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SKIL (Skillsoft) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Jul. 22, 2025)


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What is Skillsoft 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

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

SKIL' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 4   Max: 6
Current: 5

During the past 5 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Skillsoft was 6. The lowest was 2. And the median was 4.


Skillsoft Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Skillsoft'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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Skillsoft Piotroski F-Score Chart

Skillsoft Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Jan20 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Piotroski F-Score
N/A - 5.00 5.00 5.00

Skillsoft Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jul21 Oct21 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25
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 4.00 5.00 5.00

Competitive Comparison of Skillsoft's Piotroski F-Score

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Skillsoft'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.


Skillsoft's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Skillsoft's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Skillsoft'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 -39.566 + -23.599 + -31.107 + -38.049 = $-132.3 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -11.44 + 8.717 + 17.751 + 31.298 = $46.3 Mil.
Revenue was 132.223 + 137.225 + 133.753 + 124.201 = $527.4 Mil.
Gross Profit was 99.752 + 102.913 + 100.128 + 91.954 = $394.7 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Apr24)
to the end of this year (Apr25) was
(1180.86 + 1126.392 + 1053.531 + 1106.069 + 1022.486) / 5 = $1097.8676 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Apr24) was $1,180.9 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $572.2 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $277.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $324.9 Mil.
Net Income was -31.999 + -27.736 + -245.326 + -27.636 = $-332.7 Mil.

Revenue was 141.187 + 138.956 + 137.54 + 127.793 = $545.5 Mil.
Gross Profit was 100.72 + 102.549 + 99.081 + 93.322 = $395.7 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Apr23)
to the end of last year (Apr24) was
(1540.361 + 1478.074 + 1424.971 + 1273.634 + 1180.86) / 5 = $1379.58 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Apr23) was $1,540.4 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $583.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $318.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $350.8 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.

Skillsoft's current Net Income (TTM) was -132.3. ==> 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.

Skillsoft's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 46.3. ==> 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)
=-132.321/1180.86
=-0.11205477

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Apr23)
=-332.697/1540.361
=-0.21598638

Skillsoft's return on assets of this year was -0.11205477. Skillsoft's return on assets of last year was -0.21598638. ==> 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.

Skillsoft's current Net Income (TTM) was -132.3. Skillsoft's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 46.3. ==> 46.3 > -132.3 ==> 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
=572.232/1097.8676
=0.52122132

Gearing (Last Year: Apr24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Apr23 to Apr24
=583.784/1379.58
=0.42316067

Skillsoft's gearing of this year was 0.52122132. Skillsoft's gearing of last year was 0.42316067. ==> 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
=277.837/324.915
=0.85510672

Current Ratio (Last Year: Apr24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=318.534/350.792
=0.90804237

Skillsoft's current ratio of this year was 0.85510672. Skillsoft's current ratio of last year was 0.90804237. ==> 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.

Skillsoft's number of shares in issue this year was 8.325. Skillsoft's number of shares in issue last year was 8.089. ==> 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
=394.747/527.402
=0.7484746

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=395.672/545.476
=0.72537014

Skillsoft's gross margin of this year was 0.7484746. Skillsoft's gross margin of last year was 0.72537014. ==> 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)
=527.402/1180.86
=0.44662534

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Apr23)
=545.476/1540.361
=0.35412218

Skillsoft's asset turnover of this year was 0.44662534. Skillsoft's asset turnover of last year was 0.35412218. ==> 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
=0+1+1+1+0+0+0+1+1
=5

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

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

Skillsoft  (NYSE:SKIL) 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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Skillsoft Business Description

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300 Innovative Way, Suite 2210, Nashua, NH, USA, 03062
Skillsoft Corp is a leader in corporate digital learning. The company's segment includes Talent Development Solutions and Global Knowledge. Talent Development Solutions brings a foundation of products and customers. TDS enterprise-grade solution serves customers and employees world-wide. TDS Learner is a world-renowned consumer-scale and experience learner platform that serves learners world-wide. The Global Knowledge segment is centered around instructor-led training, or live learning, with face-to-face delivery by experienced trainers, both in-person and virtually.
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Peter Schmitt director 640 FIFTH AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Matthew Glitzer officer: CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER 300 INNOVATIVE WAY, SUITE 201, NASHUA NH 03062
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Patrick Kolek director SYMPHONY OFFICES, GUSTAV MAHLERPLEIN 5, AMSTERDAM P7 1082 MS
Ciara Harrington officer: Interim Chief People Officer C/O SKILLSOFT CORP., 300 INNOVATION WAY, SUITE 201, NASHUA NH 03062-5746
Gary W Ferrera officer: Chief Financial Officer 3250 BRIARPARK, SUITE 400, HOUSTON TX 77042
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