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Tower Resources (LSE:TRP) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Jun. 09, 2024)


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What is Tower Resources Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Tower Resources has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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

LSE:TRP' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 3   Max: 4
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Tower Resources was 4. The lowest was 2. And the median was 3.


Tower Resources Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tower Resources'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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Tower Resources Piotroski F-Score Chart

Tower Resources Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 3.00 4.00 3.00 -

Tower Resources Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 4.00 - 3.00 - -

Competitive Comparison of Tower Resources's Piotroski F-Score

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Tower Resources'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.


Tower Resources's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Tower Resources's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Tower Resources'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 (Dec22) TTM:Last Year (Dec21) TTM:
Net Income was £-0.83 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was £-0.24 Mil.
Revenue was £0.00 Mil.
Gross Profit was £0.00 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec21)
to the end of this year (Dec22) was (21.657 + 26.715) / 2 = £24.186 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec21) was £21.66 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.02 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £0.58 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £2.58 Mil.
Net Income was £0.04 Mil.

Revenue was £0.00 Mil.
Gross Profit was £0.00 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec20)
to the end of last year (Dec21) was (20.162 + 21.657) / 2 = £20.9095 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec20) was £20.16 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.04 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £0.01 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £1.77 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.

Tower Resources's current Net Income (TTM) was -0.83. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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.

Tower Resources's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.24. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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 (Dec21)
=-0.828/21.657
=-0.03823244

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec20)
=0.035/20.162
=0.00173594

Tower Resources's return on assets of this year was -0.03823244. Tower Resources's return on assets of last year was 0.00173594. ==> 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.

Tower Resources's current Net Income (TTM) was -0.83. Tower Resources's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.24. ==> -0.24 > -0.83 ==> 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: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=0.024/24.186
=0.00099231

Gearing (Last Year: Dec21)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec20 to Dec21
=0.035/20.9095
=0.00167388

Tower Resources's gearing of this year was 0.00099231. Tower Resources's gearing of last year was 0.00167388. ==> 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: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=0.58/2.584
=0.2244582

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec21)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=0.014/1.767
=0.00792303

Tower Resources's current ratio of this year was 0.2244582. Tower Resources's current ratio of last year was 0.00792303. ==> 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.

Tower Resources's number of shares in issue this year was 2165.198. Tower Resources's number of shares in issue last year was 1900.697. ==> 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
=0/0
=

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0/0
=

Tower Resources's gross margin of this year was . Tower Resources's gross margin of last year was . ==> 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 (Dec21)
=0/21.657
=0

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec20)
=0/20.162
=0

Tower Resources's asset turnover of this year was 0. Tower Resources's asset turnover of last year was 0. ==> 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
=0+0+0+1+1+1+0+0+0
=3

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

Tower Resources has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Tower Resources  (LSE:TRP) 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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Tower Resources (LSE:TRP) Business Description

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Address
134 Buckingham Palace Road, Westminster, London, GBR, SW1W 9SA
Tower Resources PLC is a London-based upstream oil and gas company. It is engaged in the exploration of oil and gas and has exploration projects in Cameroon, South Africa, Namibia and Western Sahara. It is an operator of international licenses with a focus on projects in Africa. The company has two reportable operating segments: Africa and Head Office.