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Conifex Timber (TSX:CFF) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is Conifex Timber 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

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

TSX:CFF' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Conifex Timber was 7. The lowest was 1. And the median was 5.


Conifex Timber Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Conifex Timber'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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Conifex Timber Piotroski F-Score Chart

Conifex Timber 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 4.00 5.00 7.00 6.00 3.00

Conifex Timber Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 6.00 5.00 1.00 3.00 3.00

Competitive Comparison of Conifex Timber's Piotroski F-Score

For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, Conifex Timber'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.


Conifex Timber's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Conifex Timber's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Conifex Timber'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 (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was -8.058 + -9.193 + -8.046 + -5.333 = C$-30.6 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -5.766 + 4.946 + 0.424 + 4.02 = C$3.6 Mil.
Revenue was 39.941 + 27.199 + 38.742 + 35.278 = C$141.2 Mil.
Gross Profit was -1.94 + -2.72 + -1.938 + 0.774 = C$-5.8 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(257.263 + 256.062 + 233.21 + 227.708 + 218.994) / 5 = C$238.6474 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was C$257.3 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$47.6 Mil.
Total Current Assets was C$57.1 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was C$39.3 Mil.
Net Income was 11.44 + 12.281 + 0.941 + -0.169 = C$24.5 Mil.

Revenue was 71.821 + 85.075 + 47.671 + 26.7 = C$231.3 Mil.
Gross Profit was 26.71 + 29.402 + 11.427 + -1.993 = C$65.5 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(231.462 + 260.606 + 262.264 + 257.933 + 257.263) / 5 = C$253.9056 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was C$231.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$51.6 Mil.
Total Current Assets was C$93.3 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was C$34.2 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.

Conifex Timber's current Net Income (TTM) was -30.6. ==> 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.

Conifex Timber's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 3.6. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=-30.63/257.263
=-0.11906104

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=24.493/231.462
=0.10581867

Conifex Timber's return on assets of this year was -0.11906104. Conifex Timber's return on assets of last year was 0.10581867. ==> 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.

Conifex Timber's current Net Income (TTM) was -30.6. Conifex Timber's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 3.6. ==> 3.6 > -30.6 ==> 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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=47.584/238.6474
=0.1993904

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=51.561/253.9056
=0.20307154

Conifex Timber's gearing of this year was 0.1993904. Conifex Timber's gearing of last year was 0.20307154. ==> 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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=57.053/39.332
=1.45054917

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=93.284/34.177
=2.72943793

Conifex Timber's current ratio of this year was 1.45054917. Conifex Timber's current ratio of last year was 2.72943793. ==> 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.

Conifex Timber's number of shares in issue this year was 41.528. Conifex Timber's number of shares in issue last year was 39.15. ==> 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
=-5.824/141.16
=-0.04125815

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=65.546/231.267
=0.28342133

Conifex Timber's gross margin of this year was -0.04125815. Conifex Timber's gross margin of last year was 0.28342133. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=141.16/257.263
=0.54869919

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=231.267/231.462
=0.99915753

Conifex Timber's asset turnover of this year was 0.54869919. Conifex Timber's asset turnover of last year was 0.99915753. ==> 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+1+0+1+1+0+0+0+0
=3

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

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

Conifex Timber  (TSX:CFF) 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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Conifex Timber (TSX:CFF) Business Description

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Address
980-700 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V7Y 1B6
Conifex Timber Inc is a Canada-based forestry company. It operates through two segments: Lumber and Bioenergy. The main activities of the lumbar segment include timber harvesting, reforestation, forest management, sawmilling logs into lumber and wood chips, and value-added lumber finishing. The firm's primary activities in the bioenergy segment are the generation of electrical power and the development of other opportunities in bioenergy and bioproducts which are complementary to the company's harvesting and manufacturing operations. The firm's main activities areas are the United States, Chinese, Canadian and Japanese markets. The revenues are generated from lumber in the United States of America.
Executives
John Michael Costello Director

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