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GuoChuang Software Co (SZSE:300520) Piotroski F-Score : 2 (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is GuoChuang Software Co Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 2 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

GuoChuang Software Co has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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

SZSE:300520' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 4   Max: 6
Current: 2

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


GuoChuang Software Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for GuoChuang Software 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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GuoChuang Software Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

GuoChuang Software Co Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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GuoChuang Software Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of GuoChuang Software Co's Piotroski F-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, GuoChuang Software 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.


GuoChuang Software Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, GuoChuang Software Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where GuoChuang Software 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 44.338 + 18.013 + -445.064 + 5.885 = ¥-377 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 12.781 + -103.854 + -68.815 + -243.983 = ¥-404 Mil.
Revenue was 579.474 + 657.787 + 739.766 + 307.845 = ¥2,285 Mil.
Gross Profit was 156.744 + 189.967 + 150.019 + 138.604 = ¥635 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(4013.078 + 4174.433 + 4337.044 + 4687.093 + 4893.017) / 5 = ¥4420.933 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was ¥4,013 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥270 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥3,294 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥2,416 Mil.
Net Income was 38.681 + -7.43 + -112.672 + 2.383 = ¥-79 Mil.

Revenue was 469.854 + 529.708 + 1057.601 + 537.868 = ¥2,595 Mil.
Gross Profit was 162.702 + 135.657 + 187.52 + 116.432 = ¥602 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(3578.444 + 3717.941 + 3978.068 + 4056.977 + 4013.078) / 5 = ¥3868.9016 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was ¥3,578 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥210 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥2,272 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥2,088 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.

GuoChuang Software Co's current Net Income (TTM) was -377. ==> 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.

GuoChuang Software Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -404. ==> 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)
=-376.828/4013.078
=-0.09389999

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=-79.038/3578.444
=-0.02208725

GuoChuang Software Co's return on assets of this year was -0.09389999. GuoChuang Software Co's return on assets of last year was -0.02208725. ==> 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.

GuoChuang Software Co's current Net Income (TTM) was -377. GuoChuang Software Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -404. ==> -404 <= -377 ==> 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: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=270.153/4420.933
=0.06110769

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=210.156/3868.9016
=0.05431929

GuoChuang Software Co's gearing of this year was 0.06110769. GuoChuang Software Co's gearing of last year was 0.05431929. ==> 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
=3294.048/2416.188
=1.36332438

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2272.49/2087.716
=1.08850533

GuoChuang Software Co's current ratio of this year was 1.36332438. GuoChuang Software Co's current ratio of last year was 1.08850533. ==> 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.

GuoChuang Software Co's number of shares in issue this year was 294.263. GuoChuang Software Co's number of shares in issue last year was 238.303. ==> 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
=635.334/2284.872
=0.27806109

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=602.311/2595.031
=0.23210166

GuoChuang Software Co's gross margin of this year was 0.27806109. GuoChuang Software Co's gross margin of last year was 0.23210166. ==> 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)
=2284.872/4013.078
=0.56935649

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=2595.031/3578.444
=0.72518419

GuoChuang Software Co's asset turnover of this year was 0.56935649. GuoChuang Software Co's asset turnover of last year was 0.72518419. ==> 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+0+0+1+0+1+0
=2

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

GuoChuang Software Co has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

GuoChuang Software Co  (SZSE:300520) 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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GuoChuang Software Co (SZSE:300520) Business Description

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Address
Venturi Road, Hefei High-Tech Zone No 355, Hefei, CHN, 230088
GuoChuang Software Co Ltd is engaged in the provision of information technology solutions; and software research and development services. It develops offshore software, software application, system integration, and maintenance services for various industries, such as tobacco, telecom, electric power, financing, healthcare, manufacturing, e-commerce, education, retail.
Executives
Shi Xing Ling Director
Chu Shi Sheng Directors, executives
Dong Yong Dong Directors, executives

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