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BluMetric Environmental (BluMetric Environmental) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of May. 21, 2024)


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What is BluMetric Environmental 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

BluMetric Environmental has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for BluMetric Environmental's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SEPOF' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of BluMetric Environmental was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


BluMetric Environmental Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for BluMetric Environmental'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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BluMetric Environmental Piotroski F-Score Chart

BluMetric Environmental Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Piotroski F-Score
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BluMetric Environmental Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of BluMetric Environmental's Piotroski F-Score

For the Waste Management subindustry, BluMetric Environmental'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.


BluMetric Environmental's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, BluMetric Environmental's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where BluMetric Environmental'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 0.058 + -0.549 + 0.517 + 0.18 = $0.21 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -0.278 + 1.507 + -1.098 + -0.943 = $-0.81 Mil.
Revenue was 5.418 + 5.224 + 7.576 + 6.354 = $24.57 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1.128 + 0.778 + 1.981 + 2.671 = $6.56 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(15.234 + 13.678 + 13.726 + 14.819 + 15.818) / 5 = $14.655 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $15.23 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.89 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $12.96 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $4.62 Mil.
Net Income was 0.209 + 0.248 + 0.142 + 0.336 = $0.94 Mil.

Revenue was 6.488 + 6.524 + 7.448 + 7.713 = $28.17 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1.423 + 1.529 + 1.316 + 2.5 = $6.77 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(12.984 + 13.187 + 13.84 + 14.746 + 15.234) / 5 = $13.9982 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $12.98 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.46 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $13.40 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $5.01 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.

BluMetric Environmental's current Net Income (TTM) was 0.21. ==> 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.

BluMetric Environmental's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.81. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=0.206/15.234
=0.01352238

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=0.935/12.984
=0.07201171

BluMetric Environmental's return on assets of this year was 0.01352238. BluMetric Environmental's return on assets of last year was 0.07201171. ==> 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.

BluMetric Environmental's current Net Income (TTM) was 0.21. BluMetric Environmental's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.81. ==> -0.81 <= 0.21 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

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
=1.894/14.655
=0.12923917

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=1.457/13.9982
=0.10408481

BluMetric Environmental's gearing of this year was 0.12923917. BluMetric Environmental's gearing of last year was 0.10408481. ==> 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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=12.964/4.621
=2.80545337

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=13.396/5.009
=2.67438611

BluMetric Environmental's current ratio of this year was 2.80545337. BluMetric Environmental's current ratio of last year was 2.67438611. ==> 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.

BluMetric Environmental's number of shares in issue this year was 29.436. BluMetric Environmental's number of shares in issue last year was 29.436. ==> 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
=6.558/24.572
=0.26688914

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=6.768/28.173
=0.24023001

BluMetric Environmental's gross margin of this year was 0.26688914. BluMetric Environmental's gross margin of last year was 0.24023001. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=24.572/15.234
=1.61297099

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=28.173/12.984
=2.1698244

BluMetric Environmental's asset turnover of this year was 1.61297099. BluMetric Environmental's asset turnover of last year was 2.1698244. ==> 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+0+0+0+0+1+1+1+0
=4

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

BluMetric Environmental has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

BluMetric Environmental  (OTCPK:SEPOF) 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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BluMetric Environmental (BluMetric Environmental) Business Description

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BluMetric Environmental Inc is an integrated product and service organization. It principally provides sustainable solutions for complex environmental issues. It serves clients in many industrial sectors, and at all levels of government, both domestically and internationally. The organization offers services and solutions such as environmental earth sciences and engineering; contaminated site remediation; water resource management; industrial hygiene; occupational health and safety; and water and wastewater design-build and pre-engineered solutions. It operates in Canada and internationally, of which the majority of the revenue is derived from the operations in Canada.

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