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T42 IoT Tracking Solutions (LSE:TRAC) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is T42 IoT Tracking Solutions 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

T42 IoT Tracking Solutions has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:TRAC' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 4   Max: 6
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of T42 IoT Tracking Solutions was 6. The lowest was 1. And the median was 4.


T42 IoT Tracking Solutions Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for T42 IoT Tracking Solutions'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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T42 IoT Tracking Solutions Piotroski F-Score Chart

T42 IoT Tracking Solutions Annual Data
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T42 IoT Tracking Solutions Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's Piotroski F-Score

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, T42 IoT Tracking Solutions'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.


T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where T42 IoT Tracking Solutions'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 (Dec22) TTM:Last Year (Dec21) TTM:
Net Income was £-0.83 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was £-0.78 Mil.
Revenue was £3.32 Mil.
Gross Profit was £1.38 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec21)
to the end of this year (Dec22) was (4.811 + 4.145) / 2 = £4.478 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec21) was £4.81 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £1.03 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £2.01 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £3.56 Mil.
Net Income was £-2.23 Mil.

Revenue was £3.17 Mil.
Gross Profit was £0.97 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec20)
to the end of last year (Dec21) was (4.728 + 4.811) / 2 = £4.7695 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec20) was £4.73 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £1.45 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £3.25 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £3.13 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.

T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's current Net Income (TTM) was -0.83. ==> 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.

T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.78. ==> 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 (Dec21)
=-0.826/4.811
=-0.17168988

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec20)
=-2.225/4.728
=-0.47060068

T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's return on assets of this year was -0.17168988. T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's return on assets of last year was -0.47060068. ==> 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.

T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's current Net Income (TTM) was -0.83. T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.78. ==> -0.78 > -0.83 ==> 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: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=1.027/4.478
=0.22934346

Gearing (Last Year: Dec21)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec20 to Dec21
=1.454/4.7695
=0.30485376

T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's gearing of this year was 0.22934346. T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's gearing of last year was 0.30485376. ==> 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: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2.007/3.56
=0.56376404

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec21)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=3.246/3.125
=1.03872

T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's current ratio of this year was 0.56376404. T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's current ratio of last year was 1.03872. ==> 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.

T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's number of shares in issue this year was 52.831. T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's number of shares in issue last year was 46.294. ==> 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
=1.382/3.318
=0.41651597

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0.969/3.169
=0.30577469

T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's gross margin of this year was 0.41651597. T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's gross margin of last year was 0.30577469. ==> 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 (Dec21)
=3.318/4.811
=0.68966951

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec20)
=3.169/4.728
=0.67026227

T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's asset turnover of this year was 0.68966951. T42 IoT Tracking Solutions's asset turnover of last year was 0.67026227. ==> 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
=0+0+1+1+1+0+0+1+1
=5

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

T42 IoT Tracking Solutions has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

T42 IoT Tracking Solutions  (LSE:TRAC) 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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T42 IoT Tracking Solutions (LSE:TRAC) Business Description

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T42 IoT Tracking Solutions PLC group specializes in automated real-time systems for remote tracking and management of vehicles, containers, assets, and people. It offers real-time tracking systems for fleet management and security applications of the vehicle and driver, container monitoring, merchandise tracking, and management, and a personal locator for the protection of individuals. Its products include Watchlock, Software as a Service, Tetis, Kylos, and others. The firm has Hardware and SAS segments.

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