Canadian Utilities Limited Stock Piotroski F Score

CU Stock  CAD 35.94  0.08  0.22%   
This module uses fundamental data of Canadian Utilities to approximate its Piotroski F score. Canadian Utilities F Score is determined by combining nine binary scores representing 3 distinct fundamental categories of Canadian Utilities Limited. 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 Canadian Utilities financial position does not get reflected in the current market share price suggesting a possibility of arbitrage. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Canadian Utilities Limited. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in estimate.
  
At this time, Canadian Utilities' Short Term Debt is very stable compared to the past year. As of the 1st of December 2024, Short and Long Term Debt is likely to grow to about 644.4 M, while Short and Long Term Debt Total is likely to drop about 6.2 B. At this time, Canadian Utilities' Days Of Inventory On Hand is very stable compared to the past year. As of the 1st of December 2024, Sales General And Administrative To Revenue is likely to grow to 0.13, while Price To Sales Ratio is likely to drop 1.58.
At this time, it appears that Canadian Utilities' 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..
6.0
Piotroski F Score - Inapplicable
Current Return On Assets

Positive

Focus
Change in Return on Assets

Increased

Focus
Cash Flow Return on Assets

Positive

Focus
Current Quality of Earnings (accrual)

Improving

Focus
Asset Turnover Growth

Decrease

Focus
Current Ratio Change

Increase

Focus
Long Term Debt Over Assets Change

Lower Leverage

Focus
Change In Outstending Shares

Increase

Focus
Change in Gross Margin

No Change

Focus

Canadian Utilities Piotroski F Score Drivers

The critical factor to consider when applying the Piotroski F Score to Canadian Utilities is to make sure Canadian is not a subject of accounting manipulations and runs a healthy internal audit department. So, if Canadian Utilities' 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 Canadian Utilities' financial numbers are properly reported.
Current ValueLast YearChange From Last Year 10 Year Trend
Return On Assets0.04580.0305
Way Up
Slightly volatile
Asset Turnover0.160.1639
Fairly Down
Slightly volatile
Gross Profit Margin0.430.6773
Way Down
Very volatile
Net Debt5.6 B10.4 B
Way Down
Slightly volatile
Total Current Liabilities859.1 M1.4 B
Way Down
Slightly volatile
Non Current Liabilities Total8.3 B14.6 B
Way Down
Slightly volatile
Total Assets13.9 B23.2 B
Way Down
Slightly volatile
Total Current Assets1.4 B1.4 B
Sufficiently Down
Slightly volatile
Total Cash From Operating Activities1.2 B1.3 B
Fairly Down
Slightly volatile

Canadian Utilities 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 Canadian Utilities' different financial indicators related to revenue, expenses, operating profit, and net earnings helps investors identify and prioritize their investing strategies towards Canadian Utilities in a much-optimized way.

About Canadian Utilities 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

13.28

At this time, Canadian Utilities' Book Value Per Share is very stable compared to the past year.

Canadian Utilities Current Valuation Drivers

We derive many important indicators used in calculating different scores of Canadian Utilities from analyzing Canadian Utilities' financial statements. These drivers represent accounts that assess Canadian Utilities' ability to generate profits relative to its revenue, operating costs, and shareholders' equity. Below are some of Canadian Utilities' important valuation drivers and their relationship over time.
201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Market Cap10.7B8.5B9.9B9.9B8.6B5.1B
Enterprise Value18.7B16.8B18.7B18.8B19.0B10.2B

Canadian Utilities ESG Sustainability

Some studies have found that companies with high sustainability scores are getting higher valuations than competitors with lower social-engagement activities. While most ESG disclosures are voluntary and do not directly affect the long term financial condition, Canadian Utilities' sustainability indicators can be used to identify proper investment strategies using environmental, social, and governance scores that are crucial to Canadian Utilities' managers, analysts, and investors.
Environment Score
Governance Score
Social Score

About Canadian Utilities Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Canadian Utilities Limited's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Canadian Utilities using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Canadian Utilities Limited 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.
Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.

Pair Trading with Canadian Utilities

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 Canadian Utilities 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 Canadian Utilities will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

Moving together with Canadian Stock

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to Canadian Utilities could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Canadian Utilities 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 Canadian Utilities - 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 Canadian Utilities Limited to buy it.
The correlation of Canadian Utilities 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 Canadian Utilities moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Canadian Utilities 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 Canadian Utilities 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.
Pair CorrelationCorrelation Matching

Other Information on Investing in Canadian Stock

Canadian Utilities financial ratios help investors to determine whether Canadian Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Canadian with respect to the benefits of owning Canadian Utilities security.