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Alchip Technologies (TPE:3661) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is Alchip Technologies 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

Alchip Technologies 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 Alchip Technologies's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:3661' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Alchip Technologies was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 6.


Alchip Technologies Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alchip Technologies'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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Alchip Technologies Piotroski F-Score Chart

Alchip Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 6.00 6.00 2.00 5.00

Alchip Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.00 4.00 5.00 4.00 5.00

Competitive Comparison of Alchip Technologies's Piotroski F-Score

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Alchip Technologies'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.


Alchip Technologies's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Alchip Technologies's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alchip Technologies'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 582.478 + 734.889 + 888.348 + 1119.455 = NT$3,325 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -182.707 + 2219.578 + 748.972 + 6520.115 = NT$9,306 Mil.
Revenue was 5716.43 + 7928.474 + 7609.996 + 9226.676 = NT$30,482 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1198.509 + 1692.083 + 1803.682 + 2100.077 = NT$6,794 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(19738.125 + 19350.598 + 21512.27 + 27181.435 + 32458.201) / 5 = NT$24048.1258 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was NT$19,738 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$151 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$29,416 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$14,246 Mil.
Net Income was 448.56 + 428.049 + 443.554 + 514.251 = NT$1,834 Mil.

Revenue was 2617.041 + 2974.64 + 3551.392 + 4582.131 = NT$13,725 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1008.929 + 1029.299 + 1131.268 + 1260.075 = NT$4,430 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(13257.637 + 14852.451 + 16520.704 + 19587.923 + 19738.125) / 5 = NT$16791.368 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was NT$13,258 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$70 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$18,240 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$6,608 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.

Alchip Technologies's current Net Income (TTM) was 3,325. ==> 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.

Alchip Technologies's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 9,306. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=3325.17/19738.125
=0.16846433

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=1834.414/13257.637
=0.13836659

Alchip Technologies's return on assets of this year was 0.16846433. Alchip Technologies's return on assets of last year was 0.13836659. ==> 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.

Alchip Technologies's current Net Income (TTM) was 3,325. Alchip Technologies's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 9,306. ==> 9,306 > 3,325 ==> 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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=150.521/24048.1258
=0.00625916

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=70.326/16791.368
=0.00418822

Alchip Technologies's gearing of this year was 0.00625916. Alchip Technologies's gearing of last year was 0.00418822. ==> 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
=29416.017/14245.636
=2.06491427

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=18240.447/6607.763
=2.76045721

Alchip Technologies's current ratio of this year was 2.06491427. Alchip Technologies's current ratio of last year was 2.76045721. ==> 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.

Alchip Technologies's number of shares in issue this year was 78.404. Alchip Technologies's number of shares in issue last year was 74.787. ==> 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
=6794.351/30481.576
=0.22290025

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=4429.571/13725.204
=0.32273262

Alchip Technologies's gross margin of this year was 0.22290025. Alchip Technologies's gross margin of last year was 0.32273262. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=30481.576/19738.125
=1.54429947

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=13725.204/13257.637
=1.03526775

Alchip Technologies's asset turnover of this year was 1.54429947. Alchip Technologies's asset turnover of last year was 1.03526775. ==> 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
=1+1+1+1+0+0+0+0+1
=5

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

Alchip Technologies has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Alchip Technologies  (TPE:3661) 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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Alchip Technologies (TPE:3661) Business Description

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Address
Wenhu Street, No.12, 9th floor, Neihu District, Taipei, TWN, 11445
Alchip Technologies Ltd is engaged in the research and development, design, and manufacture of fabless application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) and system on a chip (SoC) and the rendering of related services. Its geographical segments are China, Japan, the United States, Europe, Taiwan, and Others, of which majority of its revenue comes from the United States.

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