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MSG Networks (MSG Networks) Piotroski F-Score : 8 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is MSG Networks Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 8, indicating very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

MSG Networks has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

MSGN' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 8

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of MSG Networks was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


MSG Networks Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for MSG Networks'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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MSG Networks Piotroski F-Score Chart

MSG Networks Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 6.00 5.00 6.00 6.00

MSG Networks Quarterly Data
Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21
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 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.00

Competitive Comparison of MSG Networks's Piotroski F-Score

For the Entertainment subindustry, MSG Networks'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.


MSG Networks's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, MSG Networks's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MSG Networks'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 (Mar21) TTM:Last Year (Mar20) TTM:
Net Income was 55.92 + 35.011 + 41.523 + 45.583 = $178.0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 70.061 + 68.259 + 36.995 + 53.229 = $228.5 Mil.
Revenue was 152.114 + 157.363 + 146.239 + 177.853 = $633.6 Mil.
Gross Profit was 105.764 + 92.291 + 89.206 + 103.461 = $390.7 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar20)
to the end of this year (Mar21) was
(797.632 + 850.803 + 893.556 + 921.701 + 971.757) / 5 = $887.0898 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar20) was $797.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,017.6 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $454.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $96.6 Mil.
Net Income was 41.179 + 43.067 + 39.964 + 46.27 = $170.5 Mil.

Revenue was 168.362 + 160.981 + 187.73 + 184.972 = $702.0 Mil.
Gross Profit was 98.298 + 92.321 + 103.665 + 101.21 = $395.5 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar19)
to the end of last year (Mar20) was
(844.649 + 866.899 + 1001.931 + 784.761 + 797.632) / 5 = $859.1744 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar19) was $844.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,066.6 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $282.7 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $71.9 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.

MSG Networks's current Net Income (TTM) was 178.0. ==> 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.

MSG Networks's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 228.5. ==> 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 (Mar20)
=178.037/797.632
=0.22320694

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar19)
=170.48/844.649
=0.20183532

MSG Networks's return on assets of this year was 0.22320694. MSG Networks's return on assets of last year was 0.20183532. ==> 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.

MSG Networks's current Net Income (TTM) was 178.0. MSG Networks's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 228.5. ==> 228.5 > 178.0 ==> 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: Mar21)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar20 to Mar21
=1017.558/887.0898
=1.1470744

Gearing (Last Year: Mar20)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar19 to Mar20
=1066.602/859.1744
=1.24142665

MSG Networks's gearing of this year was 1.1470744. MSG Networks's gearing of last year was 1.24142665. ==> 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: Mar21)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=454.808/96.583
=4.70898605

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar20)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=282.694/71.917
=3.93083694

MSG Networks's current ratio of this year was 4.70898605. MSG Networks's current ratio of last year was 3.93083694. ==> 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.

MSG Networks's number of shares in issue this year was 58.235. MSG Networks's number of shares in issue last year was 60.315. ==> 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
=390.722/633.569
=0.6167

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=395.494/702.045
=0.56334565

MSG Networks's gross margin of this year was 0.6167. MSG Networks's gross margin of last year was 0.56334565. ==> 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 (Mar20)
=633.569/797.632
=0.79431241

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar19)
=702.045/844.649
=0.83116774

MSG Networks's asset turnover of this year was 0.79431241. MSG Networks's asset turnover of last year was 0.83116774. ==> 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+1+1+1+1+1+1+0
=8

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

MSG Networks has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

MSG Networks  (NYSE:MSGN) 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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MSG Networks (MSG Networks) Business Description

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Address
11 Pennsylvania Plaza, 3rd Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10001
MSG Networks Inc is engaged in sports production, and content development and distribution. The company owns and operates two regional sports and entertainment networks, MSG Network and MSG+, collectively MSG Networks. Its networks are distributed throughout its territory, which includes all of New York State and significant portions of New Jersey and Connecticut, as well as parts of Pennsylvania. The company generates revenues from affiliate fees charged to distributors for the right to carry its programming networks, as well as from the sale of advertising.
Executives
Stephen Mills director TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
Lawrence J. Burian officer: EVP and General Counsel TWO PENN PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
Dawn Darino-gorski officer: SVP, Controller & PAO 11 PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA NEW YORK NY 10001
Andrea Greenberg officer: President and CEO 11 PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10001
Bret Richter officer: EVP, CFO & Treasurer 11 PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10001
James Lawrence Dolan director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman, other: Member of 13D Group BAKER BOTTS L.L.P., 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10112
Kristin A Dolan director, 10 percent owner C/O MSG TWO PENN PLAZA, 26TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10121
Aidan J Dolan director 11 PENN PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10001
Joseph Cohen director TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
Quentin F Dolan director 11 PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10001
Hank Ratner director 1111 STEWART AVE C/O CABLEVISON BETHPAGE NY 11714-3581
John L Sykes director 2 PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
Joel M. Litvin director TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10011
Paul Joseph Dolan director, other: Trustee of Member of 13D Group TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
Joseph Lhota director TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121

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