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Solid State System Co (ROCO:3259) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of May. 24, 2024)


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What is Solid State System Co 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

Solid State System Co 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 Solid State System Co's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

ROCO:3259' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 4   Max: 6
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Solid State System Co was 6. The lowest was 2. And the median was 4.


Solid State System Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Solid State System Co'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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Solid State System Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

Solid State System Co Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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Solid State System Co Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Solid State System Co's Piotroski F-Score

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Solid State System Co'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.


Solid State System Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Solid State System Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Solid State System Co'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 -54.756 + -67.75 + -75.524 + -63.365 = NT$-261.4 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -11.735 + -15.282 + -11.045 + -29.496 = NT$-67.6 Mil.
Revenue was 75.756 + 56.006 + 54.482 + 42.199 = NT$228.4 Mil.
Gross Profit was 2.977 + -5.927 + -18.148 + -14.224 = NT$-35.3 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(595.506 + 530.517 + 473.045 + 508.935 + 452.132) / 5 = NT$512.027 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was NT$595.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$29.1 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$398.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$59.7 Mil.
Net Income was -20.69 + -34.699 + -75.373 + -21.985 = NT$-152.7 Mil.

Revenue was 97.589 + 89.275 + 99.626 + 89.397 = NT$375.9 Mil.
Gross Profit was 36.83 + 22.784 + 24.075 + 36.413 = NT$120.1 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(700.954 + 694.317 + 706.494 + 629.79 + 595.506) / 5 = NT$665.4122 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was NT$701.0 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$6.3 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$494.9 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$111.2 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.

Solid State System Co's current Net Income (TTM) was -261.4. ==> 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.

Solid State System Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -67.6. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=-261.395/595.506
=-0.43894604

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=-152.747/700.954
=-0.21791302

Solid State System Co's return on assets of this year was -0.43894604. Solid State System Co's return on assets of last year was -0.21791302. ==> 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.

Solid State System Co's current Net Income (TTM) was -261.4. Solid State System Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -67.6. ==> -67.6 > -261.4 ==> 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
=29.088/512.027
=0.0568095

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=6.253/665.4122
=0.00939718

Solid State System Co's gearing of this year was 0.0568095. Solid State System Co's gearing of last year was 0.00939718. ==> 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
=398.517/59.683
=6.67722802

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=494.854/111.243
=4.44840574

Solid State System Co's current ratio of this year was 6.67722802. Solid State System Co's current ratio of last year was 4.44840574. ==> 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.

Solid State System Co's number of shares in issue this year was 56.966. Solid State System Co's number of shares in issue last year was 74.688. ==> 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
=-35.322/228.443
=-0.15462063

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=120.102/375.887
=0.31951624

Solid State System Co's gross margin of this year was -0.15462063. Solid State System Co's gross margin of last year was 0.31951624. ==> 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)
=228.443/595.506
=0.38361158

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=375.887/700.954
=0.5362506

Solid State System Co's asset turnover of this year was 0.38361158. Solid State System Co's asset turnover of last year was 0.5362506. ==> 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

Solid State System Co has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Solid State System Co  (ROCO:3259) 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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Solid State System Co (ROCO:3259) Business Description

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No. 22, Tai Yuen Street, 5th Floor-1, Tai Yuen Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Hsinchu County, Zhubei City, TWN, 30288
Solid State System Co Ltd is engaged in the production and distribution of flash memory controller integrated circuits and audio ICs. It offers various storage solutions, including USB flash controllers and SSD turn-key solutions; multimedia audio solutions, such as USB speakers, USB headsets, and USB line-in controllers; and MEMS microphones.

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