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Var Energi ASA (Var Energi ASA) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of May. 17, 2024)


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What is Var Energi ASA 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

Var Energi ASA has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Var Energi ASA's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

VARRY' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 4

During the past 6 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Var Energi ASA was 7. The lowest was 4. And the median was 5.


Var Energi ASA Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Var Energi ASA'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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Var Energi ASA Piotroski F-Score Chart

Var Energi ASA Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial N/A N/A N/A 7.00 5.00

Var Energi ASA Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 N/A N/A 5.00 5.00 4.00

Competitive Comparison of Var Energi ASA's Piotroski F-Score

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Var Energi ASA'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.


Var Energi ASA's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Var Energi ASA's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Var Energi ASA'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 (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Net Income was 98.096 + 188.528 + 128.645 + 100.091 = $515 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 230.877 + 974.729 + 857.139 + 1009.131 = $3,072 Mil.
Revenue was 1431.985 + 1615.635 + 1678.963 + 1948.804 = $6,675 Mil.
Gross Profit was 815.723 + 976.472 + 966.703 + 1064.441 = $3,823 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(18258.014 + 17168.482 + 18120.635 + 19289.199 + 22132.081) / 5 = $18993.6822 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was $18,258 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,578 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,910 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2,796 Mil.
Net Income was 67.661 + -50.061 + 488.031 + 194.961 = $701 Mil.

Revenue was 2423.454 + 2519.83 + 2354.472 + 2089.383 = $9,387 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1767.229 + 1969.432 + 1676.813 + 1496.792 = $6,910 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(20667.671 + 18621.185 + 17665.464 + 18797.288 + 18258.014) / 5 = $18801.9244 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was $20,668 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,543 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,779 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,227 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.

Var Energi ASA's current Net Income (TTM) was 515. ==> 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.

Var Energi ASA's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 3,072. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=515.36/18258.014
=0.02822651

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=700.592/20667.671
=0.03389797

Var Energi ASA's return on assets of this year was 0.02822651. Var Energi ASA's return on assets of last year was 0.03389797. ==> 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.

Var Energi ASA's current Net Income (TTM) was 515. Var Energi ASA's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 3,072. ==> 3,072 > 515 ==> 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: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=4578.04/18993.6822
=0.24102962

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=2542.517/18801.9244
=0.13522642

Var Energi ASA's gearing of this year was 0.24102962. Var Energi ASA's gearing of last year was 0.13522642. ==> 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: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1909.588/2795.853
=0.6830073

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1779.485/3227.275
=0.55138933

Var Energi ASA's current ratio of this year was 0.6830073. Var Energi ASA's current ratio of last year was 0.55138933. ==> This year's current ratio is higher. ==> Score 1.

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.

Var Energi ASA's number of shares in issue this year was 1251.138. Var Energi ASA's number of shares in issue last year was 1218.506. ==> 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
=3823.339/6675.387
=0.57275166

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=6910.266/9387.139
=0.73614186

Var Energi ASA's gross margin of this year was 0.57275166. Var Energi ASA's gross margin of last year was 0.73614186. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=6675.387/18258.014
=0.36561408

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=9387.139/20667.671
=0.45419433

Var Energi ASA's asset turnover of this year was 0.36561408. Var Energi ASA's asset turnover of last year was 0.45419433. ==> 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
=1+1+0+1+0+1+0+0+0
=4

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

Var Energi ASA has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Var Energi ASA  (OTCPK:VARRY) 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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Var Energi ASA (Var Energi ASA) Business Description

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Vestre Svanholmen 1, Sandnes, NOR, 4313
Var Energi ASA independent upstream oil and gas company on the Norwegian continental shelf. It operates within the geographical area of Norway and the business is entirely related to the exploration for and production of petroleum in Norway. Revenues are mainly related to the sale of oil, gas, and NGL.

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