Postmedia Network Canada Stock Piotroski F Score

PNC-B Stock  CAD 1.24  0.05  4.20%   
This module uses fundamental data of Postmedia Network to approximate its Piotroski F score. Postmedia Network F Score is determined by combining nine binary scores representing 3 distinct fundamental categories of Postmedia Network Canada. These three categories are profitability, efficiency, and funding. Some research analysts and sophisticated value traders use Piotroski F Score to find opportunities outside of the conventional market and financial statement analysis.They believe that some of the new information about Postmedia Network financial position does not get reflected in the current market share price suggesting a possibility of arbitrage. Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Postmedia Network Canada. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in bureau of labor statistics.
  
At this time, Postmedia Network's Long Term Debt is comparatively stable compared to the past year. Net Debt To EBITDA is likely to gain to 66.04 in 2024, whereas Short Term Debt is likely to drop slightly above 34.2 M in 2024. At this time, Postmedia Network's Net Debt To EBITDA is comparatively stable compared to the past year. Current Ratio is likely to gain to 0.82 in 2024, whereas Free Cash Flow Yield is likely to drop (0.13) in 2024.
At this time, it appears that Postmedia Network's Piotroski F Score is Inapplicable. Although some professional money managers and academia have recently criticized Piotroski F-Score model, we still consider it an effective method of predicting the state of the financial strength of any organization that is not predisposed to accounting gimmicks and manipulations. Using this score on the criteria to originate an efficient long-term portfolio can help investors filter out the purely speculative stocks or equities playing fundamental games by manipulating their earnings..
5.0
Piotroski F Score - Inapplicable
Current Return On Assets

Negative

Focus
Change in Return on Assets

Decreased

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Cash Flow Return on Assets

Negative

Focus
Current Quality of Earnings (accrual)

Improving

Focus
Asset Turnover Growth

Increase

Focus
Current Ratio Change

Increase

Focus
Long Term Debt Over Assets Change

Higher Leverage

Focus
Change In Outstending Shares

Decrease

Focus
Change in Gross Margin

Increase

Focus

Postmedia Network Piotroski F Score Drivers

The critical factor to consider when applying the Piotroski F Score to Postmedia Network is to make sure Postmedia is not a subject of accounting manipulations and runs a healthy internal audit department. So, if Postmedia Network's auditors report directly to the board (not management), the managers will be reluctant to manipulate simply due to the fear of punishment. On the other hand, the auditors will be free to investigate the ledgers properly because they know that the board has their back. Below are the main accounts that are used in the Piotroski F Score model. By analyzing the historical trends of the mains drivers, investors can determine if Postmedia Network's financial numbers are properly reported.
Current ValueLast YearChange From Last Year 10 Year Trend
Asset Turnover2.792.6585
Sufficiently Up
Slightly volatile
Gross Profit Margin0.90.8687
Sufficiently Up
Slightly volatile
Net Debt328.1 M379.2 M
Fairly Down
Slightly volatile
Total Current Liabilities117.5 M94 M
Fairly Up
Slightly volatile
Non Current Liabilities Total400.8 M376.7 M
Notably Up
Slightly volatile
Total Assets141.5 M148.9 M
Notably Down
Slightly volatile
Total Current Assets105.1 M69.8 M
Way Up
Slightly volatile

Postmedia Network Canada F Score Driver Matrix

One of the toughest challenges investors face today is learning how to quickly synthesize historical financial statements and information provided by the company, SEC reporting, and various external parties in order to project the various growth rates. Understanding the correlation between Postmedia Network's different financial indicators related to revenue, expenses, operating profit, and net earnings helps investors identify and prioritize their investing strategies towards Postmedia Network in a much-optimized way.

About Postmedia Network Piotroski F Score

F-Score is one of many stock grading techniques developed by Joseph Piotroski, a professor of accounting at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. It was published in 2002 under the paper titled Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers. Piotroski F Score is based on binary analysis strategy in which stocks are given one point for passing 9 very simple fundamental tests, and zero point otherwise. According to Mr. Piotroski's analysis, his F-Score binary model can help to predict the performance of low price-to-book stocks.

Book Value Per Share

(3.09)

At this time, Postmedia Network's Book Value Per Share is comparatively stable compared to the past year.

Postmedia Network Current Valuation Drivers

We derive many important indicators used in calculating different scores of Postmedia Network from analyzing Postmedia Network's financial statements. These drivers represent accounts that assess Postmedia Network's ability to generate profits relative to its revenue, operating costs, and shareholders' equity. Below are some of Postmedia Network's important valuation drivers and their relationship over time.
201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Market Cap155.6M204.4M162.8M161.1M151.4M158.9M
Enterprise Value425.8M439.4M460.7M497.8M530.6M544.7M

About Postmedia Network Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Postmedia Network Canada's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Postmedia Network using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Postmedia Network Canada based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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Pair Trading with Postmedia Network

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Postmedia Network position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Postmedia Network will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to Postmedia Network could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Postmedia Network when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Postmedia Network - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Postmedia Network Canada to buy it.
The correlation of Postmedia Network is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Postmedia Network moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Postmedia Network Canada moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Postmedia Network can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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