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Psychemedics (Psychemedics) Mohanram G-Score : 6 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Psychemedics 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

Psychemedics has an G-score of 6. It is a good or high score, which tends to beat the market.

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

PMD' s Mohanram G-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 7
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski G-score of Psychemedics was 7. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


Psychemedics Mohanram G-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Psychemedics'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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Psychemedics Mohanram G-Score Chart

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

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Psychemedics'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.


Psychemedics's Mohanram G-Score Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Psychemedics's Mohanram G-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Psychemedics 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

Psychemedics has an G-score of 6. It is a good or high score, which tends to beat the market.

Psychemedics  (NAS:PMD) 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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Psychemedics (Psychemedics) Business Description

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Address
289 Great Road, Suite 200, Acton, MA, USA, 01720
Psychemedics Corp is engaged in providing testing services for the detection of drugs of abuse through the analysis of hair samples. The company operates through a single segment of drug testing services which include training for the collection of samples and storage of positive samples for its customers for an agreed-upon fee per unit testing of samples. The testing methods of the company utilize a patented technology that digests the hair and releases drugs trapped in the hair without destroying the drugs. Geographically it generates the majority of its revenue from the United States.
Executives
Shannon Shoemaker officer: Chief Revenue Officer 289 GREAT ROAD, SUITE 200, ACTON MA 01720
Charles M Doucot officer: Executive Vice President 289 GREAT ROAD, SUITE 200, ACTON MA 01720
Andrew Reynolds director C/O FLEETMATICS, 1100 WINTER STREET, 4TH FL, WALTHAM MA 02451
Brian Hullinger director, officer: President & CEO 289 GREAT ROAD, SUITE 200, ACTON MA 01720
Robyn C Davis director ONE WALLINGFORD ROAD, MARBLEHEAD MA 01945
Michael Weisenhoff other: Assistant Controller 289 GREAT ROAD, SUITE 200, ACTON MA 01720
Michael I Schaffer officer: VP of Laboratory Operations C/O PAYCHEMEDICS CORP, 1280 MASSACHUSETTS AVE STE 200, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138
William B. Norris other: Assistant Controller 289 GREAT ROAD, SUITE 200, ACTON MA 01720
Darius G Nevin other: See Footnote 1 C/O WCI COMMUNITIES, INC., 24301 WALDEN CENTER DRIVE, BONITA SPRINGS FL 34134
Peter H Kamin 10 percent owner 2720 DONALD ROSS ROAD, #311, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33410
Andrew Limbek officer: Vice President & Controller 289 GREAT ROAD, SUITE 200, ACTON MA 01720
Fred J Weinert director 330 E MAIN ST, BARRINGTON IL 60620
Kubacki Raymond C Jr director, officer: Chairman, CEO & President 125 NAGOG PARK, ACTON MA 01720
A Clinton Allen director, officer: Chairman 1280 MASSACHUSETTS AVE STE 200, CAMBRIDGE MA 02138
Neil Lerner officer: VP - Finance C/O PSYCHEMEDICS CORPORATION, 125 NAGOG PARK, ACTON MA 01720

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