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Wizz Air Holdings (Wizz Air Holdings) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Wizz Air Holdings 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

Wizz Air Holdings 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 Wizz Air Holdings's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

WZZAF' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 3   Max: 8
Current: 6

During the past 12 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Wizz Air Holdings was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 3.


Wizz Air Holdings Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wizz Air Holdings'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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Wizz Air Holdings Piotroski F-Score Chart

Wizz Air Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Piotroski F-Score
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Wizz Air Holdings Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Dec23
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 - - - 6.00 -

Competitive Comparison of Wizz Air Holdings's Piotroski F-Score

For the Airlines subindustry, Wizz Air Holdings'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.


Wizz Air Holdings's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Wizz Air Holdings's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wizz Air Holdings'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 $-560 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $452 Mil.
Revenue was $4,171 Mil.
Gross Profit was $-281 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar22)
to the end of this year (Mar23) was (5898.789 + 7531.478) / 2 = $6715.1335 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar22) was $5,899 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,311 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,316 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,340 Mil.
Net Income was $-696 Mil.

Revenue was $1,832 Mil.
Gross Profit was $-409 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar21)
to the end of last year (Mar22) was (5622.143 + 5898.789) / 2 = $5760.466 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar21) was $5,622 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,911 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,732 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,513 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.

Wizz Air Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was -560. ==> 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.

Wizz Air Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 452. ==> 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)
=-559.957/5898.789
=-0.09492745

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar21)
=-695.815/5622.143
=-0.12376331

Wizz Air Holdings's return on assets of this year was -0.09492745. Wizz Air Holdings's return on assets of last year was -0.12376331. ==> 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.

Wizz Air Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was -560. Wizz Air Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 452. ==> 452 > -560 ==> 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
=4310.707/6715.1335
=0.64193914

Gearing (Last Year: Mar22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar21 to Mar22
=3911.233/5760.466
=0.67897858

Wizz Air Holdings's gearing of this year was 0.64193914. Wizz Air Holdings's gearing of last year was 0.67897858. ==> 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
=2315.525/3340.471
=0.69317321

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1731.828/1512.885
=1.14471886

Wizz Air Holdings's current ratio of this year was 0.69317321. Wizz Air Holdings's current ratio of last year was 1.14471886. ==> 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.

Wizz Air Holdings's number of shares in issue this year was 103.21. Wizz Air Holdings's number of shares in issue last year was 99.812. ==> 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
=-281.156/4170.985
=-0.06740758

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=-409.471/1832.048
=-0.22350452

Wizz Air Holdings's gross margin of this year was -0.06740758. Wizz Air Holdings's gross margin of last year was -0.22350452. ==> 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)
=4170.985/5898.789
=0.70709174

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar21)
=1832.048/5622.143
=0.32586293

Wizz Air Holdings's asset turnover of this year was 0.70709174. Wizz Air Holdings's asset turnover of last year was 0.32586293. ==> 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+1+0+0+1+1
=6

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

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

Wizz Air Holdings  (OTCPK:WZZAF) 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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Wizz Air Holdings (Wizz Air Holdings) Business Description

Address
44 The Esplanade, Saint Helier, JEY, JE4 9WG
Wizz Air Holdings PLC is one of the fastest-growing airlines in Europe focusing on the Central and Eastern European region. The company employs a low-cost no-frills model to offer low fares to leisure customers on short-haul routes. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from EU regions.

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