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Sunnova Energy International (Sunnova Energy International) Piotroski F-Score : 2 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Sunnova Energy International Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 2 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

Sunnova Energy International has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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

NOVA' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 2   Max: 3
Current: 2

During the past 7 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Sunnova Energy International was 3. The lowest was 2. And the median was 2.


Sunnova Energy International Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sunnova Energy International'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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Sunnova Energy International Piotroski F-Score Chart

Sunnova Energy International Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Sunnova Energy International's Piotroski F-Score

For the Solar subindustry, Sunnova Energy International'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.


Sunnova Energy International's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Sunnova Energy International's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sunnova Energy International'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 -81.083 + -86.091 + -63.147 + -187.64 = $-418.0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -169.327 + -13.215 + -12.249 + -42.771 = $-237.6 Mil.
Revenue was 161.696 + 166.377 + 198.398 + 194.182 = $720.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was 62.496 + 78.118 + 82.98 + 69.562 = $293.2 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(8336.892 + 8902.208 + 9606.795 + 10785.305 + 11340.971) / 5 = $9794.4342 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $8,336.9 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $7,030.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $936.2 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,095.3 Mil.
Net Income was -35.058 + -41.137 + -64.543 + -20.904 = $-161.6 Mil.

Revenue was 65.722 + 147.012 + 149.364 + 195.592 = $557.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was 36.195 + 64.893 + 68.217 + 61.308 = $230.6 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(5504.234 + 5928.453 + 6687.812 + 7649.725 + 8336.892) / 5 = $6821.4232 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $5,504.2 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,194.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $948.4 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $541.9 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.

Sunnova Energy International's current Net Income (TTM) was -418.0. ==> 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.

Sunnova Energy International's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -237.6. ==> 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)
=-417.961/8336.892
=-0.05013391

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-161.642/5504.234
=-0.02936685

Sunnova Energy International's return on assets of this year was -0.05013391. Sunnova Energy International's return on assets of last year was -0.02936685. ==> 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.

Sunnova Energy International's current Net Income (TTM) was -418.0. Sunnova Energy International's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -237.6. ==> -237.6 > -418.0 ==> 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
=7030.756/9794.4342
=0.71783177

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=5194.755/6821.4232
=0.76153536

Sunnova Energy International's gearing of this year was 0.71783177. Sunnova Energy International's gearing of last year was 0.76153536. ==> 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
=936.248/1095.292
=0.85479306

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=948.389/541.946
=1.74996955

Sunnova Energy International's current ratio of this year was 0.85479306. Sunnova Energy International's current ratio of last year was 1.74996955. ==> 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.

Sunnova Energy International's number of shares in issue this year was 122.465. Sunnova Energy International's number of shares in issue last year was 114.924. ==> 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
=293.156/720.653
=0.40679217

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=230.613/557.69
=0.41351468

Sunnova Energy International's gross margin of this year was 0.40679217. Sunnova Energy International's gross margin of last year was 0.41351468. ==> 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)
=720.653/8336.892
=0.08644145

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=557.69/5504.234
=0.10132018

Sunnova Energy International's asset turnover of this year was 0.08644145. Sunnova Energy International's asset turnover of last year was 0.10132018. ==> 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+0+1+1+0+0+0+0
=2

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

Sunnova Energy International has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Sunnova Energy International  (NYSE:NOVA) 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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Sunnova Energy International (Sunnova Energy International) Business Description

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Address
20 East Greenway Plaza, Suite 540, Houston, TX, USA, 77046
Sunnova Energy International Inc is a residential solar and energy storage service provider company. It offers services such as operations and maintenance, monitoring, repairs and replacements, equipment upgrades and onsite power optimization. The products and services offered by the group include Add-on battery storage, Home solar protection plans, New solar battery storage, and various other solar systems.
Executives
William J Berger director, officer: See Remarks 20 EAST GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 475, HOUSTON TX 77046
Akbar Mohamed director 20 EAST GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 475, HOUSTON TX 77046
Anne S Andrew director 20 EAST GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 475, HOUSTON TX 77046
Nora Mead Brownell director C/O COMVERGE, INC., 120 EAGLE ROCK AVENUE, SUITE 190, EAST HANOVER NJ 07936
Mary Yang director 7035 RIDGE RD, HANOVER MD 21076
Lynch Jack O. Iii officer: See Remarks 601 W. RIVERSIDE AVENUE, SUITE 1100, SPOKANE WA 99201
Santo Salvo John T officer: See Remarks 20 EAST GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 475, HOUSTON TX 77046
Kris W Hillstrand officer: See Remarks 20 EAST GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 475, HOUSTON TX 77046
Chris Hayden officer: See Remarks 20 EAST GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 540, HOUSTON TX 77046
Kelsey Hultberg officer: See Remarks 20 EAST GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 540, HOUSTON TX 77046
Michael P Grasso director 20 EAST GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 475, HOUSTON TX 77046
Robert Lawrence Lane officer: See Remarks 12140 WICKCHESTER LANE, SUITE 100, HOUSTON TX 77079
Meghan Nutting officer: See Remarks 20 EAST GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 475, HOUSTON TX 77046
David Searle officer: See Remarks. 20 EAST GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 540, HOUSTON TX 77046
Paul S Mathews officer: See Remarks 20 EAST GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 540, HOUSTON TX 77046