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Miller Industries (Miller Industries) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Miller Industries 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

Miller Industries 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 Miller Industries's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

MLR' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 5   Max: 6
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Miller Industries was 6. The lowest was 4. And the median was 5.


Miller Industries Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Miller Industries'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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Miller Industries Piotroski F-Score Chart

Miller Industries Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 6.00 4.00 4.00 5.00

Miller Industries Quarterly Data
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 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 4.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00

Competitive Comparison of Miller Industries's Piotroski F-Score

For the Auto Parts subindustry, Miller Industries'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.


Miller Industries's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Miller Industries's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Miller Industries'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 9.22 + 14.915 + 17.459 + 16.695 = $58 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -6.764 + 9.674 + 1.303 + 6.75 = $11 Mil.
Revenue was 282.275 + 300.264 + 274.568 + 296.246 = $1,153 Mil.
Gross Profit was 30.417 + 39.929 + 42.868 + 38.64 = $152 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(501.429 + 558.165 + 606.995 + 587.406 + 647.21) / 5 = $580.241 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $501 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $61 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $510 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $235 Mil.
Net Income was 2.065 + 3.757 + 5.232 + 9.292 = $20 Mil.

Revenue was 215.545 + 201.5 + 205.557 + 225.854 = $848 Mil.
Gross Profit was 15.34 + 18.374 + 23.18 + 25.525 = $82 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(437.644 + 467.481 + 497.849 + 477.264 + 501.429) / 5 = $476.3334 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $438 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $46 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $376 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $156 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.

Miller Industries's current Net Income (TTM) was 58. ==> 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.

Miller Industries's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 11. ==> 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)
=58.289/501.429
=0.11624577

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=20.346/437.644
=0.04648984

Miller Industries's return on assets of this year was 0.11624577. Miller Industries's return on assets of last year was 0.04648984. ==> 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.

Miller Industries's current Net Income (TTM) was 58. Miller Industries's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 11. ==> 11 <= 58 ==> 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
=60.506/580.241
=0.10427736

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=45.597/476.3334
=0.09572497

Miller Industries's gearing of this year was 0.10427736. Miller Industries's gearing of last year was 0.09572497. ==> 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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=510.471/234.714
=2.17486388

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=376.048/156.145
=2.40832559

Miller Industries's current ratio of this year was 2.17486388. Miller Industries's current ratio of last year was 2.40832559. ==> 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.

Miller Industries's number of shares in issue this year was 11.543. Miller Industries's number of shares in issue last year was 11.417. ==> 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
=151.854/1153.353
=0.13166307

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=82.419/848.456
=0.09713998

Miller Industries's gross margin of this year was 0.13166307. Miller Industries's gross margin of last year was 0.09713998. ==> This year's gross margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

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)
=1153.353/501.429
=2.30013222

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=848.456/437.644
=1.93868989

Miller Industries's asset turnover of this year was 2.30013222. Miller Industries's asset turnover of last year was 1.93868989. ==> 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+1+1+0+0+0+0+1+1
=5

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

Miller Industries has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Miller Industries  (NYSE:MLR) 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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Miller Industries (Miller Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
8503 Hilltop Drive, Ooltewah, TN, USA, 37363
Miller Industries Inc is engaged in the manufacturing of vehicle towing and recovery equipment. The company produces wreckers, car carriers, and trailer bodies under the Century, Vulcan, Challenger, Holmes, Champion, Chevron, Eagle, Titan, Jige, and Boniface brands. The products are sold primarily in North America, Canada, and Mexico through independent distributors.
Executives
Jill Sutton director 313 IRON HORSE WAY, PROVIDENCE RI 02908
Peter Lee Jackson director 8503 HILLTOP DRIVE, OOLTEWAH TN 37363
Javier A Reyes director 65 FALLING WATER LANE, MORGANTOWN WV 26508
Susan E Sweeney director 5605 CARNEGIE BLVD. SUITE 500, CHARLOTTE NC 28209
Jeffrey I Badgley officer: Co-CEO
Miller William G. Ii director, officer: CEO and President 8503 HILLTOP DRIVE, OOLTEWAH TN 37363
Josias W. Reyneke officer: Chief Information Officer 8503 HILLTOP DRIVE, OOLTEWAH TN 37363
Deborah L Whitmire director, officer: Chief Financial Officer 8503 HILLTOP DRIVE, OOLTEWAH TN 37363
Frank Madonia officer: Executive VP, Secretary & GC
Vincent J. Tiano officer: Vice President and CRO 8515 CAVANAUGH LANE, HIXSON TN 37343
Jamison Linden officer: Vice President and CMO 8503 HILLTOP DRIVE, OOLTEWAH TN 37363
Leigh Walton director 150 THIRD AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 2800, NASHVILLE TN 37201
Ashford Theodore H. Iii director 909 STUART ROAD, WILMINGTON DE 19807
Richard H Roberts director C/O MILLER INDUSTRIES, INC., 8503 HILLTOP DRIVE, OOLTEWAH TN 37363
Chandler A Russell Iii director C/O KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP, 110 PEACHTREE STREET SUITE 2800, ATLANTA GA 30309