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Unique Logistics International (Unique Logistics International) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is Unique Logistics International 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

Unique Logistics International 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 Unique Logistics International's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

UNQL' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 6
Current: 3

During the past 4 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Unique Logistics International was 6. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


Unique Logistics International Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unique Logistics International'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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Unique Logistics International Piotroski F-Score Chart

Unique Logistics International Annual Data
Trend May20 May21 May22 May23
Piotroski F-Score
N/A N/A 6.00 6.00

Unique Logistics International Quarterly Data
Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 5.00 6.00 6.00 3.00 3.00

Competitive Comparison of Unique Logistics International's Piotroski F-Score

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Unique Logistics International'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.


Unique Logistics International's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Unique Logistics International's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Unique Logistics International'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 (Feb24) TTM:Last Year (Feb23) TTM:
Net Income was 0.946 + -2.231 + -2.897 + -5.962 = $-10.1 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 1.023 + -9.306 + 1.784 + -0.246 = $-6.7 Mil.
Revenue was 50.645 + 62.868 + 61.842 + 67.83 = $243.2 Mil.
Gross Profit was 2 + 0.426 + -0.697 + 0.822 = $2.6 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Feb23)
to the end of this year (Feb24) was
(110.941 + 111.523 + 115.698 + 102.364 + 105.628) / 5 = $109.2308 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Feb23) was $110.9 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $28.3 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $57.2 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $52.0 Mil.
Net Income was 1.953 + 3.321 + 3.272 + 0.663 = $9.2 Mil.

Revenue was 168.848 + 136.509 + 88.837 + 49.628 = $443.8 Mil.
Gross Profit was 6.987 + 6.049 + 6.2 + 2.165 = $21.4 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Feb22)
to the end of last year (Feb23) was
(155.38 + 124.912 + 111.699 + 93.494 + 110.941) / 5 = $119.2852 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Feb22) was $155.4 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $10.5 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $62.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $72.2 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.

Unique Logistics International's current Net Income (TTM) was -10.1. ==> 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.

Unique Logistics International's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -6.7. ==> 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 (Feb23)
=-10.144/110.941
=-0.09143599

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Feb22)
=9.209/155.38
=0.0592676

Unique Logistics International's return on assets of this year was -0.09143599. Unique Logistics International's return on assets of last year was 0.0592676. ==> 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.

Unique Logistics International's current Net Income (TTM) was -10.1. Unique Logistics International's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -6.7. ==> -6.7 > -10.1 ==> 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: Feb24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Feb23 to Feb24
=28.324/109.2308
=0.25930415

Gearing (Last Year: Feb23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Feb22 to Feb23
=10.464/119.2852
=0.08772253

Unique Logistics International's gearing of this year was 0.25930415. Unique Logistics International's gearing of last year was 0.08772253. ==> 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: Feb24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=57.224/51.962
=1.10126631

Current Ratio (Last Year: Feb23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=62.47/72.202
=0.86521149

Unique Logistics International's current ratio of this year was 1.10126631. Unique Logistics International's current ratio of last year was 0.86521149. ==> 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.

Unique Logistics International's number of shares in issue this year was 799.142. Unique Logistics International's number of shares in issue last year was 9677.967. ==> 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
=2.551/243.185
=0.01048996

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=21.401/443.822
=0.04821978

Unique Logistics International's gross margin of this year was 0.01048996. Unique Logistics International's gross margin of last year was 0.04821978. ==> 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 (Feb23)
=243.185/110.941
=2.19202098

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Feb22)
=443.822/155.38
=2.85636504

Unique Logistics International's asset turnover of this year was 2.19202098. Unique Logistics International's asset turnover of last year was 2.85636504. ==> 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+0+1+1+0+0
=3

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

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

Unique Logistics International  (OTCPK:UNQL) 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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Unique Logistics International (Unique Logistics International) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
154-09, 146th Avenue, Jamaica, NY, USA, 11434
Unique Logistics International Inc is a logistics and freight forwarding company. Its services include Air Freight, Ocean Freight, Customs Brokerage, Insurance, Domestic Distribution, and DDP and Fiscal Representation. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Executives
Migdalia Diaz officer: Chief Operating Officer 3722 CASTEEL PARK DRIVE, MARIETTA GA 30064
Sunandan Ray director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 320 SOUTHDOWN ROAD, LLYOD HARBOR NY 11743
Lee Patrick Man Bun director UNIT 05-06, 3/F, ENTERPRISE SQUARE, 9 SHEUNG YUET RD, KOWLOON BAY, KOWLOON K3 1703
David S. Briones director C/O PETRO RIVER OIL COMPANY, 1980 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 2020, HOUSTON TX 77056
Sterling C. Barton 10 percent owner 823 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, SUITE 100, LAS VEGAS NV 89101
Keith S. Barton 10 percent owner 488 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 1100, NEW YORK NY 10022
Gcnd, Inc. 10 percent owner C/O GARY WOLF ESQ., 488 MADISON AVE., STE. 1100, NEW YORK NY 10022

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