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KOSE (TSE:4922) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of May. 12, 2024)


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What is KOSE 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

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

TSE:4922' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of KOSE was 8. The lowest was 1. And the median was 5.


KOSE Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for KOSE'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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KOSE Piotroski F-Score Chart

KOSE Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.00 6.00 4.00 6.00 4.00

KOSE Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 - - - 4.00 -

Competitive Comparison of KOSE's Piotroski F-Score

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, KOSE'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.


KOSE's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, KOSE's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where KOSE'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 円11,663 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 円30,443 Mil.
Revenue was 円300,406 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円211,197 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (359600 + 371657) / 2 = 円365628.5 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was 円359,600 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円8,664 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円256,732 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円70,224 Mil.
Net Income was 円18,771 Mil.

Revenue was 円289,136 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円205,515 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (308386 + 359600) / 2 = 円333993 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar21) was 円308,386 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円7,793 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円244,481 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円67,580 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.

KOSE's current Net Income (TTM) was 11,663. ==> 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.

KOSE's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 30,443. ==> 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)
=11663/359600
=0.03243326

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar21)
=18771/308386
=0.06086852

KOSE's return on assets of this year was 0.03243326. KOSE's return on assets of last year was 0.06086852. ==> 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.

KOSE's current Net Income (TTM) was 11,663. KOSE's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 30,443. ==> 30,443 > 11,663 ==> 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
=8664/365628.5
=0.02369618

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar21 to Dec22
=7793/333993
=0.02333282

KOSE's gearing of this year was 0.02369618. KOSE's gearing of last year was 0.02333282. ==> 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
=256732/70224
=3.65590112

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=244481/67580
=3.61765315

KOSE's current ratio of this year was 3.65590112. KOSE's current ratio of last year was 3.61765315. ==> 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.

KOSE's number of shares in issue this year was 57.056. KOSE's number of shares in issue last year was 57.052. ==> 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
=211197/300406
=0.70303855

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=205515/289136
=0.71079008

KOSE's gross margin of this year was 0.70303855. KOSE's gross margin of last year was 0.71079008. ==> 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)
=300406/359600
=0.83538932

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar21)
=289136/308386
=0.93757823

KOSE's asset turnover of this year was 0.83538932. KOSE's asset turnover of last year was 0.93757823. ==> 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+1+0+1+0+1+0+0+0
=4

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

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

KOSE  (TSE:4922) 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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KOSE (TSE:4922) Business Description

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Address
3-6-2, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 103-8251
Kose is the third-largest cosmetics company in Japan and the second in the premium segment, and is renowned for its prestige skincare brands including Decorte and Albion. The firm has been managed by the Kobayashi family since it was established in 1946. Albion, a fully consolidated subsidiary in which Kose holds a 79.5% stake, is operated independently by another branch of the Kobayashi family. The group, with a collection 37 brands/lines spanning a wide range of price points, has captured 13.6% of Japan's premium beauty segment, according to Euromonitor. Japan remains the largest market contributing nearly 57% of sales, followed by Asia (28%) and North America (14%). Its distribution channels include department stores, specialty retailers, drugstores, travel retailers, and e-commerce.

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