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Wistron Information Technology & Service (ROCO:4953) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of May. 23, 2024)


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What is Wistron Information Technology & Service 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

Wistron Information Technology & Service 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 Wistron Information Technology & Service's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

ROCO:4953' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 9
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Wistron Information Technology & Service was 9. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


Wistron Information Technology & Service Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wistron Information Technology & Service'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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Wistron Information Technology & Service Piotroski F-Score Chart

Wistron Information Technology & Service Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
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Wistron Information Technology & Service 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 Wistron Information Technology & Service's Piotroski F-Score

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Wistron Information Technology & Service'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.


Wistron Information Technology & Service's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Wistron Information Technology & Service's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wistron Information Technology & Service'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 132.189 + 162.538 + 170.109 + 133.896 = NT$599 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 66.399 + 34.405 + 481.629 + -562.125 = NT$20 Mil.
Revenue was 2127.722 + 2220.5 + 2438.703 + 2418.672 = NT$9,206 Mil.
Gross Profit was 437.865 + 456.146 + 479.029 + 423.301 = NT$1,796 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(4372.869 + 4497.755 + 4787.11 + 5237.43 + 5425.427) / 5 = NT$4864.1182 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was NT$4,373 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$65 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$4,496 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$1,513 Mil.
Net Income was 136.026 + 144.744 + 163.65 + 123.137 = NT$568 Mil.

Revenue was 1950.042 + 2078.248 + 2092.088 + 2054.333 = NT$8,175 Mil.
Gross Profit was 417.748 + 449.091 + 414.623 + 391.235 = NT$1,673 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(3975.586 + 4239.65 + 4320.832 + 4561.758 + 4372.869) / 5 = NT$4294.139 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was NT$3,976 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$3,489 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$1,324 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.

Wistron Information Technology & Service's current Net Income (TTM) was 599. ==> 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.

Wistron Information Technology & Service's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 20. ==> 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)
=598.732/4372.869
=0.13691972

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=567.557/3975.586
=0.14276059

Wistron Information Technology & Service's return on assets of this year was 0.13691972. Wistron Information Technology & Service's return on assets of last year was 0.14276059. ==> 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.

Wistron Information Technology & Service's current Net Income (TTM) was 599. Wistron Information Technology & Service's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 20. ==> 20 <= 599 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

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
=65.211/4864.1182
=0.01340654

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=6.519/4294.139
=0.00151812

Wistron Information Technology & Service's gearing of this year was 0.01340654. Wistron Information Technology & Service's gearing of last year was 0.00151812. ==> Last year is lower than this year ==> Score 0.

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
=4496.383/1513.195
=2.97144981

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=3489.031/1324.382
=2.6344597

Wistron Information Technology & Service's current ratio of this year was 2.97144981. Wistron Information Technology & Service's current ratio of last year was 2.6344597. ==> 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.

Wistron Information Technology & Service's number of shares in issue this year was 72.957. Wistron Information Technology & Service's number of shares in issue last year was 67.405. ==> 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
=1796.341/9205.597
=0.19513574

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1672.697/8174.711
=0.20461849

Wistron Information Technology & Service's gross margin of this year was 0.19513574. Wistron Information Technology & Service's gross margin of last year was 0.20461849. ==> 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)
=9205.597/4372.869
=2.10516185

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=8174.711/3975.586
=2.05622794

Wistron Information Technology & Service's asset turnover of this year was 2.10516185. Wistron Information Technology & Service's asset turnover of last year was 2.05622794. ==> 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+0+0+0+1+0+0+1
=4

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

Wistron Information Technology & Service has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Wistron Information Technology & Service  (ROCO:4953) 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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Wistron Information Technology & Service (ROCO:4953) Business Description

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Address
No. 93, Section 1, Xintai 5th Road, 32nd Floor, Xizhi District, Taipei, TWN, 22175
Wistron Information Technology & Service is engaged in the development and maintenance of the IT system, IT consulting and outsourcing services. Its products and service include technical consulting services, information technology outsourcing, business process outsourcing, and product globalization services. Geographically, the business presences are in Taiwan, Japan and Others.

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