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UltraTech Cement (LUX:ULCL1) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of May. 17, 2024)


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What is UltraTech Cement 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

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

LUX:ULCL1' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 7

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of UltraTech Cement was 8. The lowest was 5. And the median was 6.


UltraTech Cement Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for UltraTech Cement'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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UltraTech Cement Piotroski F-Score Chart

UltraTech Cement Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Piotroski F-Score
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UltraTech Cement Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of UltraTech Cement's Piotroski F-Score

For the Building Materials subindustry, UltraTech Cement'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.


UltraTech Cement's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where UltraTech Cement'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 $844 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $1,313 Mil.
Revenue was $8,541 Mil.
Gross Profit was $7,107 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was (11108.648 + 12141.69) / 2 = $11625.169 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was $11,109 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $753 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,788 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,241 Mil.
Net Income was $616 Mil.

Revenue was $7,687 Mil.
Gross Profit was $6,506 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was (11002.524 + 11108.648) / 2 = $11055.586 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was $11,003 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $774 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,519 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2,848 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.

UltraTech Cement's current Net Income (TTM) was 844. ==> 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.

UltraTech Cement's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,313. ==> 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)
=843.758/11108.648
=0.07595506

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=615.556/11002.524
=0.0559468

UltraTech Cement's return on assets of this year was 0.07595506. UltraTech Cement's return on assets of last year was 0.0559468. ==> 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.

UltraTech Cement's current Net Income (TTM) was 844. UltraTech Cement's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,313. ==> 1,313 > 844 ==> 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
=752.805/11625.169
=0.06475648

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=773.955/11055.586
=0.07000579

UltraTech Cement's gearing of this year was 0.06475648. UltraTech Cement's gearing of last year was 0.07000579. ==> 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
=2787.651/3240.846
=0.86016151

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2519.237/2848.278
=0.88447722

UltraTech Cement's current ratio of this year was 0.86016151. UltraTech Cement's current ratio of last year was 0.88447722. ==> 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.

UltraTech Cement's number of shares in issue this year was 288.426. UltraTech Cement's number of shares in issue last year was 288.479. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

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
=7107.23/8540.947
=0.83213606

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=6506.296/7687.209
=0.84637949

UltraTech Cement's gross margin of this year was 0.83213606. UltraTech Cement's gross margin of last year was 0.84637949. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=8540.947/11108.648
=0.76885567

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=7687.209/11002.524
=0.69867687

UltraTech Cement's asset turnover of this year was 0.76885567. UltraTech Cement's asset turnover of last year was 0.69867687. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

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+0+1+0+1
=7

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

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

UltraTech Cement  (LUX:ULCL1) 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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UltraTech Cement (LUX:ULCL1) Business Description

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Address
Mahakali Caves Road, B Wing, Ahura Centre, 2nd Floor, Andheri (East), Mumbai, MH, IND, 400 093
UltraTech Cement Ltd produces and sells cement and cement-related products. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue in India. UltraTech has one of the largest production capacities of any firm in India. The company's product portfolio includes Ordinary Portland cement, Portland blast-furnace slag cement, and Portland Pozzolana cement. Ordinary Portland cement is used for a wide range of applications including concrete products, masonry, and plastering. The firm's customers are in the building and construction industries.

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