
Fundamental analysis: Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. (CFFN)
Awarener score: 6.4
Conclusion
The higher the Awarener score, the more bang you get for the buck. It measures how much genuine funds the company generates for the stock price paid (could not be estimated), the business stability (Average) and growth (Lacking), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Excellent).
Note: All scores range from 1 (worst) to 10 (best). Conclusions are updated daily with closing stock prices and new reported quarterly financial statements.
Revenue score: 5.0
- Business has been slightly shrinking. It's been weak when measured against peer companies.
- Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. business trend stability is run-of-the-mill. The higher the stability, the lower the risk. It looks mediocre against rivals.
Margins score: 7.7
- CFFN profit margins -on goods and services sold- are usually destitute. They stand bottom tier against rival companies.
- Business profit on sales tends to be hardly sufficient. It's substantially worse when measured against competitors.
- Profits on sales made -available to repay debt and purchase properties- are usually huge. They remain impressive in relation to peers.
- Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- tend to be huge in relation to total revenues. They're still top-notch against similar companies.
- Profits -before income taxes- are usually huge considering total sales, and remain great when measured against rivals.
- Total net profit tends to be huge when confronted to sales. Company stands great when measured against comparable firms.
Growth score: 2.0
- Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. has an unknown gross margin growth, as there is not enough data to analyze. It's been impossible to compare to competitors.
- There is not sufficient data to estimate the operating income margin trend, which has been therefore unknown against comparable firms.
- Profits -available to repay debt and purchase properties- tended to shrink, which compares substantially worse when measured against peer enterprises.
- Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- tended to shrink. It turns to be in a very weak position compared to similar stocks.
- In past years, profits -before income taxes- tended to shrink. It was worse than most rivals.
- In the previous years, growth on total net profit has been negative, and substantially worse when measured against peer companies.
- Earnings per share have been shrinking in the past years. It's been in a very weak position compared to industry peers.
Miscellaneous score: 5.0
- CFFN had to pay some income taxes in relation to profits made in the past years. It's been slightly worse than peers.
- The company does not report R&D expenses. It's meaningless to measure in relation to competitors.
- We have insufficient data to estimate how effective is research and development effort. It stands unknown against rival companies.
Profitability score: 6.2
- Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. usually gets sufficient returns on the resources it controls. It proves great when measured against peer firms.
- The company normally gets good proceeds -on the resources directly invested in the business-. They remain in a weak position compared to similar companies.
- There's usually some profitability -in relation to owned resources-. It ranks substantially worse when measured against competitors.
- In the past, got sufficient returns -on the tangible resources it controls-. This metric is usually related to the industry in which operates and combines profitability versus reinvestment needs. It's more than average in relation to comparable enterprises.
Usage of Funds score: 7.6
- CFFN usually uses a sparse portion of genuine funds generated to buy or replace property, plant, or equipment. The need for reinvestments is modest. It stands more than average in relation to rival firms.
- The company is usually replacing the property, plant, and equipment that gets old, keeping its operating capabilities up to date, which is encouraging in relation to industry peers.
- In the past twelve months it paid excellent dividends, considering the current stock price. It came top-notch against competitors.
- In recent years, has cut back dividend payments. It could be traversing challenging times. The company has behaved in a very weak position compared to similar firms.
- Dividend payments usually represent a slight portion of genuine funds generation and are most likely safe. Sustainability looks slightly worse than comparable companies.
- The company usually neither enlarges nor reduces the pool of investors, resulting in approximately the same mouths feeding on the pie of profits. It remains a slight improvement compared to peer enterprises.
- We are not sure on the effectiveness of the company when repurchasing shares, as there were not enough numbers to crunch. It stands unidentified against rivals.
- The company uses a non-significant portion of genuine fund generation to reward investors. The company is usually improving its financial position, and could greatly boost stockholder rewards if it wished so. It still looks encouraging in relation to competitors.
Balance Sheet score: 5.9
- Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. has no intangible assets (like brands and goodwill) according to accounting books, which is safest. It happens to be top tier when measured against peer companies.
- Current ratio remains a mystery, as there was not sufficient Balance Sheet information. It turns to be unidentifiable against similar firms.
- All resources are company owned, with virtually no financial debt. Financial position is outstanding. The company could significantly borrow money if it wished so, to reinvest in business, to buy a smaller company or to reward stockholders. It remains well ranked against rival firms.
