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JFE Holdings (JFE Holdings) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of Jun. 05, 2024)


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What is JFE Holdings Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

JFE Holdings has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

The historical rank and industry rank for JFE Holdings's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

JFEEF' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 6   Max: 7
Current: 7

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of JFE Holdings was 7. The lowest was 2. And the median was 6.


JFE Holdings Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for JFE Holdings'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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JFE Holdings Piotroski F-Score Chart

JFE Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 5.00 7.00 5.00 7.00

JFE Holdings 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 4.00 5.00 5.00 7.00

Competitive Comparison of JFE Holdings's Piotroski F-Score

For the Steel subindustry, JFE Holdings'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.


JFE Holdings's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Steel Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where JFE Holdings'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 421.645 + 341.5 + 366.929 + 230.265 = $1,360 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -786.032 + 2147.431 + -281.071 + 2089.6 = $3,170 Mil.
Revenue was 8928.289 + 8891.075 + 8953.643 + 8736.465 = $35,509 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1075.234 + 1150.042 + 1171.789 + 1104.315 = $4,501 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(41327.714 + 39448.769 + 38408.279 + 39300.584 + 38412.881) / 5 = $39379.6454 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was $41,328 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $9,370 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $17,535 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $10,814 Mil.
Net Income was 625.887 + 275.062 + 153.312 + 139.768 = $1,194 Mil.

Revenue was 9357.885 + 9147.792 + 9963.71 + 10176.285 = $38,646 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1263.546 + 1111.043 + 1156.493 + 934.662 = $4,466 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(44594.577 + 41569.058 + 39006.8 + 42264.118 + 41327.714) / 5 = $41752.4534 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was $44,595 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $10,967 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $19,142 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $12,433 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.

JFE Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,360. ==> 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.

JFE Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 3,170. ==> 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)
=1360.339/41327.714
=0.0329159

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=1194.029/44594.577
=0.02677521

JFE Holdings's return on assets of this year was 0.0329159. JFE Holdings's return on assets of last year was 0.02677521. ==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.

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.

JFE Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,360. JFE Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 3,170. ==> 3,170 > 1,360 ==> 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
=9370.325/39379.6454
=0.23794844

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=10967.319/41752.4534
=0.26267484

JFE Holdings's gearing of this year was 0.23794844. JFE Holdings's gearing of last year was 0.26267484. ==> 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: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=17534.672/10814.378
=1.62142215

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=19142.097/12432.624
=1.53966669

JFE Holdings's current ratio of this year was 1.62142215. JFE Holdings's current ratio of last year was 1.53966669. ==> This year's current ratio is higher. ==> Score 1.

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.

JFE Holdings's number of shares in issue this year was 661.26. JFE Holdings's number of shares in issue last year was 581.144. ==> 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
=4501.38/35509.472
=0.12676561

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=4465.744/38645.672
=0.11555612

JFE Holdings's gross margin of this year was 0.12676561. JFE Holdings's gross margin of last year was 0.11555612. ==> 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)
=35509.472/41327.714
=0.85921694

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=38645.672/44594.577
=0.86660026

JFE Holdings's asset turnover of this year was 0.85921694. JFE Holdings's asset turnover of last year was 0.86660026. ==> 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+1+1+1+1+0+1+0
=7

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

JFE Holdings has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

JFE Holdings  (OTCPK:JFEEF) 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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JFE Holdings (JFE Holdings) Business Description

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2-2-3 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 100-0011
JFE Holdings Inc is a Japan-based company operating through three subsidiaries, namely JFE Steel, JFE Engineering and JFE Shoji. JFE Steel produces and sells a wide range of steel products and raw materials, and also operates peripheral businesses such as transporting, maintenance and construction of equipment. JFE Engineering provides engineering services for energy, urban environment, recycle, steel construction and industrial machines and systems. JFE Shoji purchases, processes and sells steel products, raw materials for steel production, nonferrous metal products, food, etc. Steel manufacturing and trading account for majority of JFE's revenue. The company generates most of its sales from the Japanese market.

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