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Vantage Towers AG (Vantage Towers AG) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of Jun. 08, 2024)


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What is Vantage Towers AG Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Vantage Towers AG has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Vantage Towers AG's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

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

During the past 3 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Vantage Towers AG was 7. The lowest was 7. And the median was 7.


Vantage Towers AG Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vantage Towers AG'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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Vantage Towers AG Piotroski F-Score Chart

Vantage Towers AG Annual Data
Trend Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Piotroski F-Score
N/A N/A 7.00

Vantage Towers AG Semi-Annual Data
Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial N/A - N/A - 7.00

Competitive Comparison of Vantage Towers AG's Piotroski F-Score

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Vantage Towers AG'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.


Vantage Towers AG's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Vantage Towers AG's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vantage Towers AG'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 (Mar23) TTM:Last Year (Mar22) TTM:
Net Income was $507 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $854 Mil.
Revenue was $1,173 Mil.
Gross Profit was $1,123 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar22)
to the end of this year (Mar23) was (11807.93 + 11815.632) / 2 = $11811.781 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar22) was $11,808 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,875 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $642 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,318 Mil.
Net Income was $393 Mil.

Revenue was $1,127 Mil.
Gross Profit was $1,076 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar21)
to the end of last year (Mar22) was (12244.643 + 11807.93) / 2 = $12026.2865 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar21) was $12,245 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,348 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $727 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $808 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.

Vantage Towers AG's current Net Income (TTM) was 507. ==> 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.

Vantage Towers AG's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 854. ==> 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 (Mar22)
=506.531/11807.93
=0.04289753

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar21)
=393.062/12244.643
=0.03210073

Vantage Towers AG's return on assets of this year was 0.04289753. Vantage Towers AG's return on assets of last year was 0.03210073. ==> 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.

Vantage Towers AG's current Net Income (TTM) was 507. Vantage Towers AG's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 854. ==> 854 > 507 ==> 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: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=1875.268/11811.781
=0.15876251

Gearing (Last Year: Mar22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar21 to Mar22
=4348.348/12026.2865
=0.3615703

Vantage Towers AG's gearing of this year was 0.15876251. Vantage Towers AG's gearing of last year was 0.3615703. ==> 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: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=642.184/3317.559
=0.19357124

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=727.203/808.15
=0.89983666

Vantage Towers AG's current ratio of this year was 0.19357124. Vantage Towers AG's current ratio of last year was 0.89983666. ==> 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.

Vantage Towers AG's number of shares in issue this year was 1013.4. Vantage Towers AG's number of shares in issue last year was 1013. ==> 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
=1123.233/1172.591
=0.95790689

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1075.881/1126.982
=0.95465677

Vantage Towers AG's gross margin of this year was 0.95790689. Vantage Towers AG's gross margin of last year was 0.95465677. ==> 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 (Mar22)
=1172.591/11807.93
=0.09930538

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar21)
=1126.982/12244.643
=0.09203878

Vantage Towers AG's asset turnover of this year was 0.09930538. Vantage Towers AG's asset turnover of last year was 0.09203878. ==> 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+1+1+1+0+0+1+1
=7

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

Vantage Towers AG has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Vantage Towers AG  (OTCPK:VTAGY) 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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Vantage Towers AG (Vantage Towers AG) Business Description

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Prinzenallee 11-13, Dusseldorf, NW, DEU, 40549
Vantage is the tower arm of Vodafone, spun off in 2021. Vantage fully owns 45,000 towers in Germany, Spain, Greece, and other European countries. Vantage also owns stakes in Inwit (22,000 towers, Vantage owns 33% stake), the Italian tower operator resulting from the merger of Vodafone and Telecom Italia's towers in the region, and Cornerstone (14,000 towers, 50% stake) a tower joint venture in the U.K. with Telefonica.

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