- A substantial portion of resources controlled are already cash or short-term investments, which is better for liquidity. It looks top tier when measured against rivals.
- Quick ratio is unavailable at this moment, due to lacking data. It's a pity we cannot compare it with peer firms.
- A conclusion on cash ratio could not be reached, as we lack inputs, which is unfortunate when trying to measure against similar enterprises.
- Usually, sales are on many months credit. It still ranks last-in-rank when measured against peers.
- Days of inventory outstanding are not known. It comes up as a big question mark against competitors.
- We could not gauge the normal operating cycle of the company. It happens to be a mystery against peers.
- Unfortunately, we had not enough data to estimate the days of payables outstanding. It ranks unknown against industry peers.
- Cash conversion cycle remains unknown, due to not having enough inputs. It's incomparable against similar companies.
- Company earns net interest income on its investments and therefore is in a quite comfortable financial position. It stands top-notch against rival firms.
- There is insufficient data to conclude on the relationship of EBITDA and debt for this company. It ranks unknown against comparable enterprises.
- Revenues are somewhat low in relation to property, plant, and equipment required to operate. This metric is likely dependent on the industry the company operates in. The more property, plant, and equipment used, the more the company must reinvest to fight obsolescence, which usually means less available funds for the shareholders in the long run. It looks lacking compared to similar firms.
- Resources exploitation is virtually zero, as the firm hardly reports any sales. It's still bottom tier against peer companies.
Valuation score: 7.0
- Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. has an unknown adjusted Price-to-Earnings ratio, so we cannot comment on that. It happens to be a necessary comparison against competitors.
- Price-to-Tangible-Book-Value is a fairly complex metric. Run again in analytical mode if you're interested in a technical explanation. It remains in good shape compared to peers.
- There is insufficient information on the genuine funds generation capability showed in the past twelve months, which stands as an incognita in relation to similar companies.
- Unfortunately, lack of enough yearly data impaired our ability to estimate the normal earnings power. It's still an unknown variable to measure against industry firms.
- In the past twelve months, the company has rewarded investors, considering both dividends and share on the pie of earnings. It came up in good shape compared to peer ventures.
- We are unsure on the relationship between net financial position and market capitalization of the stock. It looks we will not be able to reach a conclusion regarding similar enterprises.
- Considering the past twelve months, traditional Price-to-Earnings relation might be reasonable. It ranks weak when measured against peer companies.
- Comparing the current stock price with the past twelve-months revenues gives a very high relationship. This is an important metric to check its evolution through time, and to compare to industry peers. It looks in a very weak position compared to rival firms.
- The relation between the stock price and accounting book value might be more than reasonable. It's important both to check this metric through time and to compare it with rival companies. The company remains somewhat better than peer firms.
- We could not gauge an alternative metric of earnings power of the past twelve months. It happens to be an interesting metric to relate to industry peers.
- An alternate metric on the usual genuine-funds generation ability could not be provided. It's still unknown against peer companies.
Total score: 5.8

Company at a glance: Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. (CFFN)
Sector, industry: Financial Services, Banks—Regional
Market Cap: 0.96 billions
Revenues TTM: 0.25 billions
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. operates as the holding company for Capitol Federal Savings Bank that provides various retail banking products and services in the United States. The company accepts a range of deposit products, including savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing checking accounts, and certificates of deposit. It also provides various loan products, such as one- to four-family residential real estate loans, commercial real estate, commercial and industrial, and construction loans, as well as consumer loans, which include home equity, loans and lines of credit, home improvement loans, vehicle loans, and loans secured by saving deposits. In addition, the company offers mobile, telephone, and online banking services, as well as bill payment services; operates a call center; and invests in various securities. It operates a network of 54 branches, including 45 traditional branches and nine in-store branches located in nine counties throughout Kansas and two counties in Missouri. The company serves the metropolitan areas of Topeka, Wichita, Lawrence, Manhattan, Emporia, and Salina, Kansas, and a portion of the metropolitan area of greater Kansas City. Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Topeka, Kansas.
Awarener score: 6.4
Conclusion
The higher the Awarener score, the more bang you get for the buck. It measures how much genuine funds the company generates for the stock price paid (could not be estimated), the business stability (Average) and growth (Lacking), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Excellent).