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The zones of discrimination were as such:
Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3
Sprout Social has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.
The historical rank and industry rank for Sprout Social's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 7 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Sprout Social was 6. The lowest was 4. And the median was 5.
The historical data trend for Sprout Social'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.
Sprout Social Annual Data | ||||||||||||||||
Trend | Dec17 | Dec18 | Dec19 | Dec20 | Dec21 | Dec22 | Dec23 | |||||||||
Piotroski F-Score | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | N/A | 4.00 | 6.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 |
Sprout Social Quarterly Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jun19 | Sep19 | Dec19 | Mar20 | Jun20 | Sep20 | Dec20 | Mar21 | Jun21 | Sep21 | Dec21 | Mar22 | Jun22 | Sep22 | Dec22 | Mar23 | Jun23 | Sep23 | Dec23 | Mar24 | |
Piotroski F-Score | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
For the Software - Application subindustry, Sprout Social'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.
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Sprout Social's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sprout Social'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 (Mar24) TTM: | Last Year (Mar23) TTM: |
Net Income was -13.085 + -23.013 + -20.077 + -13.575 = $-69.8 Mil. Cash Flow from Operations was 6.294 + -5.518 + -2.604 + 11.164 = $9.3 Mil. Revenue was 79.315 + 85.532 + 93.584 + 96.784 = $355.2 Mil. Gross Profit was 61.081 + 65.334 + 72.623 + 74.356 = $273.4 Mil. Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23) to the end of this year (Mar24) was (309.63 + 324.475 + 400.313 + 396.585 + 389.94) / 5 = $364.1886 Mil. Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was $309.6 Mil. Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $59.1 Mil. Total Current Assets was $177.7 Mil. Total Current Liabilities was $182.4 Mil. |
Net Income was -14.61 + -13.933 + -11.942 + -10.252 = $-50.7 Mil. Revenue was 61.432 + 65.307 + 69.66 + 75.212 = $271.6 Mil. Gross Profit was 46.292 + 49.995 + 54.245 + 58.337 = $208.9 Mil. Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22) to the end of last year (Mar23) was (270.487 + 275.347 + 278.522 + 293.92 + 309.63) / 5 = $285.5812 Mil. Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was $270.5 Mil. Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $17.4 Mil. Total Current Assets was $246.4 Mil. Total Current Liabilities was $146.3 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.
Sprout Social's current Net Income (TTM) was -69.8.
==> 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.
Sprout Social's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 9.3.
==> 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 (Mar23) |
= | -69.75 | / | 309.63 | |
= | -0.22526887 |
ROA (Last Year) | = | Net Income | / | Total Assets (Mar22) |
= | -50.737 | / | 270.487 | |
= | -0.18757648 |
Sprout Social's return on assets of this year was -0.22526887. Sprout Social's return on assets of last year was -0.18757648.
==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.
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.
Sprout Social's current Net Income (TTM) was -69.8. Sprout Social's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 9.3.
==> 9.3 > -69.8 ==> 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: Mar24) | = | Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation | / | Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24 |
= | 59.085 | / | 364.1886 | |
= | 0.16223737 |
Gearing (Last Year: Mar23) | = | Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation | / | Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23 |
= | 17.369 | / | 285.5812 | |
= | 0.06081983 |
Sprout Social's gearing of this year was 0.16223737. Sprout Social's gearing of last year was 0.06081983.
==> Last year is lower than this year ==> Score 0.
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: Mar24) | = | Total Current Assets | / | Total Current Liabilities |
= | 177.747 | / | 182.407 | |
= | 0.97445273 |
Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23) | = | Total Current Assets | / | Total Current Liabilities |
= | 246.434 | / | 146.307 | |
= | 1.68436233 |
Sprout Social's current ratio of this year was 0.97445273. Sprout Social's current ratio of last year was 1.68436233.
==> 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.
Sprout Social's number of shares in issue this year was 56.344. Sprout Social's number of shares in issue last year was 55.176.
==> 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 |
= | 273.394 | / | 355.215 | |
= | 0.76965781 |
Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM) | = | Gross Profit | / | Revenue |
= | 208.869 | / | 271.611 | |
= | 0.76900052 |
Sprout Social's gross margin of this year was 0.76965781. Sprout Social's gross margin of last year was 0.76900052.
==> 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 (Mar23) |
= | 355.215 | / | 309.63 | |
= | 1.14722411 |
Asset Turnover (Last Year) | = | Revenue | / | Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22) |
= | 271.611 | / | 270.487 | |
= | 1.00415547 |
Sprout Social's asset turnover of this year was 1.14722411. Sprout Social's asset turnover of last year was 1.00415547.
==> 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 | + | 0 | + | 1 | + | 0 | + | 0 | + | 0 | + | 1 | + | 1 | |
= | 4 |
Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3
Sprout Social has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.
Sprout Social (NAS:SPT) 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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Justyn Russell Howard | director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO | C/O SPROUT SOCIAL, INC., 131 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET, SUITE 700, CHICAGO IL 60603 |
Ryan Paul Barretto | officer: President | C/O SPROUT SOCIAL, INC., 131 SOUTH DEARBORN AVENUE, SUITE 700, CHICAGO IL 60603 |
Rankin Aaron Edward Frederick | director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Technology Officer | C/O SPROUT SOCIAL, INC., 131 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET, SUITE 700, CHICAGO IL 60603 |
Preto Joseph Del | officer: CFO and Treasurer | 600 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 850, CHICAGO IL 60610 |
Karen Walker | director | 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134 |
Raina Moskowitz | director | 117 ADAMS STREET, C/O ETSY,INC., BROOKLYN NY 11201 |
William Thomas Stanley | director | 131 S DEARBORN ST, STE 700, CHICAGO IL 60603 |
Steven A Collins | director | 20 N. MERIDIAN STREET, SUITE 200, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46204 |
Jamie Cannon Gilpin | officer: Chief Marketing Officer | C/O SPROUT SOCIAL, INC., 131 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET, SUITE 700, CHICAGO IL 60603 |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 10 percent owner | 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282 |
Jason Kreuziger | director | C/O SPROUT SOCIAL, INC., 131 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET, SUITE 700, CHICAGO IL 60603 |
Gs Fund Holdings, L.l.c. | 10 percent owner | 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282 |
New Enterprise Associates 13 Lp | 10 percent owner | 1119 ST PAUL STREET, BALTIMORE MD 21202 |
Mbd Advisors, L.l.c. | 10 percent owner | 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282 |
Bridge Street Opportunity Advisors, L.l.c. | 10 percent owner | 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282 |
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