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ZM (Zoom Communications) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is Zoom Communications 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

Zoom Communications 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 Zoom Communications's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

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

During the past 8 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Zoom Communications was 7. The lowest was 5. And the median was 7.


Zoom Communications Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zoom Communications'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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Zoom Communications Piotroski F-Score Chart

Zoom Communications Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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Zoom Communications Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Zoom Communications's Piotroski F-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Zoom Communications'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.


Zoom Communications's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Zoom Communications's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zoom Communications'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 (Oct24) TTM:Last Year (Oct23) TTM:
Net Income was 298.832 + 216.308 + 219.015 + 207.05 = $941 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 351.225 + 588.191 + 449.334 + 483.217 = $1,872 Mil.
Revenue was 1146.457 + 1141.234 + 1162.52 + 1177.541 = $4,628 Mil.
Gross Profit was 870.15 + 867.932 + 877.431 + 893.66 = $3,509 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Oct23)
to the end of this year (Oct24) was
(9317.472 + 9929.793 + 10296.63 + 10507.192 + 10679.869) / 5 = $10146.1912 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Oct23) was $9,317 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $38 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $8,532 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,853 Mil.
Net Income was -104.05 + 15.444 + 181.974 + 141.212 = $235 Mil.

Revenue was 1117.803 + 1105.364 + 1138.676 + 1136.727 = $4,499 Mil.
Gross Profit was 823.449 + 841.417 + 872.117 + 865.739 = $3,403 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Oct22)
to the end of last year (Oct23) was
(7837.178 + 8128.065 + 8536.21 + 8923.108 + 9317.472) / 5 = $8548.4066 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Oct22) was $7,837 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $55 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $7,485 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,753 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.

Zoom Communications's current Net Income (TTM) was 941. ==> 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.

Zoom Communications's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,872. ==> 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 (Oct23)
=941.205/9317.472
=0.10101506

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Oct22)
=234.58/7837.178
=0.02993169

Zoom Communications's return on assets of this year was 0.10101506. Zoom Communications's return on assets of last year was 0.02993169. ==> 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.

Zoom Communications's current Net Income (TTM) was 941. Zoom Communications's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,872. ==> 1,872 > 941 ==> 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: Oct24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Oct23 to Oct24
=37.59/10146.1912
=0.00370484

Gearing (Last Year: Oct23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Oct22 to Oct23
=55.409/8548.4066
=0.00648179

Zoom Communications's gearing of this year was 0.00370484. Zoom Communications's gearing of last year was 0.00648179. ==> 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: Oct24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=8532.415/1853.426
=4.60359086

Current Ratio (Last Year: Oct23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=7484.759/1753.005
=4.2696735

Zoom Communications's current ratio of this year was 4.60359086. Zoom Communications's current ratio of last year was 4.2696735. ==> 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.

Zoom Communications's number of shares in issue this year was 314.191. Zoom Communications's number of shares in issue last year was 310.39. ==> 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
=3509.173/4627.752
=0.75828891

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=3402.722/4498.57
=0.75640081

Zoom Communications's gross margin of this year was 0.75828891. Zoom Communications's gross margin of last year was 0.75640081. ==> 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 (Oct23)
=4627.752/9317.472
=0.49667463

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Oct22)
=4498.57/7837.178
=0.57400381

Zoom Communications's asset turnover of this year was 0.49667463. Zoom Communications's asset turnover of last year was 0.57400381. ==> 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+1+1+1+1+0+1+0
=7

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

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

Zoom Communications  (NAS:ZM) 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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Zoom Communications Business Description

Address
55 Almaden Boulevard, 6th Floor, San Jose, CA, USA, 95113
Zoom Video Communications provides a communications platform that connects people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing. The company's cloud-native platform enables face-to-face video and connects users across various devices and locations in a single meeting. Zoom, which was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Jose, California, serves companies of all sizes from all industries around the world.
Executives
Eric S. Yuan director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Jonathan Chadwick director 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Aparna Bawa officer: General Counsel C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Velchamy Sankarlingam officer: Pres. of Engineering & Product C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Shane Crehan officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O EVENTBRITE, INC., 155 5TH STREET, 7TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Janet Napolitano director C/O VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC., 499 ILLINOIS STREET, SUITE 500, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94158
Kelly Steckelberg officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Santiago Subotovsky director C/O EMERGENCE CAPITAL PARTNERS, 160 BOVENT ROAD SUITE 300, SAN MATEO CA 94402
Gregory Tomb officer: President 650 CASTRO ST, SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Cindy L Hoots director C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC, 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
William R Mcdermott director 2225 LAWSON LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Ryan Azus officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Carl M. Eschenbach director, 10 percent owner C/O SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101, PALO ALTO CA 94025
Janine Pelosi officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Kimberly Hammonds director 100 EAST DAVIE STREET, RALEIGH NC 27601