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SAIC (Science Applications International) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Jun. 26, 2025)


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What is Science Applications International 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

Science Applications International has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

SAIC' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 9
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Science Applications International was 9. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


Science Applications International Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Science Applications 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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Science Applications International Piotroski F-Score Chart

Science Applications International Annual Data
Trend Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Piotroski F-Score
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Science Applications International Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Science Applications International's Piotroski F-Score

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Science Applications 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.


Science Applications International's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Science Applications International's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Science Applications International's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


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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 (Apr25) TTM:Last Year (Apr24) TTM:
Net Income was 81 + 106 + 98 + 68 = $353 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 138 + 143 + 115 + 100 = $496 Mil.
Revenue was 1818 + 1976 + 1838 + 1877 = $7,509 Mil.
Gross Profit was 210 + 237 + 232 + 209 = $888 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Apr24)
to the end of this year (Apr25) was
(5250 + 5250 + 5275 + 5246 + 5211) / 5 = $5246.4 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Apr24) was $5,250 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,036 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,148 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,474 Mil.
Net Income was 247 + 93 + 39 + 77 = $456 Mil.

Revenue was 1784 + 1895 + 1737 + 1847 = $7,263 Mil.
Gross Profit was 216 + 229 + 192 + 213 = $850 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Apr23)
to the end of last year (Apr24) was
(5957 + 5672 + 5658 + 5314 + 5250) / 5 = $5570.2 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Apr23) was $5,957 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,129 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,091 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,154 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.

Science Applications International's current Net Income (TTM) was 353. ==> 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.

Science Applications International's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 496. ==> 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 (Apr24)
=353/5250
=0.0672381

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Apr23)
=456/5957
=0.0765486

Science Applications International's return on assets of this year was 0.0672381. Science Applications International's return on assets of last year was 0.0765486. ==> 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.

Science Applications International's current Net Income (TTM) was 353. Science Applications International's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 496. ==> 496 > 353 ==> 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: Apr25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Apr24 to Apr25
=2036/5246.4
=0.38807563

Gearing (Last Year: Apr24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Apr23 to Apr24
=2129/5570.2
=0.38221249

Science Applications International's gearing of this year was 0.38807563. Science Applications International's gearing of last year was 0.38221249. ==> 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: Apr25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1148/1474
=0.77883311

Current Ratio (Last Year: Apr24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1091/1154
=0.94540728

Science Applications International's current ratio of this year was 0.77883311. Science Applications International's current ratio of last year was 0.94540728. ==> 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.

Science Applications International's number of shares in issue this year was 47.8. Science Applications International's number of shares in issue last year was 52.1. ==> 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
=888/7509
=0.11825809

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=850/7263
=0.11703153

Science Applications International's gross margin of this year was 0.11825809. Science Applications International's gross margin of last year was 0.11703153. ==> 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 (Apr24)
=7509/5250
=1.43028571

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Apr23)
=7263/5957
=1.21923787

Science Applications International's asset turnover of this year was 1.43028571. Science Applications International's asset turnover of last year was 1.21923787. ==> 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+0+1+0+0+1+1+1
=6

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

Science Applications International has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Science Applications International  (NAS:SAIC) 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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Science Applications International Business Description

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Address
12010 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA, USA, 20190
Science Applications International Corp provides technical, engineering, and enterprise IT services mainly to the U.S. government. Specifically, it offers end-to-end solutions spanning the design, development, integration, deployment, management and operations, sustainment, and security of the customer's entire IT infrastructure. The company has two reportable segments which include Defense and Intelligence and the Civilian segment. Maximum revenue is generated from its Defense and Intelligence segment, which provides a diverse portfolio of national security solutions to the Department of Defence (DoD) and the Intelligence Community of the United States Government. The Civilian segment provides solutions to the civilian markets, encompassing federal, state, and local governments.
Executives
Garth Graham director 12010 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, RESTON VA 20190
Carolyn B Handlon director 1555 PEACHTREE ST. NE, SUITE 1800, ATLANTA GA 30309
James Reagan director C/O DELTEK, 13880 DULLES CORNER LANE, HERNDON VA 20171
Toni Townes-whitley director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 8340 SPRINGHAVEN GARDEN LANE, MCLEAN, VA X1 22102
Katharina G. Mcfarland director 4803 STONECROFT BOULEVARD, CHANTILLY VA 20151
Milford W Mcguirt director 3400 CUMBERLAND BOULEVARD, ATLANTA GA 30339
Prabu Natarajan officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer 12010 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, RESTON VA 20190
Hilary Hageman officer: EVP General Counsel, Secretary 9333 BALBOA AVENUE, SAN DIEGO CA 92123
Michelle A. O'hara officer: EVP, CHRO 12010 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, RESTON VA 20190
Donna S Morea director 214 N TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Robert S. Genter officer: EVP, CGM, Civilian Markets 12010 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, RESTON VA 20190
Dana S Deasy director
Michael W. Larouche officer: EVP, CGM, National Security 12010 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, RESTON VA 20190
Nazzic S Keene officer: COO, Sector President 1710 SAIC DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Timothy J Mayopoulos director C/O FANNIE MAE, 1100 15TH STREET, NW, WASHINGTON DC 20005