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United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC (KUW:UPAC) Piotroski F-Score : 8 (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 8, 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

United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

The historical rank and industry rank for United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

KUW:UPAC' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 8

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC'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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United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC Piotroski F-Score Chart

United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC Annual Data
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United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's Piotroski F-Score

For the Airports & Air Services subindustry, United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC'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.


United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC'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 -0.001 + 2.945 + -1.999 + 0.617 = KWD1.56 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 0.264 + 2.91 + 1.226 + 0.741 = KWD5.14 Mil.
Revenue was 2.464 + 2.658 + 2.423 + 2.237 = KWD9.78 Mil.
Gross Profit was 2.186 + 2.346 + 2.155 + 1.938 = KWD8.63 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(203.578 + 209.17 + 219.723 + 226.08 + 233.328) / 5 = KWD218.3758 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was KWD203.58 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was KWD0.00 Mil.
Total Current Assets was KWD9.68 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was KWD125.08 Mil.
Net Income was 0.432 + 0.752 + -0.888 + 0.587 = KWD0.88 Mil.

Revenue was 2.444 + 2.622 + 2.545 + 2.596 = KWD10.21 Mil.
Gross Profit was 2.133 + 2.342 + 2.228 + 2.285 = KWD8.99 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(172.564 + 180.024 + 186.632 + 193.622 + 203.578) / 5 = KWD187.284 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was KWD172.56 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was KWD0.00 Mil.
Total Current Assets was KWD4.76 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was KWD97.05 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.

United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's current Net Income (TTM) was 1.56. ==> 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.

United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 5.14. ==> 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)
=1.562/203.578
=0.00767273

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=0.883/172.564
=0.00511694

United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's return on assets of this year was 0.00767273. United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's return on assets of last year was 0.00511694. ==> 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.

United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's current Net Income (TTM) was 1.56. United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 5.14. ==> 5.14 > 1.56 ==> 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
=0/218.3758
=0

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=0/187.284
=0

United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's gearing of this year was 0. United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's gearing of last year was 0. ==> 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
=9.683/125.079
=0.07741507

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=4.758/97.046
=0.0490283

United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's current ratio of this year was 0.07741507. United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's current ratio of last year was 0.0490283. ==> 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.

United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's number of shares in issue this year was 377.676. United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's number of shares in issue last year was 377.676. ==> 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
=8.625/9.782
=0.88172153

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=8.988/10.207
=0.88057216

United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's gross margin of this year was 0.88172153. United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's gross margin of last year was 0.88057216. ==> This year's gross margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

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)
=9.782/203.578
=0.04805038

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=10.207/172.564
=0.05914907

United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's asset turnover of this year was 0.04805038. United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC's asset turnover of last year was 0.05914907. ==> 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
=1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+0
=8

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

United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC  (KUW:UPAC) 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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United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC (KUW:UPAC) Business Description

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Address
Kuwait International Airport, Mezzanine Parking, P. O. Box 27068, Safat, Kuwait, KWT, 13131
United Projects Co for Aviation Services KSCC is a Kuwait-based company. Its services include project management and consultancy, real estate development, and property and facilities management. The company's services are used by retailers, food and beverage companies, airline companies, and financial institutions. The company operates in two business segments. Investments consist of investing in Reem Mall and surplus funds in investment portfolios. Service operations consist of managing projects and providing airplane ground and cleaning services among other services. The service operations segment generates maximum revenue for the company. Their projects portfolio includes Airport Mall and Facilities, Sheikh Saad Terminal, Discovery Center, and Reem Mall.

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