Take-Two Interactive Software (NAS:TTWO) Piotroski F-Score

: 2 (As of Today)

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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

Take-Two Interactive Software 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 Take-Two Interactive Software's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Take-Two Interactive Software was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 6.

Take-Two Interactive Software Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Take-Two Interactive Software's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

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Take-Two Interactive Software Annual Data

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Take-Two Interactive Software Quarterly Data
	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23
Piotroski F-Score																3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00

Competitive Comparison

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Take-Two Interactive Software's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score data, can be viewed below:

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Annual Data Quarterly Data

Take-Two Interactive Software Piotroski F-Score Distribution

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Take-Two Interactive Software's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Take-Two Interactive Software's Piotroski F-Score falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Piotroski F-Score's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

This Year (Jun23) TTM:

Last Year (Jun22) TTM:

Net Income was -257 + -153.4 + -610.3 + -206 = $-1,227 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 54.6 + -119.6 + -34.7 + 5 = $-95 Mil.
Revenue was 1393.5 + 1407.8 + 1446.2 + 1284.7 = $5,532 Mil.
Gross Profit was 679.6 + 715.9 + 223.2 + 679.2 = $2,298 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Jun22)
to the end of this year (Jun23) was
(17744.9 + 17492.9 + 16881.4 + 15862.1 + 15525.3) / 5 = $16701.32 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Jun22) was $17,745 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,059 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,255 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2,738 Mil.

Net Income was 10.2 + 144.6 + 110.9 + -104 = $162 Mil.

Revenue was 858.2 + 903.3 + 930 + 1102.4 = $3,794 Mil.
Gross Profit was 401.5 + 552.9 + 531.4 + 666.7 = $2,153 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Jun21)
to the end of last year (Jun22) was
(6314.255 + 6619.031 + 6357.953 + 6546.3 + 17744.9) / 5 = $8716.4878 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Jun21) was $6,314 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,277 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $3,036 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,287 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.

Take-Two Interactive Software's current Net Income (TTM) was -1,227. ==> 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.

Take-Two Interactive Software's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -95. ==> 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 (Jun22)
	=	-1226.7	/	17744.9
	=	-0.06912972

ROA (Last Year)	=	Net Income	/	Total Assets (Jun21)
	=	161.7	/	6314.255
	=	0.02560872

Take-Two Interactive Software's return on assets of this year was -0.06912972. Take-Two Interactive Software's return on assets of last year was 0.02560872. ==> 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.

Take-Two Interactive Software's current Net Income (TTM) was -1,227. Take-Two Interactive Software's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -95. ==> -95 > -1,227 ==> 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: Jun23)	=	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	/	Average Total Assets from Jun22 to Jun23
	=	3059.4	/	16701.32
	=	0.18318313

Gearing (Last Year: Jun22)	=	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	/	Average Total Assets from Jun21 to Jun22
	=	3276.7	/	8716.4878
	=	0.37591976

Take-Two Interactive Software's gearing of this year was 0.18318313. Take-Two Interactive Software's gearing of last year was 0.37591976. ==> 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: Jun23)	=	Total Current Assets	/	Total Current Liabilities
	=	2255	/	2738
	=	0.82359386

Current Ratio (Last Year: Jun22)	=	Total Current Assets	/	Total Current Liabilities
	=	3036	/	3286.7
	=	0.92372288

Take-Two Interactive Software's current ratio of this year was 0.82359386. Take-Two Interactive Software's current ratio of last year was 0.92372288. ==> 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.

Take-Two Interactive Software's number of shares in issue this year was 171.4. Take-Two Interactive Software's number of shares in issue last year was 138.5. ==> 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
	=	2297.9	/	5532.2
	=	0.41536821

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)	=	Gross Profit	/	Revenue
	=	2152.5	/	3793.9
	=	0.56735813

Take-Two Interactive Software's gross margin of this year was 0.41536821. Take-Two Interactive Software's gross margin of last year was 0.56735813. ==> 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 (Jun22)
	=	5532.2	/	17744.9
	=	0.31176282

Asset Turnover (Last Year)	=	Revenue	/	Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Jun21)
	=	3793.9	/	6314.255
	=	0.60084681

Take-Two Interactive Software's asset turnover of this year was 0.31176282. Take-Two Interactive Software's asset turnover of last year was 0.60084681. ==> Last year's asset turnover is higher ==> Score 0.

Evaluation

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Take-Two Interactive Software has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Take-Two Interactive Software (NAS:TTWO) 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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Take-Two Interactive Software (NAS:TTWO) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

110 West 44th Street, New York, NY, USA, 10036

Website

https://www.take2games.com

Found in 1993, Take-Two consists of three wholly owned labels, Rockstar Games, 2K, and Zynga. The firm is one of the world's largest independent video game publishers on consoles, PCs, smartphones, and tablets. Take-Two's franchise portfolio is headlined by "Grand Theft Auto" (345 million units sold) and contains other well-known titles such as "NBA 2K," "Civilization," "Borderlands," "Bioshock," and "Xcom." Zynga mobile titles include "Farmville," "Empires & Puzzles," and "CSR Racing.

Executives

William B Gordon	director
Ellen F Siminoff	director	555 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Roland A Hernandez	director	300 NORTH SAN RAFAEL AVE, PASADENA CA 91105
Paul E Viera	director	C/O TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., 110 WEST 44TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10036
Laverne Evans Srinivasan	director	C/O TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., 622 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10012
Daniel P Emerson	officer: General Counsel	622 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10012
Susan Tolson	director	C/O TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., 622 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10019
Benjamim Feder	officer: Chief Executive Officer	C/O ZELNICKMEDIA CORPORATION, 650 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10019
Karl Slatoff	officer: Executive Vice President	C/O ZELNICKMEDIA CORPORATION, 19 WEST 44TH STREET, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Brett Icahn	director	C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
James Larry Nelson	director	2747 PARADISE ROAD, PH2804, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Sunghwan Cho	director	C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Strauss Zelnick	director, officer: Executive Chairman	C/O ZELNICKMEDIA, 650 FIFTH AVE 31ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Lainie Goldstein	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., 622 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10012
Seth D Krauss	officer: Exec VP and General Counsel	C/O TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., 222 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10012