITE 5510, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Steven J. Mclaughlin director 277 PARK AVENUE 29TH FLOOR, SUITE B, NEW YORK NY 10172
Kristy Trieste director, officer: CFO and Director C/O MOTIVE CAPITAL, 250 GREENWICH STREET, FLOOR 47, NEW YORK NY 10007
Motive Capital Funds Sponsor, Llc 10 percent owner 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, FLOOR 47, NEW YORK NY 10007
Stephen C. Daffron director C/O THE DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION, 103 JOHN F. KENNEDY PARKWAY, SHORT HILLS NJ 07078-2708