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Black Hills (Black Hills) Mohanram G-Score : 4 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Black Hills Mohanram G-Score?

Mohanram G-Score is a financial indicator developed by professor Partha Mohanram to help investors find the best investment opportunities in the growth stocks. Companies have higher G-score tends to generate higher return. According to his study, the best growth stocks that have a G-Score greater than 6 tend to beat the market, while those with a G-Score lower than 1 tend to have negative absolute returns.

Thus, the zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

Black Hills has an G-score of 4.

The historical rank and industry rank for Black Hills's Mohanram G-Score or its related term are showing as below:

BKH' s Mohanram G-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 4   Max: 6
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski G-score of Black Hills was 6. The lowest was 1. And the median was 4.


Black Hills Mohanram G-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Black Hills's Mohanram G-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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Black Hills Mohanram G-Score Chart

Black Hills Annual Data
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Black Hills Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Black Hills's Mohanram G-Score

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Black Hills's Mohanram G-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Mohanram G-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.


Black Hills's Mohanram G-Score Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Black Hills's Mohanram G-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Black Hills's Mohanram G-Score falls into.



Black Hills Mohanram G-Score Calculation

The calculation of the Mohanram G-score consists of eight criteria. Assign one point for each criterion met, then add up all the points to get the G-Score.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

ROA % is calculated as Net Income divided by its average Total Assets over a certain period of time. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate earnings.

Score 1 if ROA > ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 2. Cash ROA

Cash ROA equals to Cash Flow from Operations divided by average Total Assets. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate cash.

Score 1 if Cash ROA > Cash ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 3. CFO and Net Income

Score 1 if CFO > Net Income, 0 otherwise.

Earnings Predictability

Question 4. Earnings Variability

Earnings Variability is measured as the variance of a firm's ROA in the past five years.

Score 1 if Earnings Variability < Earnings Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 5. Sales Growth Variability

Sales Growth Variability is measured as the 5-year variance in sales growth.

Score 1 if Sales Growth Variability < Sales Growth Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Accounting Conservatism

Question 6. Research & Development Intensity

Research & Development Intensity is calcualted by Research & Development divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if Research & Development Intensity > Research & Development Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 7. CAPEX Intensity

CAPEX Intensity is calcualted by Capital Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if CAPEX Intensity > CAPEX Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 8. Advertising Expenditure Intensity

Advertising Expenditure Intensity is calcualted by Advertising Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets. Note that Advertising Expenditure is not reported as a seperate line item for many companies, thus Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is used in this calculation.

Score 1 if Advertising Expenditure Intensity > Advertising Expenditure Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

* 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.

* Note that all the Industry Median used for comparison in his original research, are substituted with Sector Median due to the limitation of data within certain countries.

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

Black Hills has an G-score of 4.

Black Hills  (NYSE:BKH) Mohanram G-Score Explanation

Partha Mohanram is the John H. Watson Chair in Value Investing at Rotman and the Acting Vice-Dean of Research Strategy and Resources.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Separating Winners from Losers Among Low Book-to-Market Stocks Using Financial Statement Analysis".

This paper tests whether a strategy based on financial statement analysis of low book-to-market (growth) stocks is successful in differentiating between winners and losers in terms of future stock performance. Based on the research, a strategy based on buying high G-score (6, 7 or 8) firms and shorting low G-score (0 or 1) firms consistently earns significant excess returns. Further, the results do not support a risk based explanation for the book-to-market effect as the strategy returns positive returns in all years, and firms that ex-ante appear less risky have better future returns.

To conclude, one can use a modified fundamental analysis strategy (G-score) to identify mispricing and earn substantial abnormal returns.


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Black Hills (Black Hills) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7001 Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid City, SD, USA, 57702
Black Hills Corp is a U.S.-based energy company that operates through its regulated Electric Utilities, regulated Gas Utilities, Power Generation and Mining segments. These segments operate in states in the Midwest and mountain regions in the U.S. The company's customers include residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal consumers. These customers are residential. Black Hills derives the majority of its revenue from its utility business group, specifically from electric utilities.
Executives
Richard Kinzley officer: Sr VP & CFO PO BOX 1400, RAPID CITY SD 57709
Rebecca B Roberts director 1000 LOUISIANA, SUITE 5800, HOUSTON TX 77002
Stuart A Wevik officer: Sr VP - Utility Operations PO BOX 1400, RAPID CITY SD 57709
Kathleen S Mcallister director DEEPWATER HOUSE, KINGSWELLS CAUSEWAY, PRIME FOUR BUSINESS PARK, ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND X0 AB15 8PU
Barry M Granger director PO BOX 1400, RAPID CITY SD 57709
Robert P Otto director PO BOX 1400, RAPID CITY SD 57709
Mark A Schober director
Tony A Jensen director 620 E HEARTSTRONG STREET, SUPERIOR CO 80027
Scott M Prochazka director 1111 LOUISIANA, HOUSTON TX 77002
Teresa Taylor director FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM, INC, PO BOX 30918, BILLINGS MT 59116-0918
Michael Madison director PO BOX 5000, PINEVILLE LA 71361-5000
John B Vering director PO BOX 1400, RAPID CITY SD 57709
Steven Richard Mills director C/O ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO, 4666 FARIES PARKWAY, DECATUR IL 62526
Linden R Evans officer: President and CEO PO BOX 1400, RAPID CITY SD 57709
David R Emery director, officer: Executive Chairman P O BOX 1400, RAPID CITY SD 57709-1400