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Chase (CCF) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of May. 12, 2024)


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What is Chase Piotroski F-Score?

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Chase 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 Chase's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

CCF' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 7   Max: 8
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Chase was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 7.


Chase Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chase'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.

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Chase Piotroski F-Score Chart

Chase Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Piotroski F-Score
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Chase Quarterly Data
Nov18 Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23
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Competitive Comparison of Chase's Piotroski F-Score

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Chase'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.


Chase's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Chase's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chase'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 (Aug23) TTM:Last Year (Aug22) TTM:
Net Income was 6.724 + 8.503 + 12.092 + 5.863 = $33.2 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 6.758 + 12.433 + 22.624 + 32.521 = $74.3 Mil.
Revenue was 102.893 + 94.28 + 106.645 + 100.197 = $404.0 Mil.
Gross Profit was 35.893 + 34.659 + 40.208 + 34.681 = $145.4 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Aug22)
to the end of this year (Aug23) was
(611.58 + 643.062 + 622.04 + 617.296 + 600.806) / 5 = $618.9568 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Aug22) was $611.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $110.1 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $184.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $41.7 Mil.
Net Income was 9.727 + 9.126 + 15.545 + 10.273 = $44.7 Mil.

Revenue was 75.01 + 73.953 + 88.619 + 88.078 = $325.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was 27.729 + 27.042 + 34.181 + 34 = $123.0 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Aug21)
to the end of last year (Aug22) was
(404.159 + 408.53 + 406.761 + 420.891 + 611.58) / 5 = $450.3842 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Aug21) was $404.2 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $186.6 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $436.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $35.3 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.

Chase's current Net Income (TTM) was 33.2. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

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.

Chase's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 74.3. ==> 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 (Aug22)
=33.182/611.58
=0.05425619

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Aug21)
=44.671/404.159
=0.11052828

Chase's return on assets of this year was 0.05425619. Chase's return on assets of last year was 0.11052828. ==> 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.

Chase's current Net Income (TTM) was 33.2. Chase's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 74.3. ==> 74.3 > 33.2 ==> 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: Aug23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Aug22 to Aug23
=110.11/618.9568
=0.1778961

Gearing (Last Year: Aug22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Aug21 to Aug22
=186.618/450.3842
=0.4143529

Chase's gearing of this year was 0.1778961. Chase's gearing of last year was 0.4143529. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

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: Aug23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=184.788/41.664
=4.43519585

Current Ratio (Last Year: Aug22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=436.777/35.328
=12.36347939

Chase's current ratio of this year was 4.43519585. Chase's current ratio of last year was 12.36347939. ==> 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.

Chase's number of shares in issue this year was 9.482. Chase's number of shares in issue last year was 9.431. ==> 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
=145.441/404.015
=0.35998911

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=122.952/325.66
=0.37754714

Chase's gross margin of this year was 0.35998911. Chase's gross margin of last year was 0.37754714. ==> Last year's gross margin is higher ==> Score 0.

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 (Aug22)
=404.015/611.58
=0.66060859

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Aug21)
=325.66/404.159
=0.80577199

Chase's asset turnover of this year was 0.66060859. Chase's asset turnover of last year was 0.80577199. ==> Last year's asset turnover is higher ==> Score 0.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+0+1+1+0+0+0+0
=4

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Chase has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Chase  (AMEX:CCF) 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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Chase (CCF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
375 University Avenue, Westwood, MA, USA, 02090
Chase Corp is a specialty chemical company. It operates through the following segments: Adhesives, Sealants and Additives, Industrial Tapes and Corrosion Protection and Waterproofing. The firm generates majority revenue from the Industrial Tapes segment. Its Industrial Tapes segment features legacy wire and cable materials, specialty tapes, and other laminated and coated products. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from North America and also has a presence in Asia; Europe, and Other Countries.
Executives
Adam Chase officer: COO/Vice President 104 ALBION ROAD, WELLESLEY MA 02481
Thomas Jr Wroe director
Ellen Rubin director 11 CLEMENTS ROAD, NEWTON MA 02458
Mary Claire Chase director 115 SUMNER STREET, NEWTON MA 02459
Derby John H. Iii director 1029 OCEAN BLVD., RYE NH 03870
Jeffery D Haigh officer: Corporate Secretary 2 SUMMER STREET, NORWOOD MA 02062
Michael J. Bourque officer: Treasurer & CFO ANALOGIC CORPORATION, 8 CENTENNIAL DRIVE, PEABODY MA 01960
Lewis P Gack director 5 LIVINGTON CIRCLE, ANDOVER MA 01810
Peter R Chase officer: President, CEO 305 GRANGE PARK, BRIDGEWATER MA 02324
Joan Wallace-benjamin director 175 SANDY VALLEY ROAD, DEDHAM MA 02026
Christian John Talma officer: Chief Accounting Officer 5 ALHAMBRA RD., WELLESLEY MA 02481
Chad A. Mcdaniel director C/O LYDALL, INC., 1 COLONIAL ROAD, MANCHESTER CT 06042
Thomas D. Debyle director STANDEX INT'L, 6 MANOR PARKWAY, SALEM NH 03079
Kenneth James Feroldi officer: CFO/Treasurer 67 KIMBERLEY DRIVE, WAKEFIELD RI 02878
Everett Jr Chadwick director 20 SOUTH DRIVE, BRIDGEWATER MA 02324