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Issuer Direct (Issuer Direct) Mohanram G-Score : 5 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Issuer Direct 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

Issuer Direct has an G-score of 5.

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

ISDR' s Mohanram G-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 6
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski G-score of Issuer Direct was 6. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


Issuer Direct Mohanram G-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Issuer Direct'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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Issuer Direct Mohanram G-Score Chart

Issuer Direct Annual Data
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Mohanram G-Score
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Issuer Direct Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Issuer Direct's Mohanram G-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Issuer Direct'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.


Issuer Direct's Mohanram G-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Issuer Direct's Mohanram G-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Issuer Direct 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

Issuer Direct has an G-score of 5.

Issuer Direct  (AMEX:ISDR) 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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Issuer Direct (Issuer Direct) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
One Glenwood Avenue, Suite 1001, Raleigh, NC, USA, 27603
Issuer Direct Corp is a communications and compliance company. It focuses on the needs of corporate issuers. It provides disclosure management solutions, shareholder communications tools, and cloud-based compliance technologies. The company serves a diverse range of client base in the financial services industry, including brokerage firms, banks, mutual funds, accounting and the legal communities. Its current brands and products include the following: Issuer Direct, Accesswire, Investor Network, Blueprint, Classify, iProxy Direct, iR Direct and annual report service. Its primary geographic markets are North America and Europe of which North America contributes the vast majority of total revenue.
Executives
Brian R Balbirnie director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman & CEO C/O ISSUER DIRECT CORP., 500 PERIMETER PARK DRIVE, SUITE D, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
J. Patrick Galleher director 11 S. 12TH STREET, RICHMOND VA 23219
William H Everett director 6 ARROWWOOD LANE, ANDOVER MA 01810
Steven Winfield Knerr officer: Chief Financial Officer 500 PERIMETER PARK DRIVE, SUITE D, MORRISVILLE NC 27560
Timothy Pitoniak officer: Chief Financial Officer 8651 10TH ST N, APT 132, ST. PETERSBURG FL 33702
Marti Beller Lazear director 1000 CENTRAL AVENUE, ST. PETERSBURG FL 33705
Graeme P. Rein director 221 WILCOX ST, SUITE A, CASTLE ROCK CO 80104
Eric Alan Frank director 23 WASHINGTON AVENUE, IRVINGTON NY 10533
Michael Joseph Nowlan director 336 GLENGARRY AVE., NORTH YORK A6 M5M1E6
Red Oak Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 95 S. FEDERAL HWY, SUITE 201, BOCA RATON FL 33432
Wesley T Pollard officer: Chief Financial Officer 10109 SPORTING CLUB DR, RALEIGH NC 27617
James Michael 10 percent owner 5321 RIDGELOCH PLACE, RALEIGH NC 27612
David Sandberg director 40 SE 5TH STREET, SUITE 502, BOCA RATON FL 33432
Andre Boisvert director 46939 BAYSIDE PKWY, FREMONT CA 94538
Lori A Jones officer: Chief Executive Officer 8310 N. NEW BRAUNFELS, SUITE 205, SAN ANTONIO TX 78217