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THS (Treehouse Foods) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Jul. 14, 2025)


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What is Treehouse Foods 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

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

THS' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Treehouse Foods was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


Treehouse Foods Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Treehouse Foods'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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Treehouse Foods Piotroski F-Score Chart

Treehouse Foods Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 5.00 2.00 8.00 5.00

Treehouse Foods Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 7.00 7.00 6.00 5.00 6.00

Competitive Comparison of Treehouse Foods's Piotroski F-Score

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Treehouse Foods'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.


Treehouse Foods's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Treehouse Foods's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Treehouse Foods'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 (Mar25) TTM:Last Year (Mar24) TTM:
Net Income was -16.7 + -3.4 + 58.7 + -31.8 = $7 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -19.4 + 41.4 + 296.2 + -53.5 = $265 Mil.
Revenue was 788.5 + 839.1 + 905.7 + 792 = $3,325 Mil.
Gross Profit was 128.3 + 131.2 + 176.9 + 115.2 = $552 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar24)
to the end of this year (Mar25) was
(3961.6 + 3905 + 3969.4 + 3980 + 3927.3) / 5 = $3948.66 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar24) was $3,962 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,571 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $776 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $681 Mil.
Net Income was 23.3 + 7.1 + 7.5 + -11.7 = $26 Mil.

Revenue was 803.5 + 863.3 + 910.8 + 820.7 = $3,398 Mil.
Gross Profit was 133.2 + 137.5 + 151.8 + 112 = $535 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar23)
to the end of last year (Mar24) was
(4254 + 4380.4 + 4318.5 + 4106.6 + 3961.6) / 5 = $4204.22 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar23) was $4,254 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,550 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $955 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $629 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.

Treehouse Foods's current Net Income (TTM) was 7. ==> 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.

Treehouse Foods's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 265. ==> 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 (Mar24)
=6.8/3961.6
=0.00171648

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar23)
=26.2/4254
=0.00615891

Treehouse Foods's return on assets of this year was 0.00171648. Treehouse Foods's return on assets of last year was 0.00615891. ==> 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.

Treehouse Foods's current Net Income (TTM) was 7. Treehouse Foods's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 265. ==> 265 > 7 ==> 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: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=1571.2/3948.66
=0.39790714

Gearing (Last Year: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=1549.7/4204.22
=0.36860583

Treehouse Foods's gearing of this year was 0.39790714. Treehouse Foods's gearing of last year was 0.36860583. ==> 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: Mar25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=775.5/680.7
=1.1392684

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=955.3/629.3
=1.51803591

Treehouse Foods's current ratio of this year was 1.1392684. Treehouse Foods's current ratio of last year was 1.51803591. ==> 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.

Treehouse Foods's number of shares in issue this year was 50.3. Treehouse Foods's number of shares in issue last year was 53.8. ==> 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
=551.6/3325.3
=0.16587977

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=534.5/3398.3
=0.15728452

Treehouse Foods's gross margin of this year was 0.16587977. Treehouse Foods's gross margin of last year was 0.15728452. ==> 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 (Mar24)
=3325.3/3961.6
=0.83938308

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar23)
=3398.3/4254
=0.79884814

Treehouse Foods's asset turnover of this year was 0.83938308. Treehouse Foods's asset turnover of last year was 0.79884814. ==> 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

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

Treehouse Foods  (NYSE:THS) 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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Treehouse Foods Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2021 Spring Road, Suite 600, Oak Brook, IL, USA, 60523
TreeHouse Foods is the largest pure-play private-label manufacturer in the US. Much larger in the past following the 2016 acquisition of Ralcorp, Conagra's former private-label business, the company has since divested several businesses to focus on high-growth categories. At present, the company produces and sells snacks (crackers, pretzels, cookies, and so on), beverages and drink mixes (such as nondairy creamer, coffee, tea, broth), and a select number of grocery products (pickles, refrigerated dough, hot cereal, cheese, and pudding). Its most important sales channel is through retail grocery stores that sell its products under their own brands, with co-manufacturing and food away from home as much smaller channels of distribution for its fare.
Executives
Jana Partners Management, Lp director, other: See Remarks 767 5TH AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10153
Steven Oakland director
Kristy N. Waterman officer: EVP, General Counsel 2711 NORTH HASKELL AVENUE, SUITE 3400, DALLAS TX 75204
Stephen Alan Landry officer: SVP, Chief Operations Officer 2021 SPRING ROAD, SUITE 600, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Mark Hunter director 1801 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 4600, DENVER CO 80202
Jana Partners Llc director, other: See Remarks 767 FIFTH AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10153
Ann Sardini director 100 PIER 1 PLACE, FORT WORTH TX 76102
Joseph Scalzo director 1225 17TH STREET, SUITE 1000, DENVER CO 80202
Scott Ostfeld director 767 FIFTH AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10153
Jeffrey M Haye officer: SVP, Chief Procurement Officer 2021 SPRING ROAD, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Timothy J Smith officer: SVP, Division President 5 CROSBY STREET, NEW YORK NY 10013
Curt B. Craig officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer 2021 SPRING ROAD, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Lori G Roberts officer: SVP of HR 1014 SUTTON PL, ST CHARLES IL 60174
Sean Lewis officer: SVP, Chief Customer Officer 2021 SPRING ROAD, SUITE 600, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Clifford Braun officer: SVP, Chief Operations Officer 2021 SPRING ROAD, SUITE 600, OAK BROOK IL 60